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Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates
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Grace Design Associates, Inc. is a full-service custom landscape design + build firm headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Grace Design Associates’ work has received numerous awards including: 2009 International Landscape Designer of the Year (APLD) and 2011 Sunset Dream Garden Award for Sustainability. Our work has been featured in national publications such as: the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Better Homes and Gardens, Sunset, Traditional Home and California Home + Design.

Services Provided:
Landscape design + build. Soup to nuts: site analysis, planning, design, installation by in-house crew (demo, grading, drainage, irrigation, hardscape, plantings, lighting), furniture and furnishings. Once built, we train your maintenance team and transition care over to them, providing "horticultural maintenance" and "tune ups" to keep your garden looking great.

Areas Served:
Central and Southern California

Certification and Awards:
** 2009 International Landscape Designer of the Year for Association of Professional Landscape Designers
** 2011 Sunset Dream Garden Award for Sustainability Landscape
*** Winner of "Best Hardscape and Landscape" for Santa Barbara Contractors Association
** Certified Landscape Designer (APLD)
Contact:
Margie Grace
Type:
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Address:
please call for appointment,
Santa Barbara, California,
United States, 93105
Phone:
(805) 687-3569
Website:
gracedesignassociates.com
    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates commented on a discussion
    where did is that door from?
    · Comment · 9 hours ago
    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates It's from a local antique collective in Summerland, CA.
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    Love the Buddha..... - Can you tell me where I can find one like this in Los Angeles?
    · Comment · 15 hours ago
    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates This one belonged to the homeowner when I came on the project. I'd start at garden statuary stores, Asian antiques store, etc. Good luck!
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    What is the small evergreen in the foreground? - I have many dwarf japanese evergreens and am unfamiliar with the one pictured.
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    evojoey Looks different than the Mugo I have. But thank you.
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    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates You're welcome.
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    Does anyone know what type of prunus tree this is?
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    sacapuntaslapioz Margie, beautiful garden. What are the pine trees flanking the statue? Many thanks
    4 days ago ·
    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates Japanese Black Pine.
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    Apartment 46 for the Home YAY boulders! A week ago the stone yard delivered a giant boulder to my client's house and my landscape team showed up to move it. They forgot their dolly. The three of them stood around conversing about how "impossible" it would be to move that thing up a set of stairs, over a brick retaining wall and into place. I said, "Seriously? It only took ONE guy to drop it off!" Needless to say my three guys had that rock in place after an hour of seriously strenuous work. :) Only when it was in place did I tell them it weighed 480 pounds. It was the missing link in that beautiful landscape. Boulders transform any garden. I am happiest climbing the Sierra stone at Lyngso near my house. I love when they tie little red ribbons around the giant rocks I have lovingly chosen. It just feels kind of cool!
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    acadie In my experience, boulders look best when they appear rooted in the landscape. Years ago a landscape designer told me that at least a third of any large boulder should be buried. Also, when using smaller boulders as edging avoid a bowling ball look by incorporating some boulders with a flat (or flattish) side facing out. Also avoid creating an edging with a row of boulders of wildly varying colors.
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    Bench construction - How is the stone bench built? Do you have plans?id it solid? Hollow? Frame in concrete blocks? How is the seating surface created? Thanks!
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    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates Hi. There has been a lot of interest in this bench! I have covered a lot of the construction details in previous commentary... just scroll through the commentary and you will find the info you're looking for...
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    What type of rock makes up the stone bench.
    · · Comment · 7 days ago
    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates Local Santa Barbara sandstone. I'd recommend using your local stone if it's suitable to get the "sense of place" that local materials bring to a project. Best of luck --- post photos if you wind up building a bench of your own!
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    Margie Grace landscaped my property here in Santa Fe, and did such a smart, smart job! We have very little water here, so she devised a dry arroyo that is actually a huge French drain. Whenever it r... Read More»
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    Hot New Garden pictures. This was a great property flip. Check out the before picture. Pretty amazing!!
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    Phantom Screens What a great article that highlights all that is so good about outdoor living and entertaining! We have been fortunate to provide our retractable screens for many porches, verandas and other outdoor living spaces throughout the US & Canada - there`s nothing worse than having to deal with glare and biting bugs when trying to enjoy a summer evening get-together. The best part is that you can completely retract our Phantom screens so they stay out of sight when not in use - a perfect solution that blends with any design style and color scheme.
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    Susan Cohan, APLD Thank you so much for featuring the Voyager's Terrace as Tropical Takeout. It was super fun to build this space!
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    marjie1059 bkeith, you have given me hope in maybe being able to do something myself with stone on our very uneven ground, as well as what to do with the large foundation stones at the edge of our hill left over from a kitchen foundation redo (necessitated when the old one proved woefully inadequate). I'd love to see a post from your on your projects and how you did them. Great pictures that illustrate well what you have been able to do.
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    marjie1059 Exclusive Interiors: Thanks for your post, including such great pictures. Helps so much with description.
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    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates reviewed Eye of the Day
    If you’re looking for beautiful pots, fountains and other treasures for the garden, look no further than Eye of the Day. With a huge inventory of unique, high quality pieces it’s our go-to place for ... Read More»
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    What's planted between the flagstone? Would it hold up if it were dining area with table and chairs?
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    Blue Ocean Studio looks like wooly thyme. Slow growing blue-green soft texture. Don't think it would hold up under furniture and a lot of walking. It takes too long to grow back
    6 weeks ago ·
    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates Its dymondia, we did the landscape here. Yes it holds up very well. We call it bullet proof. The house turned out amazing!! We are big fans of Tom Meaney
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    JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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    As a designer in Malibu, Eye of the Day is one of my "go-to" sources for European and hard to find indoor and outdoor containers. It is well worth the one hour drive! Read More»
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    ctlg The wall panels are (I think) the grovert - suppliers are listed on the designers site at www.brightgreenusa.com

