Almost Wild Horticulture

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Gardens we've designed, built & cared for.

A look at recent gardens we have designed, installed and maintained — from ponds and dry creek beds to pollinator borders and fruit trees. Click any photo to see it larger.

01

Water & stone

Ponds, dry creek beds, stone paths and the structures that frame them.

Aerial view of a pond, gazebo and pergola garden
Stone slab path leading to a timber gate in a shade garden
Stream bed winding through perennial meadow planting
Gazebo above a stone bridge with geraniums and red-hot pokers
Dry creek bed edged with hardy geraniums and cardinal flowers
Aerial view of a gazebo, pergola and dry creek bed garden
02

Planting & borders

Layered, seasonal planting for pollinators, birds and people.

Foxtail lilies and hardy geraniums above a stone retaining wall
Drought-tolerant bed of lavender, broom and foxgloves
Rock garden with red-hot pokers and a Japanese maple under tall firs
Gladiolus and black-eyed Susans along a stone wall
Mulch path through yarrow, salvia and grasses
Shade bed of flowering dogwoods and hostas
Gladiolus and rudbeckia above a stone wall
Gravel path past hostas and fuchsias
Mown path beside a calendula and borage bed, with ocean view
Gazebo and pergola behind perennial borders
03

Edibles & new beginnings

Fruit trees, food for people and critters, and new beds in the making.

Ripe peaches growing under a sheltered roof
Row of columnar apple trees heavy with fruit
Sheet mulching a new garden bed with paper and wood chips
New boulder-edged bed beside a cedar house