Landscape Design on the California Central Coast

We provide landscape design services rooted in a thoughtful understanding of place, use, and context. Working throughout California’s Central Coast and beyond, our design practice focuses on creating modern outdoor environments that feel intentional, grounded, and enduring. Our work begins with careful observation and collaboration, allowing each landscape to respond authentically to its site while supporting how it will be experienced over time.

A Design Practice Informed by Landscape Architecture

Our approach to landscape design is shaped by a strong educational foundation in landscape architecture. Members of our team hold landscape architecture degrees from Cal Poly, where an emphasis on site analysis, environmental systems, and design thinking continues to inform our work today. This background allows us to approach design with rigor and clarity — considering scale, circulation, planting, and materiality in ways that support both immediate experience and long-term performance.

Design Continuity and Collaboration

Our design work is developed in close coordination with the broader project team. We regularly collaborate with architects, engineers, and interior designers to ensure landscape decisions are aligned with the overall vision, technical requirements, and long-term performance of each project.

As a licensed and bonded landscape contractor, Contexto is able to carry design intent forward into construction. This continuity supports clear communication, accurate budgeting, and a smoother transition from design to construction. Through an integrated, collaborative process, we help ensure landscapes are realized with clarity and care.

AREAS WE SERVE

Our current landscape design portfolio includes projects throughout California and Texas, including Napa, Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Los Osos, Nipomo, Los Angeles, Woodland Hills, Montecito, and Austin, Texas.