Drought-tolerant garden with an elevated walkway, re-establishing native drainage patterns with a dry creek bed above a culverted creek.

Immediately after planting, with terraced patio on the background

A drought-tolerant garden provides ornamentation for a plain house.

Replacing a thirsty lawn with a drought-tolerant dynamic plant palette decreases irrigation, as well as being a more aesthetic alternative.

Over ten years the garden matured, and in late summer has a very different look. Seasonal variation is a key element of our garden designs.

Ten years after planting, the homeowner spends a couple of hours a month maintaining this drought-tolerant garden. 

Temescal small garden, deck and re-used concrete patio.