When the garden needs a builder,
we call Terra & Homes.
For about ten years, Beyond Gardens has partnered with Terra & Homes (formerly Lopez Remodeling Construction), our sustainable design and build partner, to bring licensed, professional construction services to our clients, from ADUs to hardscape structures that our own landscape design work can grow around.
Elizabeth Sarmiento and the Beyond Gardens team design and install ecological landscapes — native plantings, greywater systems, permeable patios, rain gardens. But some projects call for licensed construction work that goes beyond landscaping: an ADU, a retaining structure, a full remodel that the garden will eventually surround.
That's where Terra & Homes comes in. Based in the South Bay, Terra & Homes brings the same values Beyond Gardens clients already expect — honesty, craftsmanship, and care — to the licensed construction side of a project. Elizabeth refers Beyond Gardens clients to Terra & Homes directly, and the two teams coordinate so the build and the landscape work together, not around each other.
What Terra & Homes
brings to Beyond Gardens projects
Licensed construction services, coordinated with your landscape plan from day one.
ADUs & New Builds
Kitchen & Home Remodels
Hardscape Structures
Permits & Structure
Bathroom Remodels
ADUs & New Builds
Project Coordination
Accessory dwelling units and ground-up construction, planned around your existing or future garden.
Why we partner
with Terra & Homes
Beyond Gardens clients often need more than landscaping alone. Rather than hand clients off to a stranger, Elizabeth works with a licensed contractor she trusts — so the same values that shape our gardens carry through to the structures
they surround.
“At Terra & Homes, we believe building isn't just about structures — it's about improving lives. That's the same spirit Elizabeth brings to every garden, which is why our teams work so well together.”
— Terra & Homes
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A project needs a licensed construction partner when it goes beyond landscaping, for example an ADU, a retaining structure, or a full remodel the garden will eventually surround. Beyond Gardens designs and installs the ecological landscape: native plantings, greywater systems, permeable patios and rain gardens. For the construction side, we work with Terra & Homes.
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Terra & Homes is a licensed construction company based in the South Bay and Beyond Gardens' construction partner. Terra & Homes handles ADUs and new builds, kitchen, bathroom and home remodels, hardscape structures, permits and structural work, and project coordination. It brings the values our clients already expect, honesty, craftsmanship and care, to the construction side of a project.
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Elizabeth refers Beyond Gardens clients to Terra & Homes directly, and the two teams coordinate from day one so the build and the landscape work together, not around each other. Terra & Homes' construction is coordinated with your landscape plan, and our design work grows around the structures Terra & Homes builds. You get a trusted builder rather than a hand-off to a stranger.
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Contact Terra & Homes directly for a licensed construction estimate, using the link on this page. To start the landscape side of your project, reach out to Beyond Gardens and book a design consultation. If your project needs both a builder and a gardener, you can start with either team, and Elizabeth will coordinate with Terra & Homes once both are involved.
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Yes, it helps to plan both together. Terra & Homes plans ADUs and ground-up construction around your existing or future garden, and Beyond Gardens coordinates the landscape plan with the build from the start. Thinking about the garden early lets the build work around plantings you want to keep and lets the new structure and the landscape fit together as one design.
Frequently
asked questions
