Landscape Design in Manhattan Beach
A large house leaves less yard and more shade, so when we take on landscape design in Manhattan Beach, in the Tree Section or the Hill Section, we map the shade first. Call (310) 857-2520 for a free yard visit.
Book online and we'll call you back the same business day.
At midday, walk once around the outside of your house and notice how much of the way you are in its shadow. If the house is tall or fills most of the lot, that can be most of the walk.
The stretches where you came out into the sun are where grass and sun plants can go. The rest of your yard should be laid out for shade.
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 you may have found on that walk
The only sunny ground is a strip along one fence
If that strip is all the sun your yard gets, it is the place for whatever needs sun most, and we'd lay the rest out around it. Tell us what you'd most like to grow there or sit beside.
The lawn is thin wherever the house shades it
If grass gets only an hour or two of sun, it stays thin. We'd price artificial grass for that ground next to shade planting. Turf heats up on summer afternoons, so we'll tell you which spots catch that sun.
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
What your price depends on, part by part
For a whole new yard, the design comes first, and you can read about it under landscape design for a whole yard. We price the plan at the yard visit, before any building is priced.
- The front yard. We measure how much lawn or old paving comes out, and what you want in its place.
- The patio. You choose the paver or flagstone from the samples, and we measure the size. Curves and borders add to the price of flagstone and paver patios.
- A slope. If your lot in the Hill Section slopes, we measure how tall and how long any wall has to be. Those are retaining walls and terraces.
- The way to the back. If your garage is attached, materials go around the side of the house. A narrow side yard means more trips, and that is in the price.
One story or two, in the Tree Section or the Hill Section
- A one-story house in the Tree Section. If yours is an older ranch house, its shadow is short, and your yard likely has sun to spare. New sod, sun planting and a paver patio are all open to you.
- A two-story house close to its fences. If yours is one of the larger houses, shade is already there. We look for the brightest spot for a table, and lay the rest out with shade planting.
- The front, toward the street. Whichever house you have, we'd look at front yard and parkway planting where the lawn faces the afternoon sun.
Call (310) 857-2520 or book the free yard visit online, and tell us how much of that walk was in the sun.
We work in Hawthorne too.
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.