House Landscaping in the Bay Area

House landscaping in the Bay Area showcases the beauty of your property and incorporates the surrounding land in perfect harmony. With the help of California’s #1 outside architect, you can transform your backyard into a dream you live— and love – every day!


Get Expert House Landscaping in the Bay Area
Well-balanced landscaping is an orchestration of plant life, known as softscaping, and the non-living aspects known as hardscaping. Strategic outdoor lighting and water features enhance the desired effect. All of these elements add immeasurable value to your quality of life – and your property.

• What are your property’s best features? Let plants create focus, set a mood, and carry a theme.
• Use carefully-selected plantings to emphasize, enlarge or elongate.
• Vegetation can visually extend or close off an area.
• Call attention to an attractive feature or evoke an era or cultural impression.
• Plants lend privacy and noise reduction.
• Greenery sets the tone for your outside entertainment area – formal, casual, or some of both.

Get Landscape Designs that are Built to Last
It takes a skillful contractor to set the standard for installation of the complex plumbing and irrigation systems demanded in luxury pool and landscape design. You have found an undisputed expert. John R. Rigo has been named the #1 Outside Architect in California by Perspectives on Design California. He has won 15 international awards for pool and landscape design and construction.

Quality Hardscaping Adds Attraction and Livability

• House landscaping in the Bay Area creates the perfect surface for your outside enjoyment.
• Use pavers, planters, and natural stone to define different areas.
• Create pathways that range from practical to fanciful.
• Enjoy outdoor entertaining more.
• Fight erosion and improve drainage with strategic hardscaping.

Paved areas can be made of natural stone; brick; recycled and engineered materials; concrete interlocking pavers; and a variety of slabs. Call us to view the possibilities.

House Landscaping in the Bay Area and Your Pool
The synergy of water and plants allows you to feel at one with nature and yet get the most out of your property. Bring your plantings right up to the water’s edge for a natural atmosphere; or create verdant islands in a pond or pool. The possibilities are limitless and the results are seamless when you work with a talented designer. Select among a range of water features that soothe stress and create a sensory showcase.

• Soak in a spa surrounded by specialized planting and custom stone work.
• Replicate a cascading stream from your childhood.
• Dramatize an outdoor party area with colorful dancing fountains.
• Connect reflecting ponds with lushly landscaped pathways and bridges.
• Make a graceful statement and reduce ambient noise with outdoor fountains.

A Four-Stage Process Ensures Your Satisfaction
A proprietary four-step matching process involves you every step of the way so that you are assured of the atmosphere that you seek:

1. We discuss the look and feel of your home. Do you want to reflect the present architectural style or make a total change?
2. Your environment and surroundings are analyzed to ensure a harmonious look. Do you want to build a self-contained paradise? Or blend in with hills and woodlands?
3. Tell us about your household. Do you want to create a kids’ fantasy waterpark, or a retreat mainly for adults? Do you do much entertaining?
4. You tell us the outcome you desire and we will get to work. You are involved from start to finish.

You Deserve the Best House Landscaping in the Bay Area – Call Now!
Whether you want a formal garden befitting a European manor, or the classic California-casual, schedule your appointment now. Turn to the area’s most-honored name in pool design and landscape architecture.


We offer house landscaping in Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Redwod City, Atherton, Hillsborough, Saratoga, Morgan Hill, San Mateo, Woodside and Los Altos.