San Carlos, CA-Slope and Frontyard Landscape
LOCATION
San Carlos, CA
DESIGN STYLE + PARAMETERS
Mediterranean, climate-adapted Mediterranean plants
PROPERTY SIZE
sq. ft.sma
Inspiration + Goal
Narrow side yard now features a cedar-slat privacy fence, new stepping-stone path set in gray gravel.
Helleborus, Fern, and Lomandra
San Carlos Side Yard — After (Cedar Fence & Stone Steppers)
San Carlos Side Yard — Before (Cracked Path & Ivy)
Garden Gate — After (Cedar Slats & Shaded Entry)
Patio Gate — Before Renovation: Chain-Link “Dog Yard” Gate, Patchy Brick Pavers.
New Concrete Steppers Across Pebble-Mulched Slope — Framed by Low-Mounding Ceanothus, Dwarf Myrtle, and Drought-Tolerant Groundcovers
Front Planter — After Transformation: Vibrant Pink and Yellow Plants Overflow Beside a Modern Black Stair Rail and Upgraded Mailbox, Framing the Home’s Entry with Year-Round Color
Groundcover-Polygonum Capitatum
New redwood staircase and retaining terraces provide safe access up a steep San Carlos slope, framed by drought-tolerant shrubs and groundcovers.
Bare hillside slope with eroding soil and sparse shrubs in San Carlos, California, before landscape renovation.
