Custom Garden Beds for Luxury Landscapes in the Bay Area
Achieve structure, color, and functionality with designer garden beds tailored to your estate.
Elevate Your Landscape with Purpose-Built Garden Beds
Looking to enrich your estate with vibrant colors, seasonal textures, or homegrown produce? At Petrus Landscape, we craft elegant, high-performance garden beds tailored to your property’s unique character. Whether you’re dreaming of a fragrant perennial sanctuary, a rotating bed of seasonal color, or a chic edible garden that blends form and function, we bring luxury landscape design to life with craftsmanship and care.
Serving Atherton, Woodside, Portola Valley, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Saratoga, and surrounding Bay Area neighborhoods, our garden bed installations reflect the highest standards in high-end landscaping.
Types of Garden Beds We Design and Install
Perennial Garden Beds – Low-Maintenance Elegance Year-Round
For homeowners looking to create long-lasting structure and enduring seasonal color, perennial beds offer timeless beauty. We design for varying light conditions—shade-tolerant species for courtyards, sun-loving natives for open lawns—and use a balance of foliage textures, subtle hues, and seasonal bloomers to keep beds interesting throughout the year.
Seasonal Garden Beds – Bold Color, Refreshed with the Seasons
These beds offer a revolving display of bold color. With two primary planting windows—Spring to Fall and Winter to Early Spring—we rotate annuals that thrive in the Northern California climate. These installations are perfect for entryways, courtyards, and other high-visibility areas where you want an ever-changing display.
For one of our Los Altos Hills Client we designed and maintain floral beds patterned after traditional Indian “Jalis” and “Rangoli” motifs, using Begonias, Zinnias, and Snapdragons.
Edible Garden Beds – Function Meets Aesthetic
We build visually refined yet highly productive raised beds, formal kitchen gardens, and custom-designed edible spaces. With a focus on soil composition, pest resistance, and seasonal yield, we create culinary gardens that are as beautiful as they are functional.
Native Plants
These plants have adapted to local conditions over centuries and require minimal maintenance. They support local wildlife and pollinators, creating a more biodiverse ecosystem. Native plants also have a timeless beauty that blends naturally into California landscapes.
Drought-Tolerant Species
Perfect for California’s dry climate, these species provide beauty without demanding water. Plants like lavender, salvia, and agave thrive in dry soil and still offer stunning foliage and blooms. Their resilience makes them ideal for sustainable gardens.
Ornamental Grasses
These low-maintenance plants add motion, texture, and architectural interest. Grasses like blue fescue or feather reed grass can soften hard edges and complement flowering plants. They work well in modern, rustic, or naturalistic designs.
Flowering Perennials
These provide lasting color and attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. Perennials return year after year, creating a reliable display of blooms. Choices like echinacea or coreopsis can be mixed for a vibrant garden experience.
Evergreen Shrubs
These foundational plants offer year-round structure and screening. Shrubs like boxwood, viburnum, or pittosporum maintain their leaves in winter and are easily shaped for formal or informal designs. They add depth and continuity to the landscape.
Why Garden Beds Are Essential in Luxury Landscape Design
Our Process – From Concept to Cultivation
Why Choose Petrus Landscape for Garden Bed Installation?
Our seasoned landscape designers in the Bay Area know how to layer plantings that mature gracefully over time
Beds are edged in premium stone, steel, or hardwoods—never plastic. We work with your estate’s architectural features to unify design.
We install with smart irrigation, healthy soil structure, and climate-appropriate species for beauty that lasts.
Organic compost, low-water plants, and pollinator habitat integration for a smarter yard.
Native Plants
These plants have adapted to local conditions over centuries and require minimal maintenance. They support local wildlife and pollinators, creating a more biodiverse ecosystem. Native plants also have a timeless beauty that blends naturally into California landscapes.
Drought-Tolerant Species
Perfect for California’s dry climate, these species provide beauty without demanding water. Plants like lavender, salvia, and agave thrive in dry soil and still offer stunning foliage and blooms. Their resilience makes them ideal for sustainable gardens.
Ornamental Grasses
These low-maintenance plants add motion, texture, and architectural interest. Grasses like blue fescue or feather reed grass can soften hard edges and complement flowering plants. They work well in modern, rustic, or naturalistic designs.
Flowering Perennials
These provide lasting color and attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. Perennials return year after year, creating a reliable display of blooms. Choices like echinacea or coreopsis can be mixed for a vibrant garden experience.
Evergreen Shrubs
These foundational plants offer year-round structure and screening. Shrubs like boxwood, viburnum, or pittosporum maintain their leaves in winter and are easily shaped for formal or informal designs. They add depth and continuity to the landscape.
Plant Installation Services
Beyond selection, our team ensures each plant is installed correctly to promote healthy growth.
Soil Preparation
We enrich soil with compost and nutrients to boost plant health and root development.
Proper Planting Techniques
We follow spacing, depth, and light requirements to ensure lasting success.
Mulching
Helps retain moisture, regulate temperature, and reduce weeds. Gives a clean, finished look.
Staking and Support
We provide discreet supports for young or tall plants to protect against damage.
Initial Watering and Fertilization
We water thoroughly and may apply a gentle fertilizer to support early growth.
Soil Preparation
We enrich soil with compost and nutrients to boost plant health and root development.
Proper Planting Techniques
We follow spacing, depth, and light requirements to ensure lasting success.
Mulching
Helps retain moisture, regulate temperature, and reduce weeds. Gives a clean, finished look.
Staking and Support
We provide discreet supports for young or tall plants to protect against damage.
Initial Watering and Fertilization
We water thoroughly and may apply a gentle fertilizer to support early growth.
Complete the Landscape Vision
Elevate your outdoor living with hardscape elements. We specialize in crafting beautiful patios, walkways, retaining walls, and outdoor kitchens that seamlessly blend with the natural surroundings.
Enjoy a lush and well-maintained garden without the hassle. Our garden maintenance services cover everything from pruning, weeding, and fertilizing to seasonal planting, ensuring your garden thrives year-round.
Ensure your landscape’s health with efficient irrigation systems. Our installations and maintenance services keep your plants and lawns hydrated while conserving water and lowering your utility bills.
Our sustainable landscaping services harmoniously blend natural beauty with eco-conscious practices.
Our Luxury Landscape Design Projects
See how we’ve transformed some of the Bay Area’s most exclusive estates.
Taj Palace
Bimmerle
Vista Verde
Fern Hill
Horseshoe
Cowell
Stillwater
Tuscaloosa
Testimonials
Hear what our distinguished clients have to say about their experience with Petrus Landscaping
Excellent services provided by Ward and his team! They are skilled in their craft and dedicated to providing immaculate service!
Amazing service, really enjoyed working with the Petrus team to help us set up and keep the landscape in our properties looking stunning!
Petrus Landscaping transformed our steep hillside yard with beautiful features like a stone staircase, pond, tiered garden beds, and drought-tolerant planting with an automated drip system. The team was professional, thoughtful, and delivered results beyond what we imagined.
I have been working with Ward, Gabe and their team of gardeners at my clients estate for the past 5 years. I have found them to be reliable, professional, and extremely knowledgeable of landscapes. They certainly know their plants, and have been instrumental in bringing a fine level of detail to the estate I manage. Their team of gardeners are respectful, attentive, and go above and beyond to create the well manicured gardens that the estate requires.
Ward and his team completed two complex projects for our Silicon Valley client at their Sunnyvale campus. One involved redesigning a large atrium’s hardscape, requiring careful weekend transport of heavy materials through a newly renovated cafeteria—executed flawlessly without disrupting operations. They also revamped the main entrance planters, replacing an unsatisfactory installation with a more elegant and formal design. Their work is always thoughtful, precise, and completed with minimal disruption. We trust Petrus Landscaping for all large-scale projects, knowing they deliver exceptional results every time.
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Let’s make your garden bed more than just functional—it should be a masterpiece