Landscape design & build
A full front or back yard, drawn before it's dug. You see a plan and a planting list before a single shovel moves, so the price you approve is the price you pay.
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Design · Build · Maintain · San Benito County
A yard that survives a Hollister August.
Fourteen years of design-build and maintenance work on local soil. We plan it on paper, price it line by line, and build it with one crew from grading to the last plant.
Water first
The cheapest improvement is usually the irrigation.
Most yards we walk are losing water to a cracked head, a stuck valve, or a controller running a January schedule in July. We audit the system zone by zone and hand you the findings in writing before recommending a single plant.
On the lawn conversions in our project gallery, outdoor water use dropped an average of 62% over the first full summer — mostly from moving spray to drip and putting it on a weather-based controller.
CA C-27 Landscaping Contractor · License #000000 (sample)
14 yrs
Working yards in Hollister and San Benito County
62%
Average outdoor water reduction on lawn conversions
1 crew
Same team from grading through final planting
4.9★
Across 128 published reviews
Work we take on
Three ways most yards start.
Full service list, with price ranges and timelines, lives on the services page.
Lawn removal & drought-tolerant conversion
Trade a thirsty lawn for something that still looks alive in August. Natives, Mediterranean plantings, gravel and decomposed granite paths, mulch that holds moisture through a Hollister summer.
What's included →Irrigation & smart controllers
Most yards here waste water on a broken head nobody noticed. We audit the whole system, fix what's leaking, and put it on a controller that reads the weather instead of a calendar.
What's included →Recent yards
A project, start to finish.
Front lawn to native garden · Hollister · $11,400 · 9 days
The problem
A 1,900 sq ft front lawn on spray heads, brown by July and still running six days a week.
What we did
Sod removed and hauled, soil amended, a decomposed granite path curved through boulders and native grasses, all of it on drip with a weather-based controller.
The result
Outdoor water use down roughly 62% over the first full summer.
From walk to install
Four steps, no surprises.
1. Walk the property
Free on-site visit inside our service area. We look at sun, soil, slope, drainage, and what your irrigation is actually doing before anyone talks price.
2. Plan and firm number
You get a drawn plan for design-build work and a line-item estimate for everything else. Materials, labor, and haul-off are broken out so nothing hides in a lump sum.
3. Build
Grading and drainage first, then hardscape, then irrigation, then plants. Same crew start to finish, and the site gets swept every afternoon.
4. Walk-through and care plan
We walk it together, set the controller, and hand over a watering and pruning schedule for the first year. Maintenance is optional, never bundled in without asking.
Local yards
What neighbors say a season later.
“They showed us a plan with actual plant names before we paid anything. Nobody else did that.”
“Our water bill dropped almost in half and the yard looks better than the lawn ever did.”
“Crew was on the street at 7 and gone by 3, and they swept the sidewalk every day.”
Landscaping FAQ
Questions before the walk-through.
How much does landscaping cost in Hollister, CA?
In this sample market, a drought-tolerant front-yard conversion runs about $4,200 to $12,000 depending on square footage and hardscape, a patio project about $6,800 to $20,000, and monthly maintenance from $145. Every estimate is line-itemed, so you can see materials, labor, and haul-off separately.
Do you charge for an estimate?
No. On-site estimates are free inside Hollister, San Juan Bautista, Tres Pinos, Aromas, and Paicines. Detailed design drawings for full design-build projects carry a design fee that we credit back if you hire us for the build.
What is the typical timeline for a Hollister landscaping project?
A turf conversion typically takes 1 to 2 weeks on-site, a new paver patio requires 2 to 4 weeks, and a complete front-and-back design-build lasts 3 to 6 weeks. Timelines can shift based on San Benito County permit approvals, material deliveries via Highway 25, or heavy winter rains.
Are you a licensed and insured contractor in San Benito County?
Yes. We hold a California C-27 landscaping contractor license alongside general liability and workers' compensation coverage. We include our license and certificate numbers on every estimate; we recommend homeowners verify these credentials for any contractor working in the Hollister area.
What plants actually survive a Hollister summer?
Natives and Mediterranean plants that tolerate clay soil and long dry heat: manzanita, ceanothus, salvia, deer grass, rosemary, lavender, olive, and toyon. We choose from that shortlist and set drip so the plants establish through the first two summers.
Do you maintain properties outside Hollister?
Yes. We work throughout San Benito County, including San Juan Bautista, Tres Pinos, Aromas, and Paicines. Anything further out we'll say so honestly instead of quoting a drive we can't sustain.
Am I required to sign a long-term maintenance contract for my new landscape?
Not at all. While we offer ongoing care for properties throughout Hollister, maintenance is strictly an optional service once your installation is complete. Many of our San Juan Bautista and Tres Pinos clients prefer to use the customized care plan we provide to manage their own garden upkeep.
Free on-site estimate
Let's walk your yard.
Tell us what's not working and roughly what you want to spend. We'll come look, and you'll get a line-item number instead of a lump sum.