The Living Yard — Native + Fruit Tree Ecosystem

Grow more than a garden.

The Living Yard transforms one major area of your property into a productive California-native and edible garden designed for food, habitat, healthier soil, and family connection.

Grow food. Grow habitat. Bring back butterflies, birds, and pollinators. Pick fruit with your kids and build a landscape that becomes more alive each season.

What’s Included

• Design consultation and site planning
• Drainage assessment of the project area
• Irrigation assessment, adjustments, and additions for the new planting area
• 3 fruit trees — 15 gallon
• 1 California native specimen — 15 gallon
• 10 native shrubs and perennials — 5 gallon
• 18 native flowering and pollinator plants — 1 gallon
• 3 edible perennial understory plants
• 1 native bunchgrass or sedge grouping
• Professional planting and installation
• Soil amendment and biological soil-building treatment
• Organic fertilizer where needed based on plant and soil condition
• Compost topdressing
• Natural wood-chip mulch
• Initial organic plant-health treatment
• Family-friendly “What’s Growing Here” plant guide

Approximately 35–40 new plants.

Designed for your property

Plant varieties are selected for your sun, soil, irrigation, drainage, microclimate, available space, and family preferences. Final layout and plant palette are confirmed during the design consultation.

Starting at $7,500. The package includes drainage assessment and irrigation work appropriate to the planting scope. Major drainage construction, grading, hardscape, retaining walls, electrical work, extensive irrigation replacement, tree removal, and unusual site-access requirements are quoted separately.

Large estates and expansive properties require a custom quote. Scope, access, plant quantities, irrigation, drainage, grading, and site complexity are evaluated individually.