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The Benefits of a Custom Outdoor Living Space
There are more benefits to a custom outdoor living space than you might think. Learn more about how a custom backyard can change your life.
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Oct 16, 20233 min read
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Backyard ADUs and What to Know Before You Build
Thinking about building a backyard ADU? Here's what your landscape designer wants you to know before you break ground.
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Jun 6, 20234 min read
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How to Put a Fire Pit on a Deck–Design Ideas
From fire pits on a deck, to covered patios, to store purchased, traditional, and modern styles, there’s design inspo for everybody.
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Dec 27, 20227 min read
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The Top 8 California Landscape Designers
California is home to some of the best landscape designers working today. Discover 8 of our favorite California landscape designers.
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Aug 29, 20226 min read
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Permits: What to Know Before Renovating Your Backyard
No matter how many projects Water and Earth works on in the Bay Area, there is one common thing that unites them all—a need for permits....
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Mar 9, 20226 min read
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Five Reasons To Wait a Year Before Renovating Your New Backyard
If you’ve just moved into a new home in the Bay Area, we’re guessing you’re pretty excited to be there. After all, moving is no fun, and...
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Feb 9, 20225 min read
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Making Old Pools New Again—Replacement or Renovation?
A lot of Bay Area homes come with a pool. If you’re buying a home in the Bay area, you may have already figured this out. Whether or not...
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Jan 19, 20225 min read
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The Top 5 Most Purchased Outdoor Living Products of 2021
Discover the top 5 most purchased outdoor living projects of 2021.
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Dec 26, 20214 min read
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New Service: Announcing our Virtual Strategy Consultation Service
Get the help and advice you need with our new virtual strategy consultation service.
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Dec 3, 20213 min read
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Pricing Your Outdoor Living Project: What Size Headache Do You Want To Buy?
Learn how to price your outdoor living project to avoid headaches and hassles.
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Oct 28, 20214 min read
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The Yardzen reviews are in. Worth it?
An in depth look and review of the virtual landscape service called Yardzen.
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Aug 13, 20219 min read
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Phasing The Construction of Your Outdoor Living Space: How To Do It Right
Many times we are approached by clients looking to “phase” the construction of their new backyard or outdoor living space. In other...
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May 13, 20216 min read
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Why We Emphasize 2D Design over 3D Renderings
As technology surrounding 3D renderings has advanced, many design companies have begun to abandon the emphasis on an initial 2D landscape...
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May 5, 20214 min read
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Don't Skip These 7 Home Projects Before Selling Your House
Maybe you’ve decided it’s time to leave your condo in New York City for a more spacious house in Dallas now that you can work from home....
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Jan 22, 20215 min read
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Water and Earth Featured in Dwell Magazine
As a local Bay Area company known for pushing the outdoor living limits, Water and Earth is always striving to be on the forefront of new...
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Nov 16, 20203 min read
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Q: Is Water and Earth Landscape Design a design/build company or just design?
A: Just design- And so much more. How do the design/build companies do it? When it comes time to select a group to work with on your new...
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Nov 2, 20205 min read
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Outdoor Living In Light of COVID
As I write this, the Bay Area is currently clouded by doubt regarding what fall and winter will look like due to continuous complications fr
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Oct 27, 20205 min read
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Introducing Techo-Bloc - The New Standard in Interlocking Concrete Pavers
Water ands Earth presents Techo-Bloc to the Bay Area
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Oct 21, 20203 min read
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Water and Earth Landscape Design is one of “13 Best Instagram Accounts for Outdoor Spaces”
We are of the wholehearted belief that you get back what you put in to the world, and social media is no exception. So when we entered the w
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Oct 19, 20202 min read
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Pergolas, Arbors and Trellises, Oh My!
A lot of our Landscape Design clients here in San Jose, California and the surrounding areas call in with requests regarding pergolas,...
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Oct 8, 20182 min read
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