Drought resistant landscapes are becoming more common throughout California as the need to conserve water is more widely recognized. This drought resistant hillside garden [...]

Simmonds & Associates was engaged by the Board of the Gatehouse Home Owners Association to develop schematic ideas for improvements to the property. The objective [...]

This garden, on a half-acre lot in San Anselmo, California, is an eclectic mix of formal and contemporary, while staying true to its Colonial [...]

In 2011 we won a competition for the 2200 Pacific Homeowners Association to transform their landscape into a contemporary, elegant entry fitting for a [...]

A traditional white Colonial style house requires a Colonial landscape.  However, in the 21st century, it needs to accommodate the demands of a young, [...]

This farmhouse-style home in Kentfield Is a wonderland of kid friendly landscape elements.  The house was built in the early 1970’s on the side [...]

We tucked the pool into the slope, using it for a water slide and waterfall, and creating a separate outdoor space upslope with a putting green, for added entertainment. [...]

This East Bay landscape garden fuses modern and traditional landscape and garden elements, which are unified by a natural planting scheme. [...]

This weekend house for two sisters and their very close families in the Russian River wine country north of San Francisco, has been in the family for over 60 years [...]

The highlight of the garden is a large entertaining patio which nestles behind a focal rock outcrop, with a built-in fire pit constructed from the native stone. [...]