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    Before building retainer wall

    I'm so happy I went with Design & Build Landscapes to do my backyard renovation. My project included-- push out side yard 5 ft to make the yard wider, build 4'x120' retainer wall, add paver floors 10'x40' and concrete steps with gravels, level backyard ground, add artificial turf and plants, as well as lighting. My backyard turned out looking amazing, much better than expected. All thanks to Daniel and his team in providing top quality work in timely manner. I really appreciate Daniel's professionalism, his attentiveness to details and communication in keeping me updated. His crew was easy to work with and did quality work. The costs for this project was good value for the quality and scope of work. I highly recommend Design & Build Landscapes to do your next landscaping project! And don't forget to ask Daniel as your project manager.

    Yard

    We had a great experience with Design and Build Landscape for our backyard renovation. Our project was fairly large and complex with a sloped canyon lot that required 4 large retaining walls, extensive drainage, concrete steps and a wheelchair ramp, a paved patio, and ~100 new plants. From our initial consultation meeting with Dan and Daniel, we were impressed with the team's communication and attention to detail. Our designer Dave worked with us to refine our vision for the space and create an amazing and functional design. Our project managers Dan and Daniel kept the project on track, on time, and within budget. We also appreciated that the owner Thomas was involved in our project and overseeing the process. We would highly recommend Design and Build Landscape!

    Michael R.

    We interviewed several landscape design and build companies to renovate both our front and back yards at our newly renovated home--almost 4,000 square feet! Ben at Landscape Design was absolutely fabulous. He was realistic, reasonable, knowledgeable, and very cooperative and open to our ideas. He understood our budget and did a fantastic job selecting plants, pavers, turf, and their placement. He also constructed a vinyl fence for us, which the vinyl company would have taken months to schedule. Ben completely overhauled both the front and backyard, including sprinkler lines and timers. He offered valuable advice on other improvements, and working with him was a true joy. His crew was incredible, working tirelessly in the heat--morning until night--to complete the project in just two weeks. We highly recommend Ben and his team for any landscaping needs!

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    Stephanie C.

    Martin and his team did an amazing job on our backyard. Martin flawlessly executed our vision of creating a more modern landscape with areas to entertain as well as play with our dog. His team was efficient and respectful. Martin also gave us great recommendations along the way with plants and other design elements that we wouldn't have even thought of. He was also open and honest in regards to the cost to make sure we stayed within our budget. I highly recommend Martin and his team and we have already referred him to some friends.

    Anh P.

    After four failed appointments with other gardeners/landscapers through personal recommendations and NextDoor - two of which didn't have the creative vision and couldn't recommend a design, one was a no show, and the fourth outright declined my budget of anything less than 100k (#%@k!!!). I was about given up and was just looking (begging) for anyone to come fix my overgrown mess of a backyard. So I started researching on Yelp. I wanted a low maintenance (drought resistant plants) yet modern (clean lines) yard and came across Natura Gardeners. I had no expectations as I was exasperated at this point. However, at our initial meeting, Martin Diky was attentive to what I have to say and gave excellent suggestions. I wanted a small basketball court for my young son, with large pavers, planter boxes for aesthetics, and a safety gate as my ingress/egress is below grade. Martin respected my budget and worked it into the design proposal. His timing was perfect and he has the crew to accommodate the job. Martin was always punctual and his people very professional. His attention to details was impressive as I watch my yard transformed from a wild mess to a beautiful landscape. The job was not inexpensive but the investment was well worth it. The finished product exceeded my expectations and is absolutely stunning. It truly matters who you work with, I am very grateful to have found Martin and his crew!

    Martin and his team were an absolute dream to work with. After calls to landscapers with $80k minimums and gardeners that just seemed interested in picking pretty flowers, Martin transformed our overgrown dirt pit of a yard into a super chill, virtually maintenance free oasis. He and his entire crew were efficient, on time and friendly. Even though he was booked solid he managed to squeeze us in and the results look amazing. In less than a week Martin had cleared years of growth, built up a retaining wall, leveled the site, redid an old irrigation system, stained a fence, set up overhead lights and installed planters/trees. All on a super reasonable budget. These guys are the total package and we couldn't recommend them highly enough.

    a front yard with a driveway and garage

    Martin and his team are great! He came highly recommended by an family friend. We had drainage issues all around our house for years and the sub pumps didn't help and need to resolve it. We also had gophers that ripped up our front yard. Martin went over options with us and took care of both issues. He also helped design our front and back yard and we've got some ideas from their previous projects on their website too. Martin is very responsive even after our project was completed when we had questions and additional work we want to add. We are very happy with his workmanship. Thank you Martin and your team!!!

