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EARTH

Earth forms the foundation of every landscape—shaping plant health and water movement.

 

In the Bay Area, compacted clay soils, uneven grades, and underlying drainage patterns can affect both the landscape and your home, especially as droughts and heavier rain events place increasing stress on the land.

 

Thoughtful grading, sustainable earthworks, and living soil reshape and stabilize the land to support healthy plant growth and guide water gently through the landscape, where it can support soils and plants instead of impacting the home

The Bay Area is full of clay; learn how to work with it
Stormwater swales mitigate erosion and allow water to recharge the landscape
Beautiful corten steel gives this garden structure to manage the varying surrounding grades
Urban landscapes need creative design
Organic material is key to living soil
Living soil is necessary for live
Living soil with earthworms
Organic compost for soil building.
Wood mulch is beneficial to the garden
Finished soil work before planting
Abundant landscape thriving with living soil and stormwater infitration

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