Lawn Care
Weekly mowing, edging, and detailing tuned to Peninsula microclimates — cool-season fescues and bentgrass included.
$65/ visit · weekly
Landscape Design · Build · Care — Menlo Park, CA
We design, build, and tend distinctive, enduring landscapes for residences across the San Francisco Peninsula — collaborative work that reflects the way you actually live outdoors.
Penelope Park Residence
Our Approach
Landscapes with a sense of place.
Garden Sense, Inc. offers the full scope of landscape services for residences on the San Francisco Peninsula. Our design and construction teams provide distinctive and enduring landscapes that enhance your home and reflect your unique lifestyle and interests.
Our maintenance services assure that your landscape will continue to thrive. We hold communication and client satisfaction as our highest priorities — working collaboratively with clients to go beyond their expectations, every season.
We stay on top of the latest trends in outdoor design — hardscape and plant materials, irrigation techniques — and we include water-saving strategies in every installation, especially important in this changing climate.
22+Years on the Peninsula
340Residences served
12Specialist crew members
Services & Indicative Pricing
Everything your garden needs, priced honestly.
From weekly lawn care to full design-build installations, here's what a typical Peninsula residence can expect to invest. Final quotes are always site-specific.
Garden Design
Site analysis, concept boards, planting plans, and 3D renderings — a complete design package tailored to your home.
$2,400/ design package
Garden Maintenance
Pruning, feeding, seasonal clean-ups, and pest monitoring on a monthly schedule that keeps mature plantings thriving.
$280/ month · ongoing
Hardscaping & Stonework
Flagstone patios, dry-stacked retaining walls, bluestone walkways, and natural stone steps — built to last decades, not seasons. Includes drainage grading and base preparation.
$48/ sq ft · installed
Smart Irrigation
Water-efficient drip systems with weather-based controllers — typically cutting consumption by 30–50%.
$1,200/ system · installed
Native & Drought-Tolerant Planting
Ceanothus, manzanita, salvia, and ornamental grasses — a climate-smart palette that supports pollinators and reads as composed, not wild.
$185/ planting hour
Tree & Shrub Care
Crown thinning, structural pruning, fruit-tree shaping, and deep-root feeding — performed by certified arborists on staff.
$220/ tree · service call
Not sure what you need?
Request your quote
Tell us about your property — we'll shape a scope around it.
Every Peninsula lot has its own soil, exposure, and history. Share a few details and we'll come walk the site, then send a written proposal within five business days.
The Process
From first walk to first bloom.
A collaborative four-stage process built around clear communication — so you always know what's happening, and why.
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Listen & walk the site
We meet on your property, hear how you live outdoors, and read the land — soil, drainage, light, and existing plantings.
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Design & refine
Concept boards, planting plans, and 3D views. We iterate until the design feels unmistakably yours — not a template.
03
Build & install
Our construction crews handle hardscape, irrigation, and planting in-house — no subcontractor hand-offs, no surprises.
04
Tend & evolve
Seasonal maintenance keeps the work maturing beautifully. We adjust as the garden grows — and as your life changes.
Selected Work
Peninsula residences, in season.
A small selection of recent design-build projects across Menlo Park, Atherton, and Palo Alto. Each garden below was built and is maintained by our crews.
Begin a Project
Let's design something worth tending.
Tell us a little about your property and what you're hoping for. We'll come walk the site and follow up with a written proposal within five business days. We serve residences across Menlo Park, Atherton, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Los Altos, and Woodside.
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Telephone 650.369.3400
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Service Area Menlo Park & the San Francisco Peninsula
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Hours Mon–Fri · 8am to 5pm · By appointment