Photo - Crushed Decomposed Granite Pathway

This golf cart path was made with 2 inches of compacted class 2 base and 2 inches of 3/8" crushed decomposed granite, color - Palm Springs Gold.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's residence in Rancho Santa Fe

Photo - Blue Chalk Sticks on Slope

This fire resistant ground cover is more drought tolerant than the pickleweed (green ground cover at the top of the slope).  Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Quartzite Tile on Concrete

When you have an existing concrete patio that is in good shape but ugly, you can spruce it up with some tile.  This is Quartzite tile, a good product for areas that can get wet.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's residence in Rancho Bernardo

Photo - Concrete Stepping Stones with Mexican Beach Pebbles

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Concrete that looks like wood planks

Here are stamped concrete stairs that look like wood planks.

Photos by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Pouring a Concrete Patio

For most backyard concrete patios, a pumper is needed to get the concrete from the big truck to the back.  Here's one in action.

Photos by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's residence in Escondido