Wallace Neff Landscaping Makeover

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This gorgeous Wallace Neff house, includes a front yard edible garden shaped in spiraling pathways lined with Arroyo granite rocks, first planted with bush beans then transitioned to an active seasonal edible garden. We also installed a broken concrete retaining wall with a custom curvy metal fence, layered with espaliered apple trees and a custom reclaimed old growth redwood gate.

Superadobe Planters for Edible Backyard Gardening

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This backyard is all about bench height planters for vegetables and herbs. Our client specifically wanted something that would create seating, and make it easy to garden while sitting or standing. The horse shoe shaped planter is made of onsite earth filled bags with stucco to match the house. Also called Superadobe the bags are similar to long uncut sandbag rolls, filled with dirt and then compacted.

Revolutionize Your Garden!

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Residential Permaculture Design is a holistic design/construction/maintenance package of services that La Loma Development offers their most ambitious and visionary clients.  Together we will transform your home into an example of sustainability and healthy lifestyle that you can enjoy for the rest of your life.  We take you through the steps of the complete process, from observation of your environment, answering questions, prioritizing your custom experience, finding solutions, and making changes that will lead you towards a sustainable future in your existing home.

Mediterranean Arbor

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We recently finished the installation of two arbors at a residence in Altadena. We look forward to the spring, when the Arbor will eventually be covered in Muscat, both an edible and wine-making grape vine.

Unique Broken Concrete Forum

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Broken concrete is an extremely versatile material, as demonstrated in this unique circular inset bench. The landscape design by Guillaume Lemoine of Picture This Land, turned an underutilized enclosed front yard, into a relaxing social area for an adjacent home office and plenty of enjoyment for the homeowners. We incorporated a small fountain in between the major pillars of the concrete bench seats.