"Stone" yards, pictures, and ideas...
Mill Valley Craftsman garden
Owner: Avant Garden Inc Location: San AnselmoNew Craftsman style house with entry arbor/gate to match, entry sitting area flaked by stone pillars. Craftsman style lighting. New deck in back yard....
Kentfield canyon garden
Owner: Avant Garden Inc Location: San AnselmoGarden features a garden shed, arbors, custom dog run area, water feature, plantings, Connecticut bluestone paving, stone wall, and a Modern Cabana art studio with a living roof....
Mill Valley contemporary garden
Owner: Avant Garden Inc Location: San AnselmoA contemporary garden with outdoor kitchen, stone patio, stone walls, water feature, built in spa, outdoor dining area, container plantings, and bold plantings ...
Backyard from Scratch
Owner: Gehrke Location: DublinA summer project that we barely finished before the rain came. I hired contractors to do the concrete and an electrician to wire the spa. My father-in-law and I built the bbq from scratch. Careful planning allowed us to have the cook and guests at different heights. We also built the arbor- che...
Steve & Penni's Patio
Owner: Steve Location: VisaliaThis patio was a grassy area in the back yard. We dug out the grass and 6" of soil. We layed in 4" of DG (decomposed granite) and then 2" of sand. We then circled the 4 trees with slump stone and filled them in with top soil. The area was covered by 3 sprinklers, One of which was capped and the o...
BBQ Bar With a View
Owner: YardShare Location: Castro ValleyI built this bar and bbq myself in the summer of 2006. The foundation is concrete block, with El Dorado stone for the facing. 4-burner stainless steel grill and a mini refrigerator. Countertops are ceramic tile on cement backerboard. The bar area is 4 inches higher than the grill area in order to ha...
