O'Connell Landscape

08/27/2023

Here is a new post on our blog- Turned Earth: Novato Country Garden Revisited

Before & After Novato Country Garden Revisited August 26, 2023 Michael O'Connell I recently stopped by an install in Novato that we completed in 2020. In fact, this job was interrupted by the March 2020 pandemic shutdown and then the final details were completed two months later as restrictions we e...

08/12/2023

Here is a new post on our blog- Turned Earth: Completed Project- Novato Front Yard

Before & After, Client Reviews, Project Videos Completed Project- Novato Front Yard August 11, 2023 Michael O'Connell This project in Novato near Marin Country Club took an older landscape with overgrown elements and transformed it into a modern spatially efficient new space. The existing front yard...

08/21/2022

Who knew we had been wasting hours and hours taking detailed site measurements, when online design services can design a project without ever laying foot on-site?

08/07/2022

Here is a new post on our blog- Turned Earth: Turned Earth Turns 600!

General Commentary Turned Earth Turns 600! August 4, 2022 Michael O'Connell 18 years of blogging and 600 posts later we continue to publish Turned Earth as a window into our landscape projects, a venue for our rants, and platform for hokey YouTube videos of our projects. It’s a great way to keep o...

03/05/2022

Here is a new post on our blog- Turned Earth: Taking Stock of the Drought and Water Restrictions

General Commentary, Plants Taking Stock of the Drought and Water Restrictions March 5, 2022 Michael O'Connell A View of the Mt. Tam Watershed As the drought stretches into another year, water restrictions remain in place for Marin and Sonoma County. Despite a promising start to the rainy season in t...

10/04/2021

Here is a new post on our blog- Turned Earth: Completed Project- Novato Front Stone Work

Project Videos Completed Project- Novato Front Stone Work October 2, 2021 Michael O'Connell During the past couple of years of the pandemic we have done many projects for past clients who wanted to do additional phases of work or tune up an element or area of the their yard. This project in Novato i...

10/04/2021

Completed Project- Cherry Valley Garden Reboot

Project Videos Completed Project- Cherry Valley Garden Reboot October 3, 2021 Michael O'Connell This project in the Cherry Valley neighborhood of Petaluma had been landscaped years before, but was in need of some upgrades to both plantings and hardscape to improve the design and connection of the sp...

06/02/2021

A visit to a garden we installed in 2016- it has grown in nicely.

03/20/2021

Here is a nice profile and review for a Country Garden we completed in East Petaluma: http://oclandscape.com/ocblog/east-petaluma-country-garden/

02/05/2021

We completed this project last year- a Corte Madera installation for a complete home remodel.

This project in Corte Madera re-landscaped a project we completed about 10 years ago. It features subsurface drip irrigation and new connecting walkways and ...

01/05/2021

New work in progress video features an install on a nice corner lot in East Petaluma

We walk through prep of pavers, synthetic turf and fencing of this corner lot in Petaluma

12/19/2020

Completed project video- West Petaluma gate install, enjoy!