Services

At California's Own Native Landscape Design, we specialize in the design and creation of unique California native landscapes and habitat gardens. We are located in Escondido and serve the greater San Diego region, with the majority of projects in North County. Although our primary emphasis is on residential and institutional landscapes, we are currently engaged in several very successful restoration programs. In fact, we treat every installation as if it were a restoration. The result is usually a stable, ornamental, low-input garden with substantial habitat value.

We offer a full range of services, from on-site assessment and consultation, through design, installation, and specialty maintenance. California's Own is fully licensed and insured (C-27 License Number 717147). We charge $100.00 per hour for consultation and design, one-way travel. We do not do free estimates. Many of our projects are on a Time and Materials basis.

Estimates are based on either an initial site consultation or a design by California's Own. We typically do not install other people's designs, as our protocols and specifications differ considerably from standard horticultural practice, and frankly, we have been successful where others have not.

Our construction crews are competent, experienced, and polite. We carry full Workmen's Compensation and liability coverage.

Maintenance is performed on an "as-needed" basis and is by appointment. We typically do not engage in conventional maintenance (i.e. "mow and blow"). Native landscapes are usually not very maintenance intensive, but benefit greatly from the occasional (monthly to quarterly) cleaning-up. Dead-heading and pruning are the most common tasks. There is no such thing as an absolutely "no-maintenance" landscape (at least if you intend to impress the neighbors), but we get pretty close.

Habitat restoration is usually done with private parties who own acreage. We love to take 1/2 to 100 acre lots and turn them into private parks and preserves, with a full complement of wildlife. We can create paths, dry streams (that become creeks when it rains!), sitting areas, bird baths, shade structures, even signage if you want. We can carve out a mature un-irrigated landscape from impenetrable chaparral, or restore a weed-infested field to English country garden beauty.