Photo - Wood Shade Structure

Here's a lovely wood shade structure. Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's residence in San Diego

Photo - Blue Curls Echeveria

This compact succulent is perfect for containers or small dry stream beds.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

taken at a client's garden in San Diego

Photo - Trex Deck with Jacuzzi Hot Tub

This beautiful low maintenance deck was built around the jacuzzi after it was installed.

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

Photo - Landscape Fabric

Heavy duty landscape fabric (also call weed block) is a great way to stop most weeds from from popping up in a new landscape. 

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's garden in Pacific Beach

Photo - Southwestern Outdoor Kitchen

This client wanted a modern Southwestern outdoor kitchen with BBQ grill, refrigerator and bar counter.  The top is poured in place concrete.  Photos by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's residence in University City

Photo - Green Apple Daylily (Hemerocallis sp.)

This tough little perennial is drought tolerant but blooms better with some water.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's garden in San Diego

Photo - Outdoor Kitchen with Concrete Counter Top and Honey Wheat Dressed Facade

This beautiful kitchen counter is a wonderful focal point for the back yard.

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

Photo - Putting Green with Rock Wall

This small back yard was expanded with a rock wall built from Baja Cresta boulders.  The space was then enhanced with a 3 hole putting green. Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Dry Stream Bed

This dry stream bed serves to redirect run off from the back yard drains to the street.  In the dry season it serves as a nice focal point.

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

Photo -Decomposed Granite Pathway with deck

Photo - Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-caste)

This wonderful small tree / large shrub reaches about 15 feet tall & wide.

The foliage is fragrant and has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries in Europe. The Chaste Tree is deciduous and blooms in the summer.  It is drought tolerant and heat loving.

Photos by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

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Photo - Raised Concrete Patio

I designed this little patio to take advantage of the views and offer the client a nice spot for a fire pit.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design, taken at a client's home in Santee

Photo - Modern Wood Fence

This modern wood fence was made from Mangeris hard wood with metal posts.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Forest Pansy Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy')

This is my favorite small tree for tight spaces.  The Forest Pansy Redbud will reach about 15' tall x 15' wide.

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