    One side of frontyard landscaping.
    Lucy X.

    We interviewed a few landscapers for our backyard landscaping before picking Martin based on his portfolio, price, and ability to prioritize one job at a time. We weren't disappointed and our backyard and frontyard landscaping looks amazing! Martin as well as his gardener, Daniel, were great to work with. His crew started on time, Martin was on site daily during the ~5 months project, he was very responsive, detail-oriented, and kept track of our various preferences along the way, and the job ultimately finished slightly above budget and earlier than scheduled. We appreciated that Martin was not shy about voicing his opinion and walking us back from some of our poorer selections. We were happy with the outcome of the backyard landscaping and expanded the scope of work to include frontyard landscaping. Martin had already accepted another large project by then but he returned in person to fit in the added work order and was patient about waiting for us to complete a survey and get buyin from neighbors before the additional smaller landscaping project could get started.

    new yard with seating area

    Martin and his team were recommended to us by our landscape designer and they did an amazing job. He was incredibly prompt with his replies in all phases (including an initial budget number that was super close to where we ended up), and did keep us posted along the way when we were going over budget so we could all discuss together. We did have a couple of very very small hiccups but that did not affect my overall rating, I would hire them again in a minute. He managed to take our designer's vision and translate it into a gorgeous yard, and the job did include some big work (leveling a yard that had a terraces before, and carrying all equipment, elements and plants up three flights of stairs- we are in the city!) that he and his team performed without a problem. Well, at least not that they told us! Hire him and you won't be sorry. Feel free to reach out to me via Martin if you need any more info!

    concrete pavers in a herringbone pattern & decomposed granite in the back for a vegetable garden, fenced off with an arbor.
    Ryan D.

    After getting a few quotes from other landscapers Martin @ Natura Gardeners came back with the best price! Him and his team helped us remove our existing lawn in our backyard, along with an old rusty shed. We then had him install concrete pavers in the front half of the yard, and decomposed granite in the back half for a vegetable garden that got fenced off with an arbor. He and his team were always professional, on time and sometimes worked over 8 hours a day to get the project done a few days earlier than quoted. We enjoyed working with him and his crew so much, that we're even having him back to help us replace a fence for us. If you have a landscaping project, give Martin a shot- I would HIGHLY recommend him and his team!

    Front of the house after photo

    I contemplated landscaping our neglected front lawn and backyard for quite a few years and realized I didnt know much about landscaping at all. I had no clue what something like this would cost nor did I know exactly what I wanted to do design wise. I found Natura Gardeners (Martin Diky) on Yelp and decided to give them a call. All I could offer up was some general online photos of what I liked for taste level(modern and clean), and to let Martin know that we were lazy people and did not want anything high maintainence! Our job was pretty extensive. We redid the entire front, sides of the house and the backyard. Martin installed 2 new fences, a yard gate and redid our concrete both in the front and back. Martin did such an outstanding job coming up with a creative way to refinish our concrete and designed a spectacular artistic look for both our driveway and backyard patio area. It far exceeded my expectations. We have gotten so many compliments from the neighborbors on how nice our landscaping looks. Martin and his crew were professional, communicative and easy to work with. Martin has a really keen sense of design and you can tell he takes great pride in his work and won't settle for anything mediocre. I found Martin to be honest and a pleasure to work with. While taking on an endeavor like this is not an inexpensive venture, I found the results to be worth every penney. Everyday I drive up to my house and I can't believe how nice it looks now! Take a look at the before photos so you can see the miracle transformation. If you are looking for a landscaper do not hesitate to hire Martin!

    Hm S.

