For Palisades families rebuilding after the January 2025 fire, and for those remodeling homes that came through it, our in-house team designs and builds outdoor spaces with fire-resistant materials, ember-aware planting, and hillside drainage planned in from the first sketch.
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Why Pacific Outdoor Living
