Landscape Design in Walnut Creek
With an in-house Landscape design team.
Our professional landscape and swimming pool design team brings together thoughtful ideas to create a complete outdoor living experience. Considered one of the best landscape designers in Walnut Creek. We specialize in custom designs for pools and spas, patios, outdoor kitchens, fire features, and inviting living spaces, along with shade structures, walkways, retaining walls, lighting, drainage, irrigation, and grading—ensuring a seamless, functional, and beautiful backyard retreat.
Alderland and Walnut Creek
Landscape Design Services
Designing landscapes in Walnut Creek, CA requires a thoughtful approach that balances open, sun-exposed lots with comfortable outdoor living, often emphasizing clean layouts, shade elements, and spaces suited for entertaining in a warm climate.
Our Process: Custom Landscape & Pool Design-Build
We offer both full design-build services and design-only projects, depending on how far you’d like to take your vision. We design and build custom landscapes and swimming pools around your lifestyle—how you live, relax, and entertain. Every detail is thoughtfully considered, from site layout to a cohesive outdoor arrangement, ensuring each element works together to create an enjoyable outdoor living experience.
Our design-build process is structured to give you clarity, confidence, and momentum from day one:
1. In-Depth Design Consultation (2.5 Hours)
We begin with a comprehensive consultation to explore your ideas, priorities, lifestyle, and the full potential of your outdoor space.
2. Concept Development & Vision Planning
By the end of our first meeting, you’ll have a clear design direction and a custom concept plan taking shape on paper.
3. Design Refinement & Budget Alignment (Within 2 Weeks)
We refine your design while developing a realistic project budget, ensuring transparency and alignment from the start. You can stop at your completed design if you like, or move on to construction.
Once finalized, your project can move efficiently into scheduling, planning, and permitting, keeping everything on track. to how each element comes together to create a cohesive outdoor living experience..
The true measure of our work isn’t what we say — it’s what our clients experience
“Wow! An amazing team. Between Don's decade's deep expertise in the field and Aaron's exemplary customer service, it's hard not to be a fan of Alder Landscaping. They really helped us think through our property's potential and provided us with a design that pulled out all the stops”.
~Leslie W., Lafayette, Ca
Design Only Client:
“After 40 years the backyard and front yard were long overdue for a makeover. Don and his team at Alder Landscaping were incredible from start to finish. They communicated clearly at every stage, took our scattered ideas, and transformed the backyard into paradise. A special shoutout to Aaron, Israel, and Leo for all their hard work”.
~Christine C., Danville, Ca
Design and Construction Client:
Alderland, Walnut Creek, and our design team
Landscape, in house design team.
Paver, travertine, porcelain and concrete Patios.
Retaining walls.
Outdoor kitchens, and bar seating.
Shade structures, pavilion or pergolas.
Outdoor Lighting specialist.
Fire - pits, places and tables.
Plants, lawn, and synthetic turf.
Sprinkler, drainage, systems, new and repair.
Alderland’s Walnut Creek team
Designing and building residential front and backyard Landscapes.
Designing and building residential swimming pools.