EXCEPTIONAL LANDSCAPES, DESIGNED AND BUILT.
Doniel Ellis Designs provides design-forward, craft landscape construction services for residential clients throughout the greater Bay Area.
DEDL's landscape designs feature a contemporary, modernist aesthetic, emphasizing functionality and environmental stewardship. We design outdoor spaces that are harmonious, inspiring, useful and environmentally responsible.
Clear communication, quality workmanship, and attention to detail guide our approach to building exceptional outdoor spaces. Training in horticulture, landscape architecture and ecological construction techniques ensures our team’s commitment to environmental stewardship on all our projects.
WHAT WE DO
As a design/build company, DEDL's contracting services include all aspects of residential landscape construction, including
Landscape design
Construction management
Custom outdoor furniture
Decks
Fences
Gates, arbors and pergolas
Hardscaping and concrete
Retaining walls
Stonework and masonry
Artificial turf installation
Code-compliant landscape irrigation systems
Outdoor lighting systems
Drainage systems
Green roofs and living walls
Greywater and rain catchment systems
Ponds and water features
Our Commitment to Quality
Doniel Ellis Designs is committed to exceeding our trade’s construction standards and “best practices” on all jobsites. In particular, our vigilance around workplace safety, respect for a site’s ecological integrity, use of quality materials, attention to design details, and respect for quality workmanship distinguish our approach to our craft.
To this end, we provide specific information with regard to the type of materials proposed, as well as relevant specifications for construction, on all line items in a given bid. Prospective clients can then have the information needed to make informed decisions when selecting a landscape contractor to work with.
We are a licensed, bonded and insured landscape contractor, registered with the California State License Board.
Consultation and Coaching
DEDL's consultation sessions are personalized conversations intended to help clients develop clear and reasonable landscape design, construction or management goals. Garden coaching sessions take the process one step further by empowering clients to develop deeper relationships with their gardens through hands-on education in plant ID, gardening and pruning technique, irrigation maintenance and other aspects of landscape stewardship.
Fine Garden Care
DEDL's team provides exceptional and conscientious garden care services talored to meet the unique needs of each site. Certifications in Permaculture Design, Bay Friendly Landscaping and Water Efficient Irrigation ensure that best practices and up-to-date industry standards are always at the fore of our work. We use only high-quality fertilizers and soil amendments and incorporate effective ecological gardening methods to ensure your landscape remains beautiful, ecologically abundant and healthy for people and pets.
Our garden care service is comprehensive, and includes
plant procurement and installation
aesthetic and structural pruning
appropriate fertilizing and mulching
soil testing and amending/rehabilitation
integrated organic pest management
irrigation system installation, retrofit and maintenance
lawn and lawn alternative installation and maintenance