    Apparently they come with wall brackets and drain downwards - I've seen pictures of indoor installations as well.
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    Mona Abbasi For me even looking at the pictures make me feel refresh. Thanks.
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    Grace Design Associates updated and refurbished our landscape for our home in Santa Barbara. Margie Grace is a master at envisioning and implementing improvements while re-purposing existing materia... Read More»
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    Need a good source for black river rock.
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    Gracia Halpin Just wondering... what is the name of the blue stone representing the stream? It is beautiful.
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    Gracia Halpin Thank you! The entire garden is brilliant.
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    What color is this crushed gravel called? What size is it?
    · Comment · 2 weeks ago
    Kalie Brown The gravel is California Gold in 3/8" size
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    dorwlsh1 Thanks for the information. It looks great!
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    What type of flooring is this, pavers? Thanks
    · · Comment · 2 weeks ago
    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates Those are antique French terracotta pavers from Exquisite Surfaces.
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    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates Those are antique French terracotta pavers from Exquisite Surfaces.
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    can this fountain be purchased or was it made for you? - I love this fountain and would love to put it in my garden. Where can I buy it??? Thanks.
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    suvenisapra nice for 3 floor balcony?
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    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates Beautiful!
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    Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates is following sfa design, Poirier + Associates Architects, Cabana Home, Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects LLP, Lori Smyth Design, Wendy Cohen ~ PowerHouse Advisors/PowerHouse SMART, Jessica Risko Smith Interior Design, Kent Mixon Architect, Thompson Naylor Architects Inc, Tom Meaney Architect, AIA, Bildsten + Sherwin Design Studio Inc., Allen Associates, Giffin & Crane General Contractors, Inc., Eye of the Day
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    Peggy Papadatos IT'S A MIRACLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Monarch Stone International The California Poppy, our state flower, has such a short spring cycle - glad to know that the hardy Matilija poppy, can take up where it left off - in the summer!
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