Monica Perrone Landscape Architecture

Monica is an absolute professional and so good at what she does! We were in need of help to fully redesign our backyard after 15 years and Monica transformed it to a place of beauty and tranquility. Her joyful and thoughtful personality combined with her expertise and meticulousness made the entire experience fun and easy. Monica interviews you to understand your style and needs, then works her magic to deliver a work of art. No amount of Pinterest or DIY shows can replace the passion and value she brings. She is also respectful of your budget and provides options for her services as well as designing within your limits. Most importantly, the design is even better in reality than on paper! We love our new backyard and so glad we put our trust in Monica!

Monica is fantastic. As an interior designer, my outdoor environment matters as much to me as my indoor environment. I felt a little stuck with how to "finish" my outdoor spaces. Monica made a host of suggestions that did a wonderful job of marrying the interior and exterior aesthetics. She really paid attention to my home and found lovely ways of articulating my style into my garden. I am so grateful for her kindness and care. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking an elevated aesthetic in the exterior environment of their home.

First of all, Monica is a transformation specialist. She's also a lot of FUN and her beautiful smile never faltered no matter how miserably hot it became during our project. Her concepts and drawings are excellent, plus she has the skills and leadership abilities to work with all the sub-contractors who loved her as much as we did. Her vision, creativity and hands-on attention to detail were impressive. We had a 6 week deadline before an event, and everything was accomplished on time. She's a real PRO! THANK YOU, Monica!

One of the best decision I’ve made for my home is calling on Monica. She is friendly, professional and down to earth. One thing I’ve made clear to her over the phone was .. I have a limited budget and my backyard small. That did not put her off... she came in with that smile you see on her photo. She looked around the yard, asked simple questions like , flowers ,plants, colors and style I want. I told her that but I emphasized more on what I HATE about my yard. ( the ugly wooden fence , the messy trees and my never-ending planting and uprooting plants. ) She gave me only positive response to every negative comment I made. Like... painting the fence , admiring the trees and planting the plants I like. 1 year later ... spending about $8000 more for plants and gardener .... my backyard turned out to be my favorite place to hang-out. I LOVE ❤️ my little yard. I love the once ugly fence and I appreciate the trees which I once thought was nothing but a mess..Thank you Monica!!!

We were stuck, we knew it was time to hire a Professional Architect Designer. So glad we didn’t start cutting down trees and planting flowers and shrubs before consulting with Monica. She asked the right questions, was able to interpret our concerts and create a vision and a plan for our property. Monica is a very professional, experienced landscape architect designer. She is very friendly, creative, knowledgeable and resourceful. We highly recommend Monica!

Monica is a talented Landscape Architect whose creativity and vision results in beautiful projects. She is personable and responsive, and is an experienced design professional. I have been fortunate to work with Monica on a wide variety of projects, and I value her knowledge, design ability, insightfulness, and kindness.

My husband and I kept trying to figure out a solution to his three barbecues that occupy our patio. I contacted Monica and she was able to come up with a solution that not only solves the problem but gives my husband a barbecue are for himself separate from the patio. We are thrilled. She also found someone to make a shade awning for our yard as well. We have not had it installed as of yet but soon.

In 2015 I had the fortunate experience of locating Monica Perrone on Houzz and hiring her to redesign the landscape surrounding my 100 year old craftsman style home. Monica is personable, ethical, experienced and an excellent listener. After hearing my disorganized ideas she miraculously created a lovely master plan. It incorporates the best elements of everything I like. She designed both a hardscape (rock, concrete, stone, brick, fence) and landscape (trees, bushes, grasses) plan which includes tranquility, energy, interesting elements, plants and trees that thrive in my area. Monica enhanced my old craftsman home and gave it a fresh appearance by paying attention to the architectural and garden elements. She paid attention to the front, back and side yards creating an attractive balance. Fun fact - I have had friends come to visit who cannot locate my house because of the incredible transformation and new curb appeal! Monica continues to give me help and ideas when I contact her. She cares about her projects and the people she works with. Each job is unique and fits the style of the owner and neighborhood. She was there at the beginning as well as the end of my landscape project bringing creativity and enthusiasm to it. I couldn't be happier and my house couldn't look better.

Monica was a pleasure to work with. Amy time we had a need or a question, she responded quickly. She took the time to learn our preferences and incorporated them into a beautiful design for our backyard. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Monica to anyone.

Monica was such an inspiration. We gave her our concept and she drew up plans that exceeded our expectations. She helped us select the plants and had several different recommendations, all would have worked perfectly. She was such a joy to work with and her knowledge and advice was very helpful. You could not go wrong working with Monica, we highly recommend her.

Monica has been so helpful to us, she is very nice and willing to work with you no matter what your price range is. We asked her to keep our consultation at two hours due to budget restraints and she graciously accepted and gave us incredibly helpful advice, giving us confidence to move forward with improving our yard. Monica is a great problem solver and gave us countless tips that we never would have thought of ourselves. She is a very genuine person and feels like you a working with a friend, my husband and I can't recommend her enough!

