Landscape · Hardscape · Drainage — Clayton, CA
Landscaping & hardscape
in Clayton
Clayton sits against Mount Diablo, which means lots that tilt, water that arrives with momentum, and a genuine wildland edge. We design for that rather than around it — and put the full price in writing before anyone breaks ground.
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“DMG Landscape did all of the concrete work around our house about two years ago and it still looks amazing today.”
Glenn C. · Google review
Why Homeowners Choose Us
Why Clayton 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 Clayton
Have a question we haven’t answered? Call or send a message — we respond within 24 hours.
Contact UsYes — much of what we do here involves grade. Slope costs more than flat ground because of the earthwork and the drainage, and we would rather you heard that at the free site visit than halfway through.
Usually it comes down to height and what the wall holds. California’s building code exempts walls up to four feet, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top; above that, or where it supports a slope or driveway, a permit is normally required. We confirm with the city first and handle the submission.
We design with it in mind — spacing, material choices, keeping the ground near the house clear. We will not tell you what the rules require; defensible space requirements change and your fire district is the authority. Get their current guidance and we build to it.
Somewhere legitimate, which is the part people skip. We intercept runoff above what you care about, carry it in a pipe, and discharge it where it is allowed to go rather than onto a neighbour.
Longer on a slope than on the valley floor. We will not put a number on it before walking the property; you get a written schedule with the written price.
Serving Clayton
Fifteen minutes, at the foot of the mountain
We work out of Concord, so Clayton is a short run east. Close enough for a site visit the same week, and close enough that a multi-week build does not lose time to the commute.
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
Clayton lots have enough in common to plan for, and planning for it is most of the job.
Ground that tilts toward you
On the mountain side of town, runoff does not pool, it travels, and it brings soil with it. Catching water high and carrying it in a pipe rather than across the surface is most of the work on these lots.
Walls that hold real load
A terrace wall here is usually structural, not decorative. What goes behind it — drain rock, filter fabric, a pipe with somewhere to go — matters more than the face. Walls that lean were built without it.
A wildland edge to think about
Clayton backs onto open space, and what you plant near the house is worth deciding at the design stage. We will talk through spacing and materials, and point you at the fire district for the current requirements, because those change and should come from them.
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 cover most of
Contra Costa County
We run out of Concord, which puts nearly every town on this map inside a half-hour drive. That is the difference between a contractor who can walk your property this week and one who fits you in next month.
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.
- Clayton — this page
- Concord — where we work out of
- Also served