    Natura did an amazing job. We talked to three landscapers/designers before deciding to go with Martin and co. We talked to several more who would not undertake projects under certain budgets. Martin turned our previously unused and impractical backyard space (it was a graveyard of plants and a poop pit for our dog) and helped us arrive at a design that maximized our space and checked off all items on our wish list (play space, clean space for dog to do it's business, minimal maintanence, grill space, eating space, relatively child proof), while staying within our budget. The process was painless despite not the easiest access to the outside space, and stayed on schedule. Martin even helped us fix up odds and ends in the house. We are outside all the time now. He's functionally doubled our hang out space at home.

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    Martin and his team were fantastic and worked around us (and our dogs) to put in turf in our backyard.

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    Water and Earth Landscape Design

    Water and Earth Landscape Design

    4.9
    (121 reviews)

    We tried to schedule a 60 minute consultation with Matt with the intent of gauging whether we…read moreshould engage his full design service. We ran into some difficulties at the start due to a last-minute cancellation by Matt and some unresponsiveness through email. When we voiced our concerns, Matt really stepped up to ensure our concerns were met. He immediately refunded us for the cost of the service, and he offered to meet with us at no cost. We ended up taking a 30 minute video chat with him, and Matt was super helpful in explaining various options. When we realized that his typical project scope was a bit bigger than what we wanted to spend, Matt was very gracious in connecting us with other contractors and designers. Despite the early hiccups, we got the sense that Matt is a genuine guy who is more interested in doing the right thing rather than making quick buck. We really appreciate his thoughtfulness, and we will definitely consider engaging with his services again in the future!

    We did a 75 minute Virtual Design consultation with Matt at Water and Earth earlier this year. Our…read morebackyard project wasn't quite large enough in size or scope for his full in-person design services. The virtual call was perfect for our project, we provided Matt with pictures of the backyard space as well as a video walkthrough. He took this information as well as our preferences for how we envisioned the space to be used to come up with a 2D design. He also recommended materials and local contractors. We contacted one of the contractors a few weeks later and finished the project with them in about 2 months. I highly recommend the Virtual Consultation for smaller projects with Matt. His feedback for our questions and experience with similar projects were very beneficial to starting this backyard project for us.

    Southbay Design & Landscaping

    Southbay Design & Landscaping

    4.6
    (109 reviews)

    Another very happy customer of South Bay Design and Landscaping…read more We had South Bay out to do a full demolition of the existing "landscaping" from when we bought our house and the installation of an entirely new plan from our landscape designer (check out Dawn Engel- she's great!), which included a patio space, a pergola, driveway extensions, hogwire fence, raised planter beds, and a side gate added to our existing fence. These guys do not mess around. Demolition went insanely quickly, and our property was kept neat and tidy the entire time. We never once saw dirt tracked anywhere by the crew, which we can't say the same for any of the other contractors we've worked with (and we're actually quite happy with some of them!), and which becomes even more insane to think about when you consider the nature of landscaping work. Installation went as smoothly as South Bay possibly could have made it. Any time we ran into the occasional hiccup, as happens with all nontrivial projects, Matt, Danny, and Marcus offered thoughtful suggestions and made sure to confirm exactly what we wanted before proceeding. (We had either or both of Matt and Danny on-site most days of our project, and interacted with Marcus via email.) We were delayed a smidge by some heavy rain, but the crew worked through all but the worst of it (talking "if you step in that mud, you're going to lose a boot" type of rain). Partway through the install, we discovered that the previous landscapers had managed to make the L-shaped pathway leading from our driveway to our front door square with nothing- which wasn't easily noticed until we had the planter beds in and hogwire fence line chalked out. (South Bay had laid those out properly square to the driveway and house, as per our plan.) Matt, Danny, and crew were thankfully able to accommodate our request to fix our pathway up by picking up each segment and pushing the out-of-square part over by 4-6 inches; this added about a week of extra time to our project, mostly due to the fact that not all of the pavers could be reused, and that the pavers had actually been discontinued (!). The guys worked around this by sourcing very similar pavers in a different size, and basically cutting and grinding them to match our existing pavers. Post-install, the only way you'd know there are two different pavers in our pathway is if you'd seen it being taken apart and rebuilt. Plants, irrigation, and lighting all went in straightforwardly after the hardscaping work was finished, and Danny gave us a complete walkthrough of all our new outdoor systems. It's been about a week since our project was completed; the plants are all thriving, and we're still ecstatic about our new yards (and so are our neighbors!). In short: we had a fantastic experience working with South Bay Design and Landscaping for our landscaping project. They take pride in doing a quality job, and it shows in everything from demolition to day-to-day jobsite management to the finished project. If you're looking for landscapers, these are your guys. (Special thanks to Matt and Danny for graciously handling my incessant "are you sure you didn't forget about such-and-such little detail?" questions and never once forgetting about any of the details, and also to Sergio for spending basically an entire Saturday morning troubleshooting what ultimately turned out to be a manufacturing issue with our pergola.)

