Backyard help
I'm looking for someone who can help me rethink my backyard and, ideally, that same person would do the work on it. I want to do some planting and redo my patio...not sure what else. Hoping to find someone who is reasonably priced and a pleasure to work with. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Jun 29, 2020
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Hugo Larman is terrific and his work is just wonderful. I highly recommend that you have a consultation with him. He's great to work with. https://larmangarro.com/
I highly recommend Backyard Permaculture Guild -- my family has worked with Nina on similar projects, and she is fantastic!
https://www.backyardpermaculture.com/
Hello, I highly recommend our gardener, Al Moore. He is reasonable, has a real eye for beauty, and is one of the nicest people I know. Al has created space for us in our backyard and front yard, at a time when we need as much space as we can get. He has found unique and beautiful plants, for really reasonable prices. He created herb boxes for us. His wife refurbishes furniture, so we were able to save a ton of money and have places to sit and work now! Al really does want to create beautiful spaces, he often surprises us with things as well. He has taken items I thought were broken and brought them back with a fresh coat of paint. . The list really does go on. We couldn't be happier. Al's is a Black-owned business. He can be reached at: 415-336-9694
For anyone looking for a landscape designer, I highly recommend Deborah Kuchar with Green Alchemy. I started a huge backyard reconstruction project (hardscaping and softscaping) with Deborah and am so happy about my whole experience.
Our backyard was a big chaotic awkwardly divided up space, with potential. It was overwhelming to conceptualize a design plan. By chance, and after reading many reviews and researching online, I found Deborah.
Deborah helped me design a plan for the entire backyard that reflects how my family will use the space so that we can maximize our enjoyment. The plan is incredibly thoughtful and creative; it is beautifully integrated, invites us into a flow between indoors and outdoors, is accessible, is conceptually brilliant, purposefully uses materials, and is stunningly beautiful.
It has been a huge relief for me to have Deborah at the helm of this project. Throughout the iterative process, Deborah listened attentively. We met regularly and at each step I was impressed with Deborah's professionalism, creativity, communication, integrity, generosity, and brilliance. Deborah's draft proposals exhibited the most beautiful attention to detail and amazing creativity inspired by her deep listening.
She helped us work within our set budget and I am very pleasantly surprised with how much we were able to do using a staged approach. Recently Deborah's crew completed the first stage, which was building a fence, patio and cabana for hammocks and hanging chairs. Seeing the design come to life has been incredible. Unbelievably it's even more brilliant and beautiful in person than I could ever have imagined. I am so happy with it! It makes me feel so excited to be outside to enjoy it!
It was a joy to collaborate with Deborah and I was completely impressed with her wisdom from decades of experience in the field, how she gracefully led her amazing team of talented and diligent workers, and how she remained attentive and checked-in throughout the entire process.
I am deeply grateful for finding Deborah and would be happy to share more, my phone number is 510 292-9891.
You can reach Deborah Kuchar directly here:
510 502-5005
deborah [at] greenalchemy.com
http://www.greenalchemy.com/about