Bernal Heights Modern

Low-maintenance native plants and a redwood retaining wall maximize ease-of-use in this 375 sq. ft. city back yard.

A gentlly curved facade softens the edges of the retaining wall.

A view over the steel-and-cable handrail to the Carex pansa meadow below.

Exquisite colors in the new growth of Arctostaphylos refugioensis, the rare Refugio manzanita.

Modern rectilinear stair risers of poured concrete.

Nice perspective of the 1x4 redwood fencing.

Retaining wall lit up from within, for accented evening illumination.

Small back yard in San Francisco, modernized with an illuminated retaining wall and made more usable with plantings of low-maintenance natives (e.g. Carex pansa, Douglas iris, Hummingbird Sage, the rare Refugio manzanita, and others).

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