Natalain Schwartz Landscape Design Build

We had such a great time working with Natalain! She was so creative, personable, attentive, and knowledgeable! She made our vision and even better reality! We are very happy with our experience!

Our experience with Natalain was superior bar none. She listened to our needs and brought our dreams to fruition. Then when we changed our thoughts and Natalain pivoted and reinvented the dream. This review is 20 years too late, but now looking back, we can say we could have given it 6 stars. Twenty years later, the landscaping held up nicely, and upon selling our home, it was obvious from the comments of potential buyers (and the ultimate buyer), that the backyard was the tipping point to us get top dollar for our home. Comments included, "I dream of celebrating with our friends in the back yard." and "We see our family growing and thriving in the backyard" drove us back to asking, "Natalain, can you do our home in El Dorado Hills, or at least recommend someone like you?" (Sorry for the winterized pics, it really brightens up nicely in the spring ;))

Natalain is a dream to work with. This is my second project with her. She listens, is responsive, and is easy to work with. Her knowledge of every aspect of landscape design and installation is remarkable. I, without reservation, highly recommend her.

Congratulations to you if you are considering working with Natalain! We found her to be knowledgeable, professional, and accessible. Can't thank her enough for a wonderful job! She turned a dysfunctional yard into a 'parklike' setting!

Fabulous, creative, unique, on time, and on budget. Natalain is wonderful to work with! Very professional, her knowledge about plants design what will work and what doesn’t was priceless. I have a small long yard at my beach cottage. Natalain was so creative with her ideas and my problematic yard she consulted with me and turned this yard into a beautiful, fun, beach cottage garden. I highly recommend Natalain for small and large landscapes. I’ll be using her again. Thank you

we are so glad that we met Natalain. she is very experienced and detailed about her design and build. She tried all her efforts to keep the project moving on track. we are very satisfied with her work.

I had the pleasure of working with Natalain for many months as we planned and installed our new back yard. Natalain was very thoughtful and understood that we wanted the outside to reflect the tranquility of the inside. I feel that Natalain was able to accomplish this goal with great clarity. She was able to use some of the plants I already had and helped me let go of the ones that no longer worked. Natalain helped us create an outdoor space that is beautiful, tranquil and fun for our friends and family. The lighting she installed puts the icing on the cake and makes us feel that we live on an estate.

We enjoyed working with Natalain Schwartz on our total front yard re-landscape. She is very knowledgeable in all areas of landscape design and implementation. She spent ample time on site and took into account the sun exposure, soil, and grade of our property. We asked for a low maintenance, drought resistant plan and that is what we got. She chose plants that would thrive in our yard, and they have, from the beginning. She is an excellent communicator and was very responsive to our calls and emails. She worked with us to design just what we wanted and we love it. We appreciate her thoroughness and attention to detail. We highly recommend Natalain Schwartz Landscape Design Build.

We couldn't have been happier with the our landscape project designed and built by Natalain Schwartz. She transformed the living space in our yard and was knowledgeable and creative with her ideas. We really appreciate how well she communicated with us throughout the process and that she designed the yard with our wants and needs in mind.

Natalain is able to understand your vision in words, example photos, and really understand the style, look, and function you want from your outdoor spaces. We valued her ability to really “get us” but then take into account the realities to translate into specifics: the amount of gardening/maintenance we wanted to do, play space and evolving needs as the family ages, and crucially what our actual site is like and could accommodate (climate, soil, grade). Natalian’s experience in the Santa Cruz area, actually making landscapes come together and function with our type of land (ancient solidified sand dune) was also key in our hiring her. She really understands the land in this area and working on the style of site you have. It goes without saying that all projects change and evolve from concept, to planning drafts, to what actually happens when earth begins to move and plantings are made. Again, Natalain works such that as the project drifts from clouds and vision to reality, she is able keep things close to that plan or better. She communicates with you as things proceed so you can take stock of how things are shaping, what’s happening, and what new decisions and direction might be needed. Absolutely fabulous! We are thrilled with the transformation of the yard and what has come to be. It’s revolutionized our outdoor space. We now have a front and side yard to enjoy, that our children can play in, as opposed to a slightly unmanageable hillside and sandy dirt lot (their prior states). The house is marginally cooler in the summer, there is less dust and dirt coming into our home, and children are tired and ready for bed at the end of the day. All that and a really good mid-century modern look to match the little ranch house! You really cannot ask for better. It goes without saying, we will be using Natalain again when we do further landscape work to our back hillside.

What a difference a new front yard makes! We worked with Natalain from design through installation. She was polite and professional through the entire project. She brought her design and landscaping expertise and qualified contractors to complete the job. She was collaborative during the design process and listened to what Lia and I were looking for in a finished product. She was onsite as needed through the installation to ensure it was done per design to produce a high quality project. I highly recommend Natalain for anyone looking to do a residential landscape project in Santa Cruz County.

Natalain is wonderful! We had a design in our heads of what to do with our ugly sloped lawn of weeds. Natalain took our rough idea and then designed and oversaw installation of our dream yard. She was very pleasant to work with and her team of installers were polite, efficient, and clean. She even threw in a few things we had not even knew we wanted. Will definitely call her for our backyard reno.

