Botanique + Design
Private Estate Gardens
Design + Owner's Representative
Designing Gardens of Distinction
From Montecito to La Jolla, we shape properties into timeless legacies. Every estate is guided with clarity, crafted with precision, and delivered with a white-glove standard—ensuring the home, gardens, and setting come together as one seamless expression of place.
Framing The Estate Vision
Every property begins with a guiding vision—an understanding of how residence, grounds, and natural setting should align. We study proportion, balance, and flow to create frameworks where built and natural elements reinforce one another. These images illustrate how thoughtful composition transforms land into a setting that feels inevitable, timeless, and complete. The result is an estate shaped with clarity and purpose, where every element contributes to the whole.
Crafting The Approach
Every estate begins with choices that set the tone for the entire project—how circulation flows, where views are framed, and how the property welcomes its owners and guests. These images show the early moves that shape experience: pathways that guide with ease, entries that signal arrival, and alignments that establish order. It is here that vision is translated into clarity, ensuring the estate feels both inviting and enduring.
Expressions In Water
Water becomes both sculpture and atmosphere within the estate. Pools, fountains, and reflective basins are carefully integrated to heighten beauty and function. In Malibu, still pools capture horizon lines; in Santa Barbara, cascading fountains lend movement and sound. These elements anchor outdoor spaces, providing moments of calm or drama. Each composition is tailored to the setting, transforming water into a design element that enriches lifestyle while reinforcing the property’s identity.
Shaping Outdoor Living
Planting is where artistry and climate meet. Each composition is tailored to its setting, layering colour, texture, and rhythm in ways that bring vitality throughout the seasons. From lush, immersive gardens in La Jolla to restrained, structured designs in Montecito, planting reveals character and atmosphere. These images show how vegetation can frame views, soften architecture, and enrich daily life—always with an eye toward enduring elegance and ecological sensitivity.
Cultivating The Garden
The most successful estates extend the home outward into courtyards, terraces, and secluded garden rooms. These spaces are structured to encourage dining, entertaining, or private retreat, each one tailored to the rhythm of coastal living. From sheltered courtyards in Pacific Palisades to expansive terraces overlooking La Jolla’s cliffs, the goal is always the same: to merge comfort with openness. Outdoor living becomes seamless, where architecture, landscape, and lifestyle flow together.
White-Glove Oversight
Behind every project lies detailed coordination and protection of the client’s investment. From early vision through final execution, we safeguard design intent, budget, and schedule with precision. These images reflect outcomes where craftsmanship and oversight are inseparable. Each detail, from grading to planting, is delivered seamlessly. The role is more than management—it is stewardship, ensuring every decision upholds quality, clarity, and the homeowner’s long-term vision for their estate.
Botanique+Design | Private Estate Gardens
Design + Owner's Representative
Botanique + Design | Private Estate Gardens
Design + Owner's Representative