Landscape Design and Garden Care in San Mateo County

Naturalistic front yard in San Carlos planted entirely with California natives, with a stepping stone path set through dense low-water groundcover

The Peninsula has a range of growing conditions, from the fog-influenced coast to warmer inland valleys. Gardens here benefit from design and care that accounts for that climate diversity. Fyrn Landscapes serves homeowners across San Mateo County with ecological landscape design and ongoing garden maintenance.

Rachael Fyrn is a certified CA native plant landscaper and horticulturist with additional training in permaculture, soil health, and water-efficient irrigation.

Landscape Design

Good design solves problems first. Whether you're starting from a blank slate or reworking an existing garden, the process starts with your site conditions, your goals, and a realistic plan. We specialize in gardens that reduce water use, improve soil health, and become easier to manage over time.

Garden Maintenance

Fyrn Landscapes offers regular garden care throughout San Mateo County, including pruning, weeding, soil work, irrigation maintenance, and seasonal planting. Maintenance clients receive consistent, attentive care from someone who understands plants. The same person shows up every visit and gets to know your garden over time, not a rotating crew.

A dense planting of golden lupine with a single pink clarkia in a San Carlos California native garden. Lush native shrubs are in the background and a path of wooden stepping stones curves along the bed.

If you're wondering what regular garden care actually involves, I wrote about my approach and what to expect from ongoing visits.

Expansive vegetable garden at Filoli Historic House and Garden in Woodside with raised beds, chard, arugula, and other crops under a dramatic rainbow sky

Specialties

California natives
Edible gardens
Drip irrigation
Seasonal pruning
Integrated pest management (IPM)
Soil health

The vegetable garden at Filoli, where Rachael Fyrn worked as a horticulturist. Growing food at this scale shaped how Fyrn Landscapes thinks about soil, seasonality, and production.

San Mateo Water District Rebates

San Mateo County homeowners have access to rebates on lawn conversion, irrigation hardware, smart controllers, and more through either the county water district or Mid-Peninsula Water District, depending on your address. Rebate amounts and program requirements differ between the two. I design projects to meet eligibility requirements for whichever district serves your property and help with documentation and submission after installation.

Serving: Burlingame, San Mateo, Daily City, Millbrae, Belmont, San Carlos, Pacifica, Hillsborough, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Atherton, and surrounding areas.