My husband and I recently bought a house in Santa Cruz. The yard, or what there was of it, was in desperate need of a "land-lift." The fences were falling down, a nonfunctional pond needed to be removed, ivy had taken over, and the hardscape was shoddy at best. We knew the potential for our yard was enormous, we just needed someone with vision, knowledge, experience, and a creative eye to help us. We were on a tight budget and had a small window of time in which to get our project completed. After an extensive online search, and after reading her glowing reviews, we decided she was our go-to person. Natalain was everything we had hoped for and more. She listened to our ideas, input her ideas, and very quickly our yard started coming together. Our project was especially difficult as our timeline dictated the project be completed ASAP. Natalain respected that and she worked in overdrive. She had our plans drawn out and demolition started almost immediately. Natalain not only excels at landscape and hardscape design, but her contractor skills are amazing. Her contractor work was impressive on all fronts. From concept and planning, to organizing a team of professional installers, the process was quick, thorough, and completed within our budget. The best part is we are now enjoying the fruits of her labor. She designed and contracted the most beautiful patio/garden area. Her contractor installation work also included building a fantastic deck with fabulous pathways and new fencing. She was always available to us if we had questions or suggestions. Natalain is thorough, dependable, knowledgeable and extremely nice. She checks and rechecks her work every step of the way. I cannot recommend her enough. She will be designing our front yard next and I can't wait!! Thank you Natalain!

We interviewed several people to help us in the design of our small backyard. At our first meeting, Natalain not only listened to us, she asked specific, pertinent questions which immediately helped us focus on what we really wanted. We liked her immediately. To tailor her design to our taste, she had us send her pictures of yards we like, telling her what we like about them. At our request, she created 2 designs for us, both making the best use of our yard space. She had ideas we would never have thought of, ourselves. Her deck design was particularly impressive and allowed for more gathering areas, as well as plants. We selected our favorite design and added a new idea of our own, which she fully embraced. After agreeing upon the plan, she went to work right away, drawing site plans, etc. She worked with the city planners to ensure the plan meets all code requirements. We have not yet gotten to the installation stage, but we highly recommend her and would use her again without hesitation.

Our hillside house needed to redo our landscape after a fire burned down the patio. Natalain helped us re-designed the front and back yard with a solution that worked and showcased the characteristics of the house beautifully. She listened to our wishes and worked with chosen vendors to get the job done with professionalism and courtesy. We have been enjoyed compliments from our friends when they made the visits.

Natalain is a very skillful landscape designer. She created a beautiful design for our front yard when we decided to have a drought tolerant yard. We are very pleased with the outcome. We only wish we had done it sooner! Natalain designed a beautiful flagstone path and created an interesting feast for the eyes with her plant selections. The lighting is beautiful. We continue to get compliments on our yard. We love driving up and seeing our beautiful yard. Natalain's design increase the value of our home and gave the house a whole new look. We highly recommend Natalain for her professionalism, skills, and commitment to high-quality artful design.

I completely recommend Natalain Schwartz Landscape Company. We appreciated her prompt response with all communications. She worked carefully with us on design and helped figured out what worked for our yard. Her knowledge of plants was extensive. She was professional and organized and we were pleased with all the installers. We were very happy with her quality and service.

I found photos of Natalains work on Internet and liked her designs. When I met with Natalain, she asked what I wanted and made suggestions for landscaping that would complement my house. I reviewed her plans and liked the choice and layout for plants. Work was completed within a few days. I now have a wonderful new yard. Natalain also helped me to receive a state rebate for removing my old lawn and replacing with drought tolerant plants.

Natalain helped us to turn our vision for our landscaping into a reality. She listened to what we wanted and what we liked and didn't like and created a wonderful design that we love and get so many compliments on. She gave us valuable suggestions and gave us even more than we thought was possible. She was (and continues to be) a great communicator. I would highly recommend her to anyone!

From design, to recommended services, to plant selection and even the install, everything went to plan. I would definitely hire Natalain for my next project. Quite the professional.

Natalain is a very talented landscaper, project manager, designer, and implementer . She has created a masterful landscape for our 14 acres, all while being sensitive to our budget, creative with native drought and deer resistant plants and with a long term view of our property . She really is creative, thoughtful, honest and competent . If you need something done right, Natalain is the woman for the job! We highly recommend Natalain Schwartz Design services .

Natalain listened and gave me exactly what I wanted--drought resistant, tropical and colorful. I do not take care of my plants, and over the 10 years only a couple small plants have died because I never watered them. From the time we met, she executed her plans in a very timely manner. I love spending time in my courtyard thanks to her design. I highly recommend her.

I have seen and experienced Natalain's work. To begin with, Natalain and I toured several of her landscape design projects from large (several acres) to small (slim yards). She takes into consideration all of the variables: water use, erosion control, all season beauty, esthetics of design, natives, appropriate planting for light, heat, ground type. She uses both"form and function" when planning and planting. She's creative with her use of materials. Her watering systems work over the years, as do her planting schematics. She's very thorough, clear, honest and reliable. You know if she says she will do something that she'll do it. All of this makes her easy to work with. On top of all that, Natalain has experience on all levels of landscape, from planning to planting and overseeing. I've very much enjoyed working with Natalain.

Natalain created a beautiful landscape design for our property on Maui. It is wonderful, she was so thoughtful and helped us look at issues we wouldn't have even thought of. She is very skilled and I highly recommend her work!

We were completely pleased with the outcome of our recent back yard landscape project, having utilized Natalian's high quality design skills. She really listened to what we wanted to accomplish during the initial consultations, and provided several plans to choose from: the final plans that emerged were exemplary. Natalain did a great job of coordinating the various contractors, from masonry to wood work to electrical to final installation, and the project coalesced perfectly. We are very pleased indeed with the final outcome, and give her much of the credit for truly A+ job.