Modern Desert Oasis

San Francisco, CA
In collaboration with the homeowners, we created a modern desert oasis in San Francisco inspired by a shared love of the graphic patterns and low water plants of Mexico City. Bright poured-in-place concrete pavers weave through black basalt gravel. Sculptural butia, agaves, and cacti are softened by feathery acacia and shrubby helichrysum. Existing pottery is thoughtfully placed throughout the garden as focal points. Concrete benches frame the entry to a gravel courtyard, where breeze blocks provide a graphic backdrop for the rest of the garden.
An entry gate offers a glimpse of a centrally placed Butia capitata, with acacias, agaves, pottery, and a gravel courtyard beyond.
In this San Francisco modern garden, a sculptural Butia, underplanted with silvery-green foliage, softly obscures a graphic breeze block wall and gravel courtyard.
In this San Francisco modern garden, a sculptural Butia is underplanted with silvery green plants, such as agaves, casuarina, helichrysum, and San Pedro cactus.
Bright poured-in-place concrete pavers weave through black basalt gravel and a sea of silvery-green plantings, leading to a gravel courtyard framed by graphic breeze blocks.
In this San Francisco modern garden, bright poured-in-place concrete pavers with saw cut joints lead to a gravel courtyard.
Senecio 'Tall Towers' edge a gravel courtyard with custom concrete benches and a graphic breeze block wall in this San Francisco garden.
Sculptural butia, agaves, and cacti are softened by feathery acacia and shrubby helichrysum.
The Schematic Plan and inspiration imagery for this Modern Desert Oasis in San Francisco.
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