Steve Martino Landscape Architects

Walled garden of water & light Site challenges: This stunning 1.8-acre Beverley Hills hillside site was extremely difficult and mostly unbuildable without massive site grading. It was so steep that the city required the slope be cut back to 2:1 for construction which was problematic to lower the grade at the neighbor’s property lines. The […]

This small backyard addresses the shortcomings of suburban walled backyard gardens: – Lack of privacy – Lack of problem-solving design – Habitat displacement by the use of exotic plants – Lack of a sense of place In a move toward sustainability, the client purchased a new home that reduced her work commute by 80 percent. […]