Full landscape architecture — design, permits, build, finish — under one licensed team. No bouncing between a designer who can’t build and a builder who can’t design.
★★★★★ 4.9 on Google (37 reviews) · Licensed CSLB #1097192 · 5-year workmanship guarantee · Serving San Diego County
Tell us about your property. We’ll send back a written design proposal with renderings and a fixed timeline within one business day.
Most San Diego homeowners get bounced between an architect who delivers beautiful plans and a build crew who can’t (or won’t) execute them. The result: a binder of unbuilt drawings and a yard that still looks the same.
“Designer says it’s the builder’s fault. Builder says the designer’s plans are wrong.”
When design and build are separate companies, you become the project manager. We do both, so accountability stops here.
“Beautiful renderings, but the actual quote was 60% more.”
Designers without construction experience price by hope. Our quotes are bid-ready because we’re the team building it.
“HOA shut down the project halfway through.”
We design for San Diego HOAs (Rancho Santa Fe, La Jolla, Coronado, Del Mar) and handle the approval submissions ourselves.
“Six months in, the design still isn’t finalized.”
We deliver design proposals in 7–10 days, not 6 months. Then we build. No design-by-committee drag.
★★★★★4.9 on Google · 37 reviews · 100% reply rate
“Absolutely thrilled with the work from this landscaping company! Professional, punctual, and transformed our yard into a beautiful, welcoming space. Every detail was handled with care and creativity.”
“Couldn’t be happier with the nice job Fabian and crew did to reinstall our synthetic grass to its original condition after a plumbing job required partial removal.”
“My mother hired them to landscape her backyard. She doesn’t know how to work Google (nor is she interested in learning lol) but they did such a great job, she asked me to leave a review.”
“What can they not do?! A place where you can have them create you a beautiful outdoor space and build you a pickleball court as well. It is not just landscaping, it is a full outdoor experience.”
“San Diego Landscaping and Synthetic Turf offers a robust profile of all services to make your home and backyard dreams a reality. They do landscape design and more.”
“Would definitely hire you guys again if needed. Your detailing is amazing, really nice work on the pickleball court!”
From your first “I wish my yard looked like that” to a 5-year-guaranteed finished landscape. Same licensed team, the whole way.
Blueprint
Free in-home consult + 3D yard scan + concept boards. We deliver a written design proposal with budget and timeline in 7–10 days.
Build
Licensed crew. Daily photo updates. Weekly client check-ins. HOA approvals handled by us. No subcontractor coordination on you.
Beautify
Lighting, irrigation tuning, plant placement, hardscape finishing. The details that separate “done” from “ready to entertain.”
Backed
5-year workmanship guarantee. Lifetime call-back support. Plant replacement included for the first year.
Real client properties across Poway, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Escondido, and beyond. Tap any project for service detail.
Same crew, same license, same Backyard Blueprint System™ — whatever your project needs.
Hank Dugan, Owner
Tell us about your property. We’ll come out, measure, listen to what you actually want, and come back with real plans and a real quote.
Licensed CSLB #1097192 · Bonded & Insured · 5-year workmanship guarantee · Plant replacement included year one
What San Diego homeowners ask before hiring an architect to design and build their property.
Landscape architecture handles the structural and engineered side — grading, drainage, retaining walls, permits, hardscape elevations — in addition to plant design. Landscape design is more focused on plant selection and softscape aesthetics. Our team handles both, so you do not need to coordinate a separate engineer for grading or drainage.
We deliver a written design proposal with 3D rendering, plant list, and itemized budget within 7 to 10 business days of the in-home consult. We do not do six-month "design committees" — the design phase moves fast so the build can start.
Yes. We pull all required City of San Diego or local-municipality permits, and we prepare and submit HOA review packages where needed (Covenant in Rancho Santa Fe, Aviara, La Costa, Coronado historic district, La Jolla overlays, and master-planned communities like Otay Ranch). Most clients never touch a permit form.
Yes — we can build to another architect’s plans if you are mid-project, and we will flag anything that will not actually build the way it is drawn before we start. Most clients hire us for both phases because handing build instructions between teams is where projects go sideways.
3D photorealistic rendering of the finished property, planting plan with full species list, hardscape elevations and material specs, irrigation schematic, drainage plan, lighting plan if requested, written scope of work, fixed-cost itemized budget, and a build timeline. No vague "TBD" line items.
Yes. The 3D photo-realistic rendering is part of every design proposal at no extra cost — you see exactly what your finished yard will look like before you sign anything. This is also what we use for HOA submissions when needed.