    We recently worked with Southbay Landscaping and Design for a backyard upgrade, and they completely…read moretransformed our yard into a beautiful, relaxing oasis that we love spending time in. The team was incredibly reliable, highly communicative, and deeply detail-oriented throughout the entire project. Their craftsmanship is top-tier, and the high-quality work truly speaks for itself. They are so experienced that their partnership and suggestions enhanced the overall product and turned our outdoor space into the perfect peaceful retreat. We could not be happier with the results! Huge thanks to Matt, Danny and the team.

    Judy's Gardens & Design

    Judy's Gardens & Design

    5.0
    (11 reviews)

    Judy is a joy to work with! She's knowledgable, friendly, flexible, and a caring person…read more She and her crew have done my monthly Fine Gardening for over two years now, and the garden has really bounced back! She's especially skilled at her aesthetic pruning of Japanese Maples. Mine look beautiful, and are very happy. Judy brings the design and horticultural knowledge--that true care of gardens--that are far beyond typical mow and blow. Organic products and green solutions, which I value, are part of the service. Her foreman, Jesus, is great to work with... helpful, positive and very accommodating of the additional pruning, irrigation work and adjustments that a small garden like mine needs. Just give her a call. I'm glad I did!

    I am a huge and enthusiastic fan of Judy's Gardens & Design…read more Landscape designer Judy Maier generated and executed for me an aesthetically pleasing, thoughtfully imaginative, and economically practical re-design plan for front, side and rear yard spaces of my Old Palo Alto home. Judy's landscape design--faithful to but not confined by my 80-year-old home's Cape Cod architectural style--delivered an enormous breath of fresh air to the property as well as reducing water consumption needs. Two impressive examples of Judy's magic were her (1) locating and reserving for me a raft of huge hard-to-find camellias and (2) artfully pruning and trimming two sizable flowering trees, contributing to the transformation of the front yard. Her capable crew expertly and expeditiously implemented Judy's designs. I'm using Judy for landscape projects on rental units I own.

    KL Designs

    KL Designs

    4.8
    (72 reviews)

    We needed to completely plan our backyard from scratch. We built an ADU in 2021 and it took up a…read morelot of space. Since we wanted to spend more time in the space and wanted it to be beautiful but uncluttered, we knew we needed help. We were referred to Kim and it was the perfect referral! She took our limited space and mapped out a plan that was perfect and incorporated everything we needed and wanted. Her process is pretty amazing; she spent a few hours with us in the backyard, asking questions and taking notes. When we were unsure about something, she'd make suggestions and help us reach a decision. She contacted us when she got to her office and we had a Zoom meeting where we reviewed a lot of details of the plan. That was a few hour process and we were exhausted when we got done but that same day we received from her a complete plan incorporating all the hardscape, landscaping, and plants, as well as a materials list. We were amazed! Her pricing is very reasonable and we felt we got much more value than what she charged. What's more, some of our design needed to change over the next few months as we were implementing the plan and Kim quickly responded to all of our questions and challenges with great suggestions. Kim is definitely someone we will recommend without hesitation to anyone looking for interesting, beautiful landscape design quickly and at a reasonable price.

    She is a terrible designer and presents generic plans that anyone can find on the Internet as her…read moreown. There is zero effort, originality, or effort put into the work. And on top of that she charges premium prices. You are better off using Google, AI, or anything else for free. Your result will be the same as if you paid hundreds or thousands of dollars to this useless designer.

    Design & Build Landscapes - landscaping - Updated July 2026

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