Equinox Landscape Construction Corporation is a family business, owned and operated by Patrick and Heather Picard (Contractors License #717135.) Since 1992, they have built their business upon the principals of quality, integrity and respect for their clients, their staff and the environment. We are certified Bay-Friendly Qualified Landscapers.Marin County has partnered with Alameda County Waste Management (stopwaste.org) and local water districts to educate professional landscapers in protocol for environmentally responsible landscape practices. In spring 2008, we participated in the first Bay-Friendly Landscape Program ever offered in Marin County, and after seven weeks of intensive courses, passed our test with flying colors.
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- Year established: 1992
- Employees: 11
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What distinguishes us from most other landscape design/build companies in Marin and Sonoma counties is the incorporation of organic gardening knowledge and Permaculture concepts into our landscape designs. Our designers will meet with you to collect your ideas, measure the space and make suggestions for plants, materials and features, all specific to your unique location.
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Lawn Conversions
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Fifty to sixty percent of fresh water in California is used for landscape irrigation, most of which goes to keep lawns green. Many cities and counties now offer cash for grass rebates for replacing existing lawns with native or low water use gardens. Converting a lawn can save hundreds of dollars in water bills and simultaneously help create biodiversity.
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Reviews (2) Geofrey S.
Apr 03, 2019
We hired Equinox to refresh the landscaping on a home we own in Rohnert Park. The results are just what we wanted! They rebuilt a sagging retaining wall, laid down fresh weed cloth, mulch and rocks and were very knowledgable when helping us choose new plants. They did a great job with the drip irrigation system, so now we have a low maintenance, low-water landscape that will look even better when the young plants mature. Very nice people and easy to work with. Thank you Equinox!
Tamis Renteria
Dec 01, 2016
Equinox designed and installed a modest permaculture front yard garden for us in Santa Rosa in late summer 2015. This included a berm and catchment basin system for rainwater off the roof. Their workers did beautiful hardscape work (path, fence, porch modification) and were respectful and tidy. However, although we had stated our expenditure limit, the project supervisor and designer constantly added on costs for all kinds of things, including mysterious processing fees, pushing the cost up.
Even worse, it turned out that the catchment system did not catch much of anything because they had neglected to determine that most of the rainwater actually flowed off the roof to the back yard rather than the front. Also, the planting design that they gave us (we did our own planting) did not conform with the way that they actually structured the basins and planting areas, so that we ended up having to figure out where best to plant things ourselves, rendering the design virtually useless, although it was quite costly.
In fact, many of the plants that they suggested for our difficult site (we have a walnut tree which exudes toxins which inhibit growth in many plants) were from a list that I provided to them from my own extensive web search on juglone tolerant plants. So what did I pay them for? A plan that didn't really work. Perhaps we were considered too small a job to be worthy of special care. Customer beware! What they quote you will not be the end price and what they give you may not be worth much.
Even worse, it turned out that the catchment system did not catch much of anything because they had neglected to determine that most of the rainwater actually flowed off the roof to the back yard rather than the front. Also, the planting design that they gave us (we did our own planting) did not conform with the way that they actually structured the basins and planting areas, so that we ended up having to figure out where best to plant things ourselves, rendering the design virtually useless, although it was quite costly.
In fact, many of the plants that they suggested for our difficult site (we have a walnut tree which exudes toxins which inhibit growth in many plants) were from a list that I provided to them from my own extensive web search on juglone tolerant plants. So what did I pay them for? A plan that didn't really work. Perhaps we were considered too small a job to be worthy of special care. Customer beware! What they quote you will not be the end price and what they give you may not be worth much.
