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Award-Winning Landscape Design

Explore Dig Your Garden's award-winning Marin County landscape design work, from sustainable outdoor living spaces to low-water planting ideas. Use this guide hub to find official project photos, service details, social links, and planning inspiration.

Founded 2006Best of Houzz Design 20264 APLD Awards5.0/5 Houzz Rating23 Houzz Reviews

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Your Dig Your Garden Journey

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Landscape Design Consultation

Start with the basics: goals, timing, budget, site conditions, and the kind of outdoor living space you want Dig Your Garden to help shape.

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Design Process

Understand how the studio moves from an initial conversation to site analysis, concept design, drawings, and installation support.

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Water-Wise Planting

Explore low-water, low-maintenance planting ideas built around site-appropriate Mediterranean plants, succulents, and California natives.

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Outdoor Living Planning

Review patios, outdoor kitchens, fire features, pools, lighting, furnishings, and other elements that can turn a yard into a usable living space.

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What is Dig Your Garden?

Dig Your Garden Landscape Design is a San Anselmo, California studio founded by lead designer Eileen Kelly in 2006. It designs distinctive residential outdoor living spaces across Marin County, the North Bay and the wider San Francisco Bay Area.

Its work joins hardscape and planting with sustainable, low-water and low-maintenance approaches. Services range from early concepts and 2D/3D drawings to plant sourcing, permitting support and installation coordination.

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Founder & Lead Designer

Eileen Kelly

Founded

2006

Location

San Anselmo, California

Service Area

Marin County and San Francisco Bay Area

APLD Awards

4

Houzz Rating

5.0/5

Houzz Reviews

23

Design Focus

Low-water outdoor living

Dig Your Garden Homepage Modules Navigation

Jump straight to the eight Dig Your Garden sections and find the service, process, portfolio, planting, or local coverage detail you need.

Dig Your Garden Landscape Design Services

Explore the residential landscape-design services offered across Marin County and the San Francisco Bay Area. The studio works on both focused renovations and full outdoor-living transformations, combining hardscape with planting design.

ConceptConceptual landscape layouts and schematic drawings are part of the listed services.
PlantingPlanting-plan design and site-appropriate, low-water plant recommendations are offered.
SupportServices include contractor bid referral, permitting support and installation coordination.
PlansThe studio provides 2D and 3D renderings plus master landscape design plans.
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Dig Your Garden Landscape Design Process

See the documented route from the first conversation to installation coordination. This module answers the practical search intent behind how a landscape designer works and what happens before construction begins.

1Begin with a complimentary telephone consultation to discuss goals, timing, budget and fit.
2Meet on site for a consultation that typically lasts one to two hours.
3Review a detailed design-fee proposal covering scope, deliverables and the estimated fee range.
4Move through site analysis, conceptual 2D/3D design and final master-plan drawings before installation support.
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Dig Your Garden Landscape Design Portfolio

Browse real residential projects to match a homeowner's site, architectural style and outdoor-living goals. The official portfolio includes gardens, terraces, modern remodels and lawn-replacement transformations in the Bay Area.

San RafaelFeatured work includes a landscape and garden transformation for a rebuilt home and an Eichler landscape remodel.
Mill ValleyFeatured work includes a multi-level modern landscape, a bungalow garden update and lawn-replacement projects.
SausalitoThe portfolio includes a mid-century modern revamp with a living wall and a narrow landscape maximization.
NovatoExamples include a modern farmhouse renovation and Serene Outdoor Living Amongst the Oaks.
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Dig Your Garden Water-Wise Garden Design

Find an evidence-based entry point for low-water garden and lawn-replacement searches. Dig Your Garden states that it uses site-appropriate, low-water and low-maintenance plants while designing for year-round appeal.

Low-WaterThe studio incorporates low-water and low-maintenance planting suited to each site.
HydrozonesIrrigation design can include hydrozones that group plants with similar water needs.
LawnThe official portfolio features lawn-replacement projects in Ross, Mill Valley and Sleepy Hollow.
LocalThe studio describes work with Mediterranean plants, succulents and California natives.
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Dig Your Garden Landscape Design Consultation

Give prospective clients a clear, search-friendly explanation of the consultation before they contact the studio. The official process describes the discussion topics, meeting format and recommended preparation materials.

1Use the initial complimentary phone call to cover project wishes, timing, budget and services.
2Schedule an in-person meeting, typically one to two hours, to review vision, objectives, scope and site issues.
3Prepare photos and inspiration imagery before the meeting to help communicate preferred landscapes, gardens or plants.
4Receive initial broad recommendations on plants, materials and possible design approaches during the consultation.
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Dig Your Garden 2D and 3D Landscape Plans

Target searches for landscape plans, garden drawings and 3D visualization with a page that explains the real deliverables. The studio develops drawings in Vectorworks and can create 2D, 3D and final master-plan documentation.

AnalysisSite conditions, sun and shade patterns, measurements and, when needed, survey information form the design foundation.
2DOne or more bird's-eye conceptual design approaches can present hardscape, planting and recommended elements.
3D3D or perspective renditions can be created when they are needed to communicate the concept.
PlansFinal drawings specify materials and elements for contractor bids and, where needed, engineering or permitting.
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Dig Your Garden Outdoor Living Design

Cover high-intent searches for patios, pools, outdoor kitchens, lighting and garden amenities. The official services list these features alongside the design and installation-support work required to bring them together.

PatiosProjects can combine hardscape elements with planting areas as part of a complete outdoor space.
FireThe services list includes outdoor kitchens, fire pits and fire walls.
WaterPool design and water features are included among the listed landscape elements.
LightingLow-voltage lighting design, furnishings and pottery sourcing are available services.
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Dig Your Garden Bay Area Service Areas

Answer local-intent searches by showing the official geographic coverage in one scannable module. Dig Your Garden serves Marin County and the North Bay, plus San Francisco, Sonoma, Napa and potentially selected South Bay locations.

MarinListed Marin locations include San Anselmo, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, Sausalito and Tiburon.
North BayThe official services page identifies Marin County and the North Bay as core service coverage.
San FranciscoSan Francisco is expressly included in the studio's listed service area.
SonomaSonoma and Napa are included, with some South Bay locations considered where appropriate.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers to the most common questions about Dig Your Garden.

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