Our Work
See what your yard could become. These are gardens we designed and built with homeowners across Santa Clara County: spaces that look beautiful in every season, are easy to live with, and are full of life.
678
Gardens designed and built
617,333
Square feet of lawn replaced
32
Gallons of water saved per square foot of grass, every year
12.4M+
Gallons of water saved every year
Connect with nature’s intelligence + be inspired
Your garden should feel like it belongs where it is. We draw colors, forms and textures from the land around your home, then add art pieces, reclaimed materials and found objects that tell your story.
Complex Ecosystems
We design and build landscapes that emulate the beauty and resilience of natural ecosystems, bringing together plants that work in relationship to support local wildlife, enrich biodiversity, and create thriving habitats for people and nature.
El Jardin de casa Snyder
Native plants are uniquely adapted to seasonal and cyclical weather patterns, making them resilient to both flooding and drought. By integrating these plants, our gardens create a network of micro-habitats that provide critical support to threatened species such as birds, amphibians, butterflies, and essential pollinators.
We design and construct unique, meticulously crafted stone structures, embracing an ancient art form that has been used for centuries worldwide to build houses, walls, staircases, and bridges. These structures not only enhance beauty and functionality but also offer significant ecological benefits, such as improving drainage, creating habitats for wildlife, and promoting sustainable landscaping.
Artisan Stonework
We design and install thoughtfully crafted stonework using time-honored techniques that work with the landscape rather than against it. Each piece is carefully placed to create beauty, stability, permeability, and a natural connection to its surroundings.
Unlike conventional hardscape, our stonework can help slow and direct water, improve drainage, create microhabitats for wildlife, and reduce the need for resource-intensive materials. The result is enduring craftsmanship that is both beautiful and ecologically meaningful. Let’s create stonework that belongs in your landscape and helps it thrive.
Dry-stacked stonework is built without mortar or glue to bind the rocks.
Carefully selected stones are knitted together using a time-tested technique that forms an interlocking, load-bearing structure that lasts for hundreds of years.
Dry-stacked stone raised beds are beautiful and provide lasting support for people and ecosystems to thrive.
Take a Hike in
Your Own Garden.
From a simple gravel path or decomposed granite (fine gold) to flagstone paths or pavers, we can build it.
We design and install beautiful, meandering garden paths that invite you to slow down, explore, and connect with nature. Using thoughtful materials, natural forms, and permeable surfaces, our pathways become more than a way to get from one place to another; they become part of the garden experience.
Paths make your garden easy to explore and safe for kids and pets.
Working With Rainfall
We capture the rain that falls on your land and let it soak in, so your garden needs less watering.
A rain garden catches the runoff from your roof, driveway and parking strip. Its soil, plants and microbes naturally clean that water as it slowly soaks into the ground, instead of letting it rush straight into the street and the storm drain.
A dry creek bed lined with stones and California natives carries winter rain safely across your yard, and it still looks beautiful and natural all through the long, dry summer months.
Planting Water
Rainwater harvesting and stormwater management are at the heart of our work. We shape your land so rain waters the garden instead of running down the gutter.
Water Optimization & Conservation
Every drop matters. We design to use water wisely, sustaining life, nurturing healthy ecosystems, and enhancing the beauty of our gardens.
Every load of laundry sends usable water down the drain. With a Laundry-to-Landscape system it goes to your garden instead, watering the fruit trees and shrubs you already have. Starting from scratch? We can design and build a thriving food forest around it, so that water grows fresh fruit for your family.
Put your household laundry water to work in your garden
We look at every way water reaches your garden and make each drop count. We choose drought-tolerant plants suited to your soil, sun and shade, capture rainwater right where it falls, reuse household water through Laundry-to-Landscape greywater systems, and install efficient drip irrigation that delivers water straight to the roots, right where plants need it. You use less water, pay less for it, spend less time watering, and enjoy a garden that stays healthy and beautiful year after year.
Chicken Coops
We design and build every coop around your flock, your yard, your routine and the way you like to care for your hens.
Backyard hens give you fresh eggs every week, rich compost for your garden beds and natural pest control among your plants. A well-built coop keeps them safe and happy, with a dry place to lay, a comfortable roost at night, room to scratch and move, easy cleaning for you, and solid protection from bad weather and predators.
Enjoy backyard fresh eggs and an effective fertilizer for your garden
The Beyond Gardens team loves designing and building chicken coops.
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Beyond Gardens has designed and built 678 gardens and replaced 617,333 square feet of lawn. Every square foot of grass removed saves about 32 gallons of water a year, and together these gardens save more than 12.4 million gallons of water every year. The projects on this page were built with homeowners across Santa Clara County.
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We build everything from a simple gravel or decomposed granite path to flagstone paths and pavers. Our paths meander through the garden using natural forms and permeable surfaces, so they invite you to slow down and explore. Beyond getting you from one place to another, a well-built path makes the garden easy to walk through and safe for kids and pets.
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A dry creek bed is a channel lined with stones and California native plants that carries winter rain safely across your yard. Instead of rushing into the street and the storm drain, the water is slowed and guided so more of it can soak into your land. Through the long, dry summer months it still looks natural and beautiful.
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Yes. We draw colors, forms and textures from the land around your home, then add art pieces, reclaimed materials and found objects that tell your story. Reusing materials also fits our ecological approach, because it reduces the need for resource-intensive new materials. Mention any pieces you would like to include during your consultation so the design can be built around them.
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California native plants are adapted to the region's seasonal and cyclical weather patterns, which makes them resilient to both flooding and drought. Planted together, they create a network of micro-habitats that supports birds, amphibians, butterflies and pollinators, including threatened species. Paired with rain gardens and dry creek beds, a native garden can absorb winter storms and still thrive through dry summers.