My first glimpse of Monica Perrone was in 2006 as I watched her step out of her vehicle wearing those apple green pumps. This was a good sign, I told myself... anyone wearing those had to have style! By now I was looking for the little things, the tip offs that would prove we finally found someone who would take this yard of ours where we wanted to be. Others had disappointed us and numerous times, I might add. They weren't on time and when they did arrive they wouldn't listen; they drew plans that had nothing to do with us, they were overpriced and if that wasn't bad enough, they lacked vision. Were we ever going to find someone who would embrace this project as though it was their own or was that too unrealistic and just too much to ask? Wait, Perhaps now we had the real thing. Monica walked with us throughout our property, all the while listening intently and taking copious notes (no one had ever taken notes!) as my husband and I chattered our frustrations and dreams, talking over each other in excitement, because now it had occurred to us that we did indeed have a listener. But did our new best friend have any talent? Yes, it turned out, and plenty of it. Monica proved to be the perfect fit for us. She not only presented a plan that took our breath away, but a plan that was practical and which solved our myriad of problems. Monica has become our problem solver. I continue to be in awe of her as she takes on our quandaries, immediately, on site. How refreshing is that? No, it's not... I'll get back to you with this, as you wait weeks for a reply. It's... let's do this, as she grabs her tablet and begins to sketch. Monica is an artist... an artist in your garden, and what a gift she is! And so Monica has transformed the meandering three acre yard of my childhood home, which had no rhyme or reason, into a collection of gardens, one just as interesting as the next. She taught me to rid myself of things I didn't love, to experiment with ideas I hadn't considered, and to appreciate that which had worked well here in the past. We pulled, planned and planted together. Monica has been worth the money we've spent but certainly she's been more than that. She's embraced this property lovingly and, most importantly, she planned for its change while respecting its history and that is what placed her a cut above. I can't imagine a time when I will be finished here. Gardens are never truly completed... they're always changing... there's a quote to that effect by someone. But that's the good news... good news because it will give me the opportunity to give Monica a call. We'll chat, stroll and sketch and, once again, I'll have an artist in my garden.

I have been in the stone industry for many years, and have been lucky to work with Monica Perrone on many projects in the past. Aside from the attention to detail that she brings to a job, it is very rare to see someone who has such a passion for the design of someone else's home. It is easy to fall in love with your own yard or project, but to care as much for another's is quite unique. I can honestly say that when I give a referral for Monica, I know that I won't have to worry about regretting the decision to do so. On numerous occasions I have had the client call once the project was complete, and thank me once again for recommending Monica. If you want someone to bring your dream to fruition, then working with Monica is exactly what you need to do.

Monica Perrone is one of the few educated, licensed and experienced landscape architects in the area. My husband and I have worked with Monica on two different residential yard projects and she exceeded our expectations both in design quality and overall job performance. She goes above and beyond for her clients, thoroughly researching ideas to ensure satisfaction. She sent us photos of hedges, trees, flowering shrubs and even fence designs to help us solidify our vision. Her work involves every aspect of the project including pools, hardscape, fencing, lighting, irrigation and of course plants.

We've worked with Monica Perrone Landscape Architecture on two projects and we're at the beginning of a third. If you're serious about creating an environment for which you will thank yourself for the well placed investment on a daily basis years after, you'll want to connect with Monica and her team. Monica is the consummate professional. She is an architect, an artist, and one might argue a form of botanical psychologist. She creates beauty, calm, and peace through her work and you and your family will be the beneficiaries. Her work is also quite practical and focused towards a useful and enjoyable space. She brings with her multiple layers of knowledge through both formal education and practical experience. You'll find her to be a good listener and a great collaborator. Whether you know the latin name of multiple plants or just know that you want a space to enjoy, Monica will be an excellent match for you. Our largest project with Monica and her team was a total demolition and rebuilding of a new backyard space. Monica was challenged with a strangely shaped lot as a canvas, our insistence on a pool design that was not off the shelf at all, using plantings that balanced our desire to see some of our beloved east coast in our back yard, but didn't drain the water supply, and all within a budget. It was done well and with attention to the smallest of details, on time, and within budget. Besides being a paradise that our family enjoys daily, it's also, objectively speaking, a work of art. We couldn't recommend Monica Perrone and her team more highly.

I am a landscape contractor who has installed a number of projects created by Monica Perrone. She takes great pride in detail and realizes many aspects pertaining to the overall project that most wouldn't even include within a given spectrum. When allowed the opportunity, Monica makes job site visits to ensure her vision is carried out with the same detail she upholds to be so important. I can say her clients too have a great concept of what their project should look like. I've seen Monica's poster boards used for presentation to her clients containing numerous photos and/ or mock ups of what their future yard is to become. Commonly, she provides the client with a post project pictorial gift portraying the yard transformation. Monica Perrone gives her projects 110% and always conducts herself in a professional manner.

We are delighted to be working with Monica again after our first project with her on our front yard landscaping in 2005. Here we are again, 10 years later, eager to tackle the back yard and pool remodel. Monica is creative, professional, and empathetic to her clients' preferences. She couples knowledge of materials and horticulture with spatial awareness to her project. Her questions always take me by surprise ("What is your favorite color?", after seeing our bird feeders out back, "How about a water feature out front to attract birds?" Answers to these questions find their way into her plans later.) She worked on design layout for us as well as sprinkler layout and lighting. Our landscaper worked easily with her, and was able to follow her vision to implement a beautiful, inviting entry. Hardly a day goes by that some stroller doesn't stop one of us to pay a compliment about the apron porch. The front yard has been chosen twice for Modesto's Garden of the Month award. She's the one if you want the best.

Monica Perrone was wonderful to work with. She helped our group from start to finish in achieving our landscape goals. Monica drew out samples and explained in detail what our thoughts would look like in reality. She made knowledgeable suggestions of what types of plants would work best for our project and the reasons for these ideas. The plan even detailed the projection of long term water use needed for the area and the plants. Our project looks beautiful and we are very happy with the end result, all thanks to Monica Perrone's expertise.