Santa Barbara Garden Design

As a local arborist, I encounter numerous landscapes designed by SB Garden Design. First, I am impressed with the longevity of the design. Beautiful and realistic for our challenging coastal climate. Second, the level of client enthusiasm. They speak highly of Joan and her attention to detail. On a professional level, Joan is a great collaborator on joint projects. She values landscape trees and comprehends what is needed to maintain them. I highly recommend SB Garden Design.

We called on Joan to help turn our difficult to maintain, water guzzling lawn into a low-water landscape that we could love. After a few meetings to discuss the type of landscape we wanted, clarify the types and locations of plants, and configure the hardscape details Joan created a beautiful design plan for us. She then referred us to a great contractor and continued to work with us and the contractor through the planting process to make sure everything stayed true to our vision. We had a limited budget to work with and one of the most important things Joan did was help us think through the design and offer flexible solutions to creatively maximize our budget. Joan was a pleasure to work with from start to finish and we cannot recommend her highly enough. Our new garden is almost a year old and we absolutely LOVE it. Every day when we leave our house and return from work at the end of the day we smile. We are so proud of our yard!