Custom landscape design and installation built for the Bay Area climate. Drought-tolerant planting, grading, drainage, hardscape integration, and full outdoor transformations designed to perform year after year.
Bay Area landscaping is not like landscaping anywhere else. The combination of dry summers, wet winters, hillside lots, and increasing water restrictions creates conditions that require local knowledge and intentional plant selection. A garden that looks beautiful in spring and withers by August was not designed for this climate. Wolf designs landscapes that actually thrive here.
We handle the full scope of outdoor transformation from grading and drainage correction through planting, irrigation, hardscape integration, and lighting. Every project starts with a site assessment that evaluates sun exposure, slope, soil condition, and water access before any plant or material is selected. The result is an outdoor space that performs as well as it looks.
Landscaping projects at Wolf are coordinated with any concurrent hardscape, deck, or patio work so the outdoor environment comes together as a unified design rather than a collection of separately contracted pieces.
Landscaping projects range from a targeted front yard refresh to a complete outdoor environment. Here are the three main project levels.
New planting, mulching, and irrigation updates without major grading or hardscape
Best for established landscapes that need replanting with drought-tolerant species, refreshed irrigation, and updated borders.
Complete front or back yard redesign with planting, hardscape, and irrigation
New landscape plan, grading corrections, new planting, irrigation system, pathway and accent lighting, and hardscape integration.
Landscape, hardscape, deck or patio, and outdoor living integrated as one design
For homeowners redesigning the entire outdoor space. Landscaping designed in coordination with new patio, deck, retaining walls, and outdoor kitchen.
From site assessment through final planting and irrigation startup, every step designed around your specific lot and climate conditions.
We evaluate sun exposure, slope, soil condition, existing drainage, and water access. No two East Bay lots are the same and the design starts with understanding yours specifically.
Custom landscape plan with plant selections appropriate for your lot's specific conditions. You review and approve the design including planting layout, hardscape elements, and lighting placement before any work begins.
Existing plants removed, grading corrections made, drainage improvements installed, and soil amended as needed. This foundation work determines how well every plant performs long term.
Planting, irrigation, lighting, and any hardscape elements installed by our in house crew in a coordinated sequence that protects planted areas during hardscape work and vice versa.
Irrigation system tested and programmed, lighting adjusted, and full care guidance provided for every plant species installed. We walk through the completed project together before final payment is released.
"Wolf redesigned our entire backyard as part of our patio project. The landscape design they created complemented the new patio perfectly and every plant they selected has thrived through two dry summers without any issues. The irrigation system they installed is efficient and the garden looks better in August than it did in April. That is not easy to achieve in this climate."
"We had serious drainage problems on a hillside lot that had flooded two previous attempts at landscaping. Wolf assessed the slope, corrected the grade, installed proper drainage, and then planted the whole thing. Two rainy seasons later the drainage works perfectly and the garden is thriving. They solved the actual problem instead of working around it."
"We had the landscaping done alongside our deck build and the coordination was seamless. The planting around the deck base and the pathway lighting were all part of one integrated design. When everything was finished it looked like it had always been there. That kind of cohesion is only possible when one contractor handles the whole scope."
Based in Pleasant Hill, we serve homeowners throughout the East Bay. All permits handled locally.
For general questions, complete our form or call (925) 655-9653 to speak with our professional staff members.
