Urban Homestead

This homeowner wanted more outdoor living space within the backdrop of a landscape that produces food throughout the season … while maintaining a contemporary, homestead feel. We reworked an existing design that was completed remotely by an online landscape design company and failed to capture the grade changes of the site.

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Backyard vegetable garden with raised beds and flowering plants - Orchard Keepers
Terraced backyard landscape with drought-tolerant plants, stone steps, and gravel path leading to a wood deck - Orchard Keepers
Orange modern Adirondack chairs around a steel fire pit on a bluestone and gravel patio - Orchard Keepers
Gravel garden path lined with a wooden retaining bed and native perennial plantings - Orchard Keepers
Backyard vegetable garden with raised beds and flowering plants in front of a modern gray house - Orchard Keepers
Tomato plants climbing a trellis in a wooden raised garden bed - Orchard Keepers
Terraced hillside garden with purple agapanthus and orange red-hot poker flowers along stone steps with outdoor lighting - Orchard Keepers
Close-up of orange kniphofia and purple salvia flowers planted with blue-gray succulents - Orchard Keepers
Orange kniphofia and purple salvia flowers with wooden retaining wall - Orchard Keepers
Wooden firewood storage rack filled with stacked logs, set in a gravel garden bed - Orchard Keepers
Row of ripening raspberry bushes growing along a wooden fence with wood chip mulch pathway - Orchard Keepers
Close-up of ripe red raspberries growing on a cane with green leaves - Orchard Keepers

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Modern Outdoor Living Meets Productive Gardening

This thoughtfully redesigned landscape blends contemporary outdoor living with productive growing spaces, creating a functional homestead that works with the site's unique topography.

Pencil Drawn Flower Image for Orchard Keepers

Low rock walls

A wooden retaining wall

Blueberry and raspberry plantings

Fruit tree plantings

Irrigation system

Large format paver steps and patio

Ornamental planting plan

Firewood storage area

Pencil Drawn Lemon Tree Branch for Orchard Keepers

Veggie beds

Project Investment: $90,000

Santa Cruz Area Landscape Care Rooted In Stewardship And Local Knowledge

A clear process helps you understand what your land needs now, what can wait, and what will support healthier growth over time. Schedule a consultation to talk through your property, your goals, and the best next step for design, installation, or ongoing care.

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