Landscape · Hardscape · Concrete — Benicia, CA
Landscaping & hardscape
in Benicia
Benicia is old, hilly and on the water, and all three show up in the work — salt air on materials, steep short streets, and houses that predate anything resembling a drainage standard.
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“I recently hired DMG Landscape and Earthwork to redo my driveway and backyard patio, and I couldn’t be happier with the results.”
Walter B. · Google review
Why Homeowners Choose Us
Why Benicia homeowners
hire DMG
Hiring a contractor is mostly a question of whether the person quoting is the person who turns up. Here is what you get with us.
One in-house crew
The same faces from the first walkthrough to the final clean-up. No subcontractors, ever — so nobody shows up not knowing what was agreed.
The price in writing first
A detailed written proposal before anyone breaks ground, and a fixed price we hold to. No surprise change orders halfway through.
Built for Contra Costa clay
Deeper excavation, a compacted base that absorbs seasonal movement, and joints placed where the slab wants to crack. The reason our work is still flat years later.
Design and build together
One company draws it and one company builds it. Nothing gets lost in the handoff between a designer and whoever ends up holding the shovel.
A reply within 24 hours
Every enquiry answered within one business day, and a direct line to the person actually running your project once it starts.
Licensed and insured
Fully licensed and insured, with references a few streets away. Ask and we will point you at work you can go and look at.
Client Stories
What our clients say
We let the work — and the people who live with it — speak for themselves.
What We Do in Walnut Creek
Every service, one crew,
no handoffs
Design, earthwork, hardscape and planting are all ours. That is why the drainage gets solved before the patio goes down, instead of becoming someone else’s problem after it.
Plantings, lawn installation, irrigation systems, and seasonal color — expertly installed and built to thrive through every Bay Area season.
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Landscape Design & Installation
Plantings, lawn installation, irrigation systems, and seasonal color — expertly installed and built to thrive through every Bay Area season.
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Patios, pergolas, kitchens, fire features, and pools that extend your living space — designed as a natural extension of your home.
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Hardscape & Outdoor Living
Patios, pergolas, kitchens, fire features, and pools that extend your living space — designed as a natural extension of your home.
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Site grading, excavation, and drainage solutions that protect your property and set the foundation for everything above.
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Excavation & Earthwork
Site grading, excavation, and drainage solutions that protect your property and set the foundation for everything above.
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Full-scale landscaping for business parks, HOAs, and corporate campuses — managed by one accountable team year-round.
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Commercial Services
Full-scale landscaping for business parks, HOAs, and corporate campuses — managed by one accountable team year-round.
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Privacy fencing, ornamental gates, and boundary improvements that add security, value, and curb appeal to your property.
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Fencing & Property Improvements
Privacy fencing, ornamental gates, and boundary improvements that add security, value, and curb appeal to your property.
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Driveways, foundations, retaining walls, and decorative stonework built to endure decades of Bay Area weather.
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Concrete & Masonry
Driveways, foundations, retaining walls, and decorative stonework built to endure decades of Bay Area weather.
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Safe, efficient site clearance, structure demolition, and debris removal — leaving your property clean and project-ready.
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Demolition & Hauling
Safe, efficient site clearance, structure demolition, and debris removal — leaving your property clean and project-ready.
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Questions about working
in Benicia
Have a question we haven’t answered? Call or send a message — we respond within 24 hours.
Contact UsYes — Benicia is in Solano County and is a regular run for us.
It should. Salt air is harder on fixings and finishes, and we specify with that in mind.
Usually, and in ways worth finding early. We dig test holes before pricing rather than quoting on an assumption.
Generally depends on height. California’s building code exempts walls up to four feet from the bottom of the footing to the top; above that a permit is normally required. We confirm with the city before designing.
On the hillside streets it is a real question. We check at the free site visit and tell you then if it needs hand work.
Serving Benicia
Twenty-five minutes over the bridge
We run out of Concord, over the strait. Benicia is in Solano County rather than Contra Costa, but it is a straightforward run and we work there regularly.
We are a design-and-build outfit, so one company handles the drawing, the earthwork, the hardscape and the planting. Every service below is ours — none of it is handed to a subcontractor once you have signed.
What We Run Into Here
What we run into
on these properties
Benicia lots have enough in common to plan for, and planning for it is most of the job.
Weather off the water
Salt air and damp winters are harder on materials than a few miles inland. Fixings, finishes and plant choices should account for it rather than be chosen as if this were the valley floor.
Old town, old ground
Much of Benicia predates modern drainage and modern concrete. What is under an old driveway is frequently a surprise, which is why we test before pricing.
Short steep streets
The hillside blocks mean tight access and sometimes no machine route to the back of a property. We establish that at the walkthrough.
Recent Projects
Work from around
Contra Costa County
A sample of recent projects. Ask at the consultation and we will point you at finished work near you.
Also Serving
We work north of
the strait too
Benicia is in Solano County rather than Contra Costa, but it is a straightforward run from Concord and we work there regularly.
Not sure whether you are in range? Call and ask — and if we are not the right fit, we will usually know someone who is.
- Benicia — this page
- Concord — where we work out of
- Also served