Palo Alto Garden Design & Landscape Design

Palo Alto is one of the South Bay Area’s most beautiful and affluent communities and is also the home of the prestigious Stanford University. The urban center of Palo Alto consists of a wide-ranging universe of trees composed of brilliant indigenous and foreign trees within both common and non-public properties. As well as being one of Palo Alto’s most significant elemental resources, trees provide shade, and additional environmental benefits while improving the general quality of life to the community, residents and businesses.

Palo Alto actually neighbors the much smaller city of Stanford, CA which is technically the true home of Stanford University.  Nonetheless, the two cities share an incredible ecologically and biologically rich environment for both plant and animal life. Homeowners fortunate enough to live in this very ‘fertile’ part of the world know how lucky they are, and this understanding is evidenced in their own efforts to make their visible yards, as well as those not immediately visible, as beautiful as possible.  Their aim is to preserve the areas natural beauty and are consequently part of the reason why Palo Alto homes maintain such a high monetary value.

A fertile garden and maintained lawn is something to take pride in, particularly in times of drought. Studies estimate that quality landscaping can add to a homes value as much as 20%, making upkeep of your existing landscaping during droughts even more important.

Water audits may help you recognize easy ways to keep your yard healthy and green, even throughout the worst conditions, like updating your irrigation schedule and implementing root irrigation systems to decrease water-loss from evaporation. Xerogardening (xeriscaping) and harvesting rainwater are options that would very likely improve your lawn’s value and visual appeal.

For more information or to schedule a consultation, contact Julie Orr:

Julie Orr Design
PO Box 73
Menlo Park, CA 94026
Phone:(650) 468-8020