Anna Harrington Landscape Design&Soil Regeneration

Anna provided detailed plant information with careful consideration as to what would survive and thrive in our yard. She knows her plants and makes sure you have multiple options to suit your preferences. She is sensitive to the environment and as it was our goal to eliminate all grass but not all existing plant material she handled the challenge of integrating native species into the existing landscape for a beautiful, water wise result. Her recommendations for the installer and special care nutritionist were professional - both did excellent work. She is hard working and hands on - made it easy on me not to have any worry when installation was being done, she was there to be sure all was coordinated as planned. I consider it my lucky day when I found her!

Anna listens to her clients and provided us with a beautiful design for our front & back yard including a detailed plant list. She designed a yard with lots of color, variety and texture (avoiding succulents at my request). She also convinced me to try water-wise solutions such as a drip system and MP3 rotor water-wise sprinkler heads for the grass which was hard for this native Californian to adjust too. Very happy with the end result.

Anna was a pleasure to work with. She is very focused on sustainable landscape and California natives. Her experience and knowledge was valuable for our difficult hillside. She spent the time fully designing and explaining the various plants and their benefits. We would highly recommend Anna to our friends and neighbors.

I would definitely recommend Anna. Our front landscape is beautiful. She is very knowledgeable, listened to our concerns and was flexible.

Anna helped us out on our large hillside landscaping project and we are very happy with the result. She is very knowledgeable yet humble and she really adapted to our needs. She created a great design and then worked with our gardener to execute it. She was always available for questions and advice. I strongly recommend working with her.

We had the pleasure of meeting Anna when she came to our home for an initial consultation. She arrived on time and ready to work. Anna listened to our ideas for our front yard landscape. We showed her pictures of items and landscapes that we liked. She impressed us with her knowledge, ideas and talent to draw a detailed landscape plan in a short period of time. When she left our home she left us with a workable plan. A few months later we brought Anna back for the installation of her design. It was a wonderful experience to see our front yard transform into a drought resistant landscape. Now we are having fun watching out plants grow and bloom . We are looking forward to bringing Anna back to landscape our backyard. Until then ...Thank you Annie for this wonderful experience.

I employed Anna to design a portion of our front yard and to update our backyard and pool yard. She had fabulous ideas which has transformed our property. Her prices were very reasonable and she was always prompt. She suggested drought tolerant plants and had a great perspective on color and placement of pots, etc. I would highly recommend her!

Anna completed the design and oversight of the construction for my front yard. The design and execution came out beautifully! Both my wife and I are very pleased and have had many complements from neighbors and friends. Anna is very creative, flexible, prompt and thorough! We give her the highest marks.

Anna is a consummate professional. She was always prompt and complete in her work. Our California native yard is beautiful and the design perfect for our use. I would recommend that you use the contractor that she works with for the perfect result. Many (most) landscape contractors do not understand her requirements and couldn't bid the process correctly.

We are just beginning to enjoy the newly planted, drought resistant, native landscape that Anna Harrington (Anna Harrington Sustainable Landscape Design) created for our Southern California front yard. Anna’s design beautifully met and exceeded our goal of designing a space that was both drought tolerant and beautiful. We found Anna to be knowledgeable, professional, and a great listener. The well-respected architect with whom we worked during an extensive remodel project referred Anna to us. Anna combined her design skills and ever expanding knowledge, with an artistry that enabled her to create a pleasing yet sensible space that would accent our house nicely year-round. While I was just beginning to learn about native plants, Anna had already been taking advanced specialty classes for years. She had come to marvel at the benefits of using native plants, plants that have thrived in our climate for millennia. The transition from lawn to natives would require additional care until the plants were established and Anna was honest with us about that fact, explaining what would be required to best make the transition. Anna listened closely in our conversations and her designs reflected our wishes well. Accordingly, she incorporated the use of boulders and our favorite plants, as well as plenty of open space to accommodate plant growth over time. The specific plant species chosen were well known by Anna and/or researched to insure the likelihood they would grow successfully in the location chosen for each one. We chose to be very “hands on” with the entire project and Anna welcomed that, much to my delight. The project did take longer than originally anticipated, due in large part to the ongoing drought and local water restrictions (we chose to postpone planting for almost a year) as well as the level of input we wanted to have. Additionally, although we have planted only the front yard as of this writing, Anna’s design covered all portions of our lot. We are happy with the result and it was well worth the wait. Anna was involved with every phase of our project, from the initial concept design and fine tuning, to directing boulder placement, to setting the plants in anticipation of the actual planting by a crew she works with and trusts. We found her to be professional, knowledgeable and easy to work with. She provided us with photos, information about the plants under consideration and was willing consider new ideas. Knowing of our desire to be immersed in the project, she encouraged us to visit local native plant nurseries and wild areas to view mature plants in order to make more personally informed choices. Throughout the project, Anna was generous in sharing information and additional resources. She was organized and accurate with the paperwork, responded well to our emails and phone calls, and kept appointments that were made. We recommend her highly and will happily work with her in the future if the opportunity arises.

Anna Harrington Sustainable Landscape Design listened to our goals and provided several options in our initial consultation. Afterwards they provided several views of a draft design that we reviewed and adjusted slightly. The final design was "construction ready" and the final result was absolutely beautiful. We now have a sustainable garden with California natives that is as beautiful as more "thirsty" plants and we use 75% less water. Highly highly recommended.

Anna Harrington has the rare and marvelous ability to view your property and offer well designed but unexpected ideas to transform your landscape. Anna is not a cookie-cutter landscape designer who pushes a preconceived palette of plants and features into every landscape. Anna listens to your goals for your outdoor space and uses her considerable knowledge of design, aesthetics, suitable plants, and hardscape to create a plan for your unique situation. We enjoy our outdoor space everyday because it is a beautiful, well-proportioned, and functional landscape. We feel so fortunate to have had Anna’s help in this process. And we felt so good about the design that Anna created for us, that we asked her to design our latest project—the hillside. Let us give you some concrete examples of Anna Harrington’s keen eye in seeing the possibilities: Many homeowners do what we did when we moved in—add to the existing landscape rather re-imagining the space. Former owners built a wooden fence surrounding the spa equipment. Anna looked out our study window and suggested that the view would be improved if the fence was removed. And… she was right! The fence was much more unattractive to look at than the spa equipment. Today, the equipment is hidden by golf ball pittosporum and cordyline plants that Anna had us plant for that purpose. Our backyard is a long, narrow space. Anna suggested that we divide the whole space by adding a curved patio to break up the length of the yard. Today we have a lovely patio providing access from the living room to the garden, which divides the space and makes it look much larger than it originally did. Anna asked us how we used our covered porch and we told her that we ate our meals on the porch whenever we could. Anna sat down in one of the seats and looked around. She said that from the dining table it would be nice to have a beautiful view, but currently all we could see were enormous yucca tree roots. Anna suggested that we remove the yuccas and plant a kitchen garden that would be close to the kitchen. She suggested planting in wine barrels to avoid gopher trouble. Today we have three wine barrels with herbs, flowers, and vegetables. Anna also suggested that we plant a water-wise garden rather than a flagstone dining patio near the covered porch. Today we have a small Australian garden with leucadendron, agave, aloes, chamelaucium, and dymondia that surround a gas barbeque. Anna's plans and drawings are clear and easy to understand. We could do most of the work ourselves, but Anna also has contractors that you can work with to do the heavy work. We love the garden and have received many, many compliments on the beauty of the garden. Anna has an incredible ability to think in three-dimensions and an artistic vision that enables her to see the potential of your garden space. We highly recommend Anna Harrington.