Landscape · Hardscape · Concrete — Oakley, CA
Landscaping & hardscape
in Oakley
Oakley sits on the delta edge, where the ground behaves differently from the clay further west and the lots are big enough to do something real with. Both change the design.
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“They did our driveway, walkways, patio, borders, spacing, and stamped concrete all at once and the finish came out super clean and consistent throughout the entire property.”
Glenn C. · Google review
Why Homeowners Choose Us
Why Oakley 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 Oakley
Have a question we haven’t answered? Call or send a message — we respond within 24 hours.
Contact UsOften, yes — sandier and faster-draining than the clay further west, though it varies parcel to parcel. We check at the site visit because it changes base prep and irrigation.
That is most of what Oakley is. The work is planning drainage end to end and giving the space structure so an acre does not read as empty.
Shade structures, planting chosen for the climate, and irrigation designed to water deeply rather than often.
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.
The drive is real and we would rather be straight about it. It shows up as fewer, longer site days rather than a surcharge, and the written price is the price.
Serving Oakley
Thirty-five minutes east
We run out of Concord. Oakley is the far end of our usual range, so we plan efficient site days rather than lots of short visits — and we say so at the quote rather than pretending otherwise.
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
Oakley lots have enough in common to plan for, and planning for it is most of the job.
The ground is not the same out here
Soils near the delta are often sandier and drain differently from the heavy clay further west. That changes base preparation, irrigation scheduling and which plants actually thrive. It is worth testing rather than assuming.
Big flat lots need a water plan
Flat does not drain itself. On a large level lot, water sits wherever the grading left a low point, and that is usually somewhere you would rather it was not.
Summer is the design constraint
Shade, plant selection and irrigation efficiency are what make an Oakley yard usable from June to September. Design for August and the rest of the year takes care of itself.
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.
- Oakley — this page
- Concord — where we work out of
- Also served