San Francisco: Alvarez Residence Raised planter & fence (before) Raised planter & fence (after) Garden corner (before) Garden corner (after) Raised planter (before) New water feature Redesign of front & back gardens with raised planters & custom fencing Alvarez Residence in San Francisco Posts Using native plants to clean up toxic sites Planting with Bay Area rain patterns Five reasons to have your landscape professionally designed by a landscape architect Leaving plant litter in place Live in kinship with the earth Links Climate Change & Landscape Arch. Sustainable Landscape Architecture Dirt the Movie California Native Plant Society SF Green Landscaping Ordinance SF Water Efficient Irrigation Ordinance CA Dept. of Water Resources Rainwater Harvesting Michael Mullin Architect Mike Mahmoudian & Associates Bay-Friendly Professional