Baldwin Vista
Installation May 2022
Project Scope
Client priorities: dedicated space for vegetable gardening, attracting birds and critters, hardscaping and drainage to counteract flooding + mud during rainy season, child- friendly, dog- friendly
grass removal
sheet mulching
grading + drainage
excavating dry creek-bed and basin
added water feature (bubbler fountain)
added garden boxes
added fruit trees in pots and in ground
re-planted with native plants
Project Details
🌎 Baldwin Vista
🏡 1,360 sq ft, side + backyard
☀️ Partial shade on both sides of the house with full sun in the main backyard area
💧 All native plants are hand-watered with drip lines on the veggie beds, existing Creeping Fig vine + fruit trees
Side + Backyard Plants
Morning to mid-day sun
Blue Eyed Grass- Sisyrinchium bellum
California Copperleaf- Acalypha californica
Carmel Sur Manzanita - Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Carmel Sur' (creeping)
Catalina Perfume- Ribes viburnifolium
Common Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Coyote Mint - Monardella villosa
Howard McMinn Manzanita - Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn' (in the ground)
Island Alum Root - Heuchera maxima
Louis Edmonds Manzanita - Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds' (in pot)
Skylark Ceanothus - Ceanothus 'Skylark'
Toyon - Heteromeles arbutifolia
Full Sun
Canyon Prince Wild Rye - Elymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'
Climbing Penstemon - Keckiella cordifolia
Blue Eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium bellum
Bush Poppy - Dendromecon harfordii
Bush Sunflower - Encelia californica
Mrs. Beard Creeping Sage - Salvia sonomensis 'Mrs. Beard'
Ray Hartman Ceanothus - Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
Seacliff Buckwheat - Eriogonum parvifolium (also around patio)
White Sage - Salvia apiana
Woolly Blue Curls - Trichostema lanatum
Mid-day to afternoon sun
California Blackberry - Rubus ursinus
California Wildrose - Rosa californica
Canyon Duet Coral Bells - Heuchera 'Canyon Duet'
Canyon Prince Wild Rye - Elymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'
Coffeeberry - Frangula californica
Hooker’s Evening Primrose - Oenothera elata
Hummingbird Sage - Salvia spathacea
Idaho Fescue - Festuca idahoensis
Long-stem Evening-primrose - Oenothera longissima
Molate Red Fescue - Festuca rubra ‘Molate'
Sand Dune Sedge - Carex pansa
Sugar Bush - Rhus ovata
Wendy Alumroot - Heuchera 'Wendy'
Western Columbine - Aquilegia californica
Potted
Fig
Rio Grande Cherry
Blueberries (4)
Succulents - Calandrinia and Dudleya varieties
Existing
Citrus (in ground)
Creeping fig vines
The following images showcase the "before" and "after" shots.
