Mid-Century Modern

Eichler Home Landscape Remodel, San Rafael, CA

Project Overview:
The front and back areas surrounding this Eichler home were updated with the mid-century modern aesthetic in mind. The back landscape updated include modern concrete retaining walls and pathways accented with gravel and pebbles. The stately "Gracie Modern Arbors" offer eye-catching visual appeal and growing support for 3 grape vines along a long pathway ramp, and a 4th arbor frames a stairway to the hillside with a flowering Passion Vine. The sloped hillsides were revamped to include low-water and low-maintenance plants that include CA natives, other Mediterranean plants and several succulent, along with a narrow switch-back pathway to maneuver through the hillside, edged with stacked stone. The front landscape updates include a series of concrete walls and minimalist plant design with a massing of barrel cactus, artichoke agaves, upright thatching reeds a Blue Palm (Brahea 'Clara'), Mediterranean Fan Palms and other easy-care plants. The dramatic corten steel sculpture screen, designed by artist Jesse Small, offers a striking focal point adjacent to the front doorway.

Design Details:

The back landscape is highlighted by the striking circular "Gracie Modern Arbors" by TerraTrellis offering sculptural focal elements and structures for grapes and flowering vines.
A diverse variety of colorful low-water, low-care grasses, succulents and companion plants brighten the landscape and hillside offering year-round interest.
Modern concrete retaining walls and pathways compliment the home's Eichler, mid-century modern design.
The front landscape updated with an artful Corten Steel sculpture screen, modern retaining walls gravel.
Minimalist modern planting design with architectural succulents, palms and other low water plants echo the mid-century modern design aesthetic for curb appeal and a low-maintenance update.

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