Landscape · Hardscape · Drainage — Discovery Bay, CA
Landscaping & hardscape
in Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay is waterfront, which makes it the most unusual ground we work on. A high water table, levee proximity and sandy soils change what can be built and how it has to be founded.
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Why Homeowners Choose Us
Why Discovery Bay 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 Discovery Bay
Have a question we haven’t answered? Call or send a message — we respond within 24 hours.
Contact UsIt can, particularly for anything needing depth. We check conditions at the site visit before promising anything, because this is the one place where the usual assumptions do not hold.
Possibly, depending on your parcel. More than one agency can have an interest in work near a levee or the water. We establish what applies before designing rather than after.
Yes, and the detailing matters more here. Deck and shell move independently, and on this ground that needs allowing for.
Generally depends on height, and near the water there may be more to it. 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 locally first.
For a real project, yes, and we would rather tell you up front if it is not. Small jobs this far out often make more sense with someone closer, and we will say so.
Serving Discovery Bay
Forty-five minutes, and worth a proper look
We run out of Concord, so this is the far edge of where we work. We will not pretend it is a quick hop — we plan full days here and are straight about that at the quote.
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
Discovery Bay lots have enough in common to plan for, and planning for it is most of the job.
The water table is close
On waterfront lots groundwater can sit much nearer the surface than elsewhere in the county. That affects excavation depth, drainage design and how anything structural has to be founded. It is the first thing we check.
Levees and waterfront have rules
Work near a levee or the water’s edge can involve agencies beyond the city. We find out what applies to your parcel before designing, and tell you honestly if something is not straightforward.
Sandy ground, different base
Delta soils drain differently from the county’s clay. Base preparation that works in Concord is not automatically right here, and irrigation scheduling has to change with it.
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.
- Discovery Bay — this page
- Concord — where we work out of
- Also served