Landscaping in Malibu
One free yard visit prices landscaping in Malibu for the whole lot, from the road to the last terrace, on the beach side or up the canyons. Call (310) 857-2520 and tell us which side of the hill you are on.
Book online and we'll call you back the same business day.
On the coast side your yard gets the marine layer and salt air, and the plants that like it there are not the ones that like a canyon lot inland, where the sun is on the slope all afternoon. If you tell us which you have when you call, we know where to start.
On either kind of lot, landscaping starts with the side of the house that faces the sun and the side it shades, and each part gets its own price.
What one free yard visit gets you
- A free yard visit within 3 business days. Paver and turf samples come with us.
- One quote with a price for each part of the yard. It reaches you by email within 1 business day of the visit.
- Turf and planting priced side by side. Where either could go, your quote names the one we would put there.
- One crew lead, with a direct number. Whoever walks the lot with you at the visit runs the build and the final walkthrough.
- What we build is covered for 1 year. What we plant is covered for 12 weeks, with a check visit in that time.
What salt air and canyon sun do to your plants
Nothing on the side facing the water looks healthy for long
Salt air is hard on soft leaves. If your beds face the ocean, we would pick plants that take salt and keep the softer ones on the side the house shelters, and the quote shows which is where.
Turf on that side gets the marine layer, so it stays cooler than turf up a canyon.
The canyon slope behind the house is dry dirt by June
Up a canyon road the afternoon sun is on the slope for hours with nothing to shade it. If yours is bare, terraces with planting chosen for that heat hold the ground and give you level places to stand.
We pick plants for the heat your part of LA gets, and a canyon lot and a beach lot get different ones.
One crew lead runs your whole job.
Whoever walks the lot with you at the free visit runs the build and the final walkthrough, and you get their direct number that day. A question about the slope or the side gate goes to the person who measured it.
Book online and we'll call you back the same business day.
- Free yard visit, booked within 3 business daysPaver and turf samples come with us.
- One quote with a price for each part of the yard
- Turf and planting priced side by side
- One crew lead, with a direct number
How a Malibu lot divides up
- A beach house. Your lot may have a small front toward the road, a side strip and a deck or terrace toward the water. If the deck is where you spend the summer, the planting around it matters most, and it is picked for salt air.
- A hillside house off Kanan Dume Road or Malibu Canyon Road. The parts are the flat ground by the house, the slope that rises or falls from it, and the drive. If the slope is steep, it is the part that takes the most work.
- A large lot. The drive, the ground around the house and the hill beyond each get their own price.
What sets the price, from the road to the slope
- How steep the slope is. Taller terraces that hold back more hill take more building, and that moves the price.
- What the beds by the house need. Their size, what has to come out of them and the plants that suit that side of the lot all go into the price.
- The stone around the deck. The flagstone or paver you pick and how big the patio is move the price, and curved edges take longer to lay.
- How far it is from the road. Everything we bring is carried from the road to the part we are building. The price comes from the parts you want done and what's in them now, and we measure both at the visit.
What else we build on a Malibu lot
- An outdoor kitchen on the terrace. Gas, water and power reach it as part of our job, and the wiring for the lights is ours too.
- Shade on the deck. A pergola or a patio cover over the part of the deck the afternoon sun hits is priced on its own.
- Lights down to the water side. Landscape lighting can run down the steps from the house toward the water.
- Real grass by the house. If you want a lawn, the sod goes in last, on the side that suits it.
- Sprinkler repairs. We repair sprinklers on any lot, including ones we never built.
Call (310) 857-2520 about landscaping for your lot and tell us which road you are off, or book the free yard visit online. The page on retaining walls and terraces shows what a canyon slope can become.
The same free yard visit covers Calabasas, over the hill.
Book one visit for the whole yard.
It's free, and you'll hear what we'd do in every part of it.
Book online and we'll call you back the same business day.