A high-contrast San Francisco modern garden defined by a bold black-painted fence and a textured ground plane of black basalt gravel. Clean-lined Granada White Stepstone pavers create a crisp, graphic rhythm through the space, balancing light and dark. The planting palette is sculptural and water-wise—layered for year-round interest, strong silhouettes, and a resilient, low-maintenance landscape. Plants include aloes, sedums, agaves, acacias, helichrysum, ornamental grasses, succulents, and cacti.
In Their Words
"Christel at Outside Collective was fantastic to work with from start to finish. Her design aesthetic matched what we were looking for, which was modern, creative, but open to our feedback and requirements. She is very detail oriented, with a design process that is easy to understand and organized. She is also very responsive and professional. We appreciated that she could be as involved as we needed, which is very helpful with picking out plants, lighting, fence stain colors and all the little details. She also recommended a great landscape contractor, who was able to implement her beautiful design. Now our family has a modern, low-maintenance, low-water, gorgeous backyard to use year round. We highly recommend Christel and would work with her again."