Native Plants
Through a Modern Lens
Madroño is a licensed landscape design/build firm in San Francisco specializing in California native plants and modern materials.
Inspiring landscapes
with Bay Area identity
Put yourself back in the garden with an intelligently designed, well built, and thoughtfully maintained landscape. Whether you want a lively space for entertaining or a sanctuary for meditation, an orchard of natural discovery for your children or an oasis of green fields for your retirement, we bring ideal environments to life.
MODERN Landscape DESIGN
We bring a new vision to every project, seeking novel design answers to old garden problems. Our projects break free from cliché with vertical landscapes and roof gardens, stormwater capture and reuse programs, architectural fences and decks, low-voltage LED lighting, native habitat to attract butterflies and birds, high-density urban edibles, and other good ideas from our drafting table.
QUALITY CONSTRUCTION
Our projects are distinguished by fine materials, superior craftsmanship, and high levels of communication, combining to produce beautiful and sustainable landscapes with Bay Area identity. We weave native plants and quality resources through a modern lens to put color, texture, and aroma into the built landscape. Licensed landscape contractor, California C-27 lic. 980160.
GARDEN MAINTENANCE SERVICES
We approach the job of ongoing care with a designer’s eye, seeking to nurture the healthy development of both the individual plant and the quality and stature of the overall landscape. Residential, commercial, and industrial jobs all welcome. We’d love to develop a long-term relationship with your garden; let’s get acquainted.
Why Madroño?
Relationship-Oriented
To embark on any kind of home improvement project is to start a relationship. We give you our word, and stand by our work. Our best clients have been with us for decades.
Licensed & Insured
Madroño holds C-27 license 980160 and California contractor’s bond #30132295, maintains workers compensation at state-mandated levels, and carries automobile & general liability policies with million-dollar limits.
Highest Rated
We earn consistent 5-star reviews on Google, Yelp, Facebook Pages, and Angi.
Unconditional Guarantee
We take pride in our services, and offer an unconditional guarantee for the protection and assurance of our clients. Learn more about our warranties.
Native Plants
Wherever possible, we use locally appropriate California native plants; they are beautiful, attractive to beneficial wildlife, drought-tolerant, low maintenance, and – most importantly – they evoke deep identity of place.
Water Conservation
Our planting palettes of mostly natives consume far less water than lawns, rose gardens, and other “traditional” landscape elements. We also can help you store and redirect rainwater, a great environmental boon.
Recent News & Projects
A Wrangling of Species on Mount Davidson
The northeast slope of Mount Davidson supports a wonderful population of native wildflowers, grasses, and shrubs that, when planted at home, can enrich San Francisco gardens with a sense of local identity. This is also a botanical battlefield where mankind only...
Corona Heights: Intersection of Seabed & Sky
Mysterious and epic dramas take place at the bottom of the sea, where massive forces meet microbiology. In the red peaks of Corona Heights we can read an engrossing chapter: this stark hill with the distinctive flora and the unbeatable view over San Francisco is...
Splashes with Wolves: Lobos Creek is S.F.’s last open waterway
Once upon a time, four creeks flowed in San Francisco, as rainfall draining from the central ridge of Twin Peaks and Mt. Davidson must return over land to its oceanic origins. But today the murmur of the eastward-flowing Mission, Islais, and Yosemite Creeks is heard...
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About Us
The strength of creative vision to imagine your ideal garden is only the first step in our partnership. Next, we commit to the concept and build it with the most durable, highest quality materials. Gratified clients engage Madroño for ongoing maintenance, making it a long-term relationship.
Our Services
Landscape Design
Construction & Build
Garden Maintenance
Stonework
Water Features
Landscape Lighting
Fences
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
58 West Portal Ave
San Francisco, CA 94127