Poolside Living with Stone Walls & Hillside Planting

What the homeowner wanted

This completed backyard for Burbank in Brentwood brings several parts of Jorge's work together: stone containment walls below a planted hillside, a fire pit and patterned paving beside the pool, integrated landscape lighting, and a finished side-yard walkway. The photos show how the wall, planting, lawn, and gathering areas fit together as one outdoor space.

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Scope of work

Built stone-faced containment walls with a smooth capped top along the hillside
Integrated landscape light fixtures into the wall face and along the garden paths
Planted the hillside with flowering groundcovers, shrubs, and ornamental grasses in defined mulch beds
Added timber-framed hillside steps with gravel treads
Built a round stone-faced fire pit with blue fire glass
Laid geometric paving with turf inlays and a poolside patio
Finished the side yard with a concrete walkway and rock planting beds beside the wood fence

“We started with an architectural design and a dream prior to meeting Jorge, then Jorge and his crew truly brought our vision to life! Our project isn’t finished yet, but we are already extremely happy with the quality of their work. They handled our landscaping, hardscaping, landscape lighting, drainage, retaining wall, and additional fencing. The quality of their work and attention to detail have been amazing. The entire crew was professional, hardworking, respectful, and incredibly clean. At the end of every single day, they completely cleaned up our yard and work area, which we really appreciated. Due to the experience we have had with Jorge and his crew, we already know we want to hire him for our next project, to completely redo our front yard!”
— Heidi Burbank, 5-star Google review

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