Catherine L Kauer Sustainable Landscapes for Living Kauerdesign.com

Walnut Creek deer resistant hillside garden,
transitioning to natural landscape.

Whimsical ideas, concepts developed through discovery created a
personalized backyard, full of playful, evolving ideas with room for change.
Edible plants and recycled materials were goals of this leading edge
sustainable, all electric home, and blends with the native landscape.

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SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES FOR LIVING

Organic Methods

Adventurous, fantasy-like children's garden and dining patio. Edible
gardens, Hugelkultur composting bio-friendly raised vegetable bed, recycled
materials, reclaimed Grey Water irrigation, Bioswale dry well/Rain Garden
drainage, walkable ground cover were core concepts.

Privacy and Family Entertaining

Urban garden designed for intensive use, food prep station close to
guests, relaxing in a lush private chef's garden and
individual rooms were goals. A mesh fence, covered
with vines and exotic flowering ginger provides separation.

Fire pit seating behind Dining and Bar

Color through the seasons and edible plants make
for easy maintenance, with recycled artificial turf Putting Green.

Deer Resistant Plantings, Smart / Solar Entry Solutions

Natural stone, easy-care landscape, and a secure automatic
gate frame the driveway entry. Replacing Italian cypress with fire safe
plantings is the next step in this renovation.

playful, imaginative garden

Making this a creative, fun and safe play space, with play stations and
changing kid's art full of discovery and wonder was our primary concept.

Garden Fairy Gate, naturalistic pavers, recycled teak privacy fence

Komodo dragon whimsical pathway

Sierra concept, firepit and boulders hang out

CATHERINE KAUER, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, owner

the Dog yard, RECYCLED ARTIFICIAL TURF, GRAVEL DRAINAGE BELOW TO SANITARY SEWER, DOG DOOR THROUGH TO HOUSE. CUSTOM made, LOCKING "STABLE" DOORS

hugelkultur self-composting vegetable bed

Fire pit, piped propane

Arbor and firepit, gathering spot for home sports field

Redwood Deck, Built-in Storage around Koi Pond

Stairway from upper garden Terrace

Naturalistic Stairway down Walnut Creek Hillside,
Deer Resistant Plantings

Wine Barrel Fruit Bush Planters, Seating, Gro-Bags for Potatoes,
Native ground cover and a Dog Wash station

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SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES FOR LIVING

Organic Methods

Adventurous, fantasy-like children's garden and dining patio. Edible gardens, Hugelkultur composting bio-friendly raised vegetable bed, recycled materials, reclaimed Grey Water irrigation, Bioswale dry well/Rain Garden drainage, walkable ground cover were core concepts.

Privacy and Family Entertaining

Urban garden designed for intensive use, food prep station close to guests, relaxing in a lush private chef's garden and individual rooms were goals. A mesh fence, covered with vines and exotic flowering ginger provides separation.

Fire pit seating behind Dining and Bar

Color through the seasons and edible plants make for easy maintenance, with recycled artificial turf Putting Green.

Deer Resistant Plantings, Smart / Solar Entry Solutions

Natural stone, easy-care landscape, and a secure automatic gate frame the driveway entry. Replacing Italian cypress with fire safe plantings is the next step in this renovation.

playful, imaginative garden

Making this a creative, fun and safe play space, with play stations and changing kid's art full of discovery and wonder was our primary concept.

Garden Fairy Gate, naturalistic pavers, recycled teak privacy fence

Komodo dragon whimsical pathway

Sierra concept, firepit and boulders hang out

CATHERINE KAUER, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, owner

the Dog yard, RECYCLED ARTIFICIAL TURF, GRAVEL DRAINAGE BELOW TO SANITARY SEWER, DOG DOOR THROUGH TO HOUSE. CUSTOM made, LOCKING "STABLE" DOORS

hugelkultur self-composting vegetable bed

Fire pit, piped propane

Arbor and firepit, gathering spot for home sports field

Redwood Deck, Built-in Storage around Koi Pond

Stairway from upper garden Terrace

Naturalistic Stairway down Walnut Creek Hillside, Deer Resistant Plantings

Wine Barrel Fruit Bush Planters, Seating, Gro-Bags for Potatoes, Native ground cover and a Dog Wash station

Special promotion!

FOLLOW ME, SEE MORE AT

Adventurous, fantasy-like children's garden and dining patio. Edible
gardens, Hugelkultur composting bio-friendly raised vegetable bed, recycled
materials, reclaimed Grey Water irrigation, Bioswale dry well/Rain Garden
drainage, walkable ground cover were core concepts.

Urban garden designed for intensive use, food prep station close to
guests, relaxing in a lush private chef's garden and
individual rooms were goals. A mesh fence, covered
with vines and exotic flowering ginger provides separation.

Color through the seasons and edible plants make
for easy maintenance, with recycled artificial turf Putting Green.

Natural stone, easy-care landscape, and a secure automatic
gate frame the driveway entry. Replacing Italian cypress with fire safe
plantings is the next step in this renovation.

Making this a creative, fun and safe play space, with play stations and
changing kid's art full of discovery and wonder was our primary concept.

Naturalistic Stairway down Walnut Creek Hillside,
Deer Resistant Plantings

Wine Barrel Fruit Bush Planters, Seating, Gro-Bags for Potatoes,
Native ground cover and a Dog Wash station