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Emerge Landscape

5.0 (10 reviews)
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So thrilled with this team! Celerino and Hector are the designers, and the build team is led by their father who has decades of experience. Many of their crew members, including the lead technician who designs the irrigation/draining/lighting layout, used to work for Roger's Gardens in Corona del Mar. When we were meeting with various designers and trying to figure out a game plan for a complete redesign to our front and back yards, we decided that we wanted to go with a company who could handle both the design and build/install. This should not be overlooked as there are many small, on-the-fly decisions that need to be made, and it was so helpful being able to have the design team collaborate seamlessly with the installers. Our 1960s suburban house is at the end of a cul de sac on a pie-shaped lot so we have a very unusual lay-out to our back yard. We are planning to stay here for some time and wanted to come up with a plan that was unique to this space. We wanted to address some safety concerns with the broken/cracked concrete, and rebuild part of a block fence original to the 1960s that wasn't stable. We also wanted screening plants along the fence, a plant palette that would feature drought tolerant CA native plants + create a habitat for bird and butterfly watching. And, we wanted to have multiple sitting areas (in addition to the concrete patio), a playground area, a place for a few citrus trees, and new drainage/grading that could direct some of the rain water into a swale, as well as completely new irrigation and lighting. Emerge completed a site plan, and then came up with a beautiful hardscape design for a concrete patio and concrete pavers to connect the side yards so everything was the same height and cohesive. They came up with a really cool way to incorporate the concrete joints as a design element. Emerge came up with a raised DG sitting area that is perfectly placed to see all of the back yard. We also discussed with them the possibility of creating a natural play area instead of a traditional playground. We finally decided to go that route, and I'm so glad that we did. At the outset of the project, we had to cut down some mature trees that were damaging the previous concrete, and we saved their trunks. Emerge's artisans used the trunks to make a retaining wall for the play area, as well as a balance beam and an area with stumps/logs strewn about so kids can leap around. We love the open-ended possibilities for play, and how beautifully it is integrated into the yard. They've created such a gorgeous and functional outside living space that makes the yard feel very open and calming. Around the time that I became aware of Emerge, I also started following Colin Dunleavy of Live Forever Landscape on Instagram, and loved how he can create a more formal planting layout with CA native plants. I was aware that Colin had partnered with Emerge on other projects, and asked if he could collaborate on this one as well. They're not grown in yet so it's hard to see in the pictures, he picked a wonderful palette of toyon and island cherries to screen one side of the yard, and then desert lavender and Ray Hartman ceanothus to screen the other side. There's different types of sages, mallows, manzanitas, dudleyas, etc....I'm so excited to watch all of these beautiful plants grow in and become established! (I'll post updates as the plants grow in) He also designed the river rock swale, and worked with Emerge to install it -- we think it is so beautiful and helps to make the yard's layout more dynamic. Logistics - Pricing was very competitive. When there were overages, they communicated exactly as they said they would, in advance. For such a large project, the overages were only 3% of the whole job, and at least half of that was because of things I had added, like more lights. Communication - true to their word, Hector and/or Celerino were here daily. I like a lot of detail, and they were very pleasant and patient with how engaged I like to be in the process. Permits - Emerge worked very well with the City of Costa Mesa to get our new block wall permitted, and passed each of the inspections at the first round. Neighbors - after almost two months of being here, trucks in and out, port-a-potty in the front yard...no complaints from the neighbors. Our next-door neighbor even commented what nice guys they are. This team is creative, knowledgeable, hardworking, and honest. I'm so glad we went with Emerge for our complete landscape redesign project, and would highly recommend them! Please message me if you'd like any more info about my experience.

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Emerge Landscape did a great job installing pavers to the back of my garage as an extra storage area for my equipment. I can never be so happy with the results that they did! Definitely, I would recommend them to anyone.

Margaret H.

Less than a year later and my California Native Garden is thriving, blooming, and expanding daily! Thank you @emergelandscape & @liveforeverlandscape. #californianativegarden

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Celerino and Hector are the designers, and the build team is led by their father who has decades of experience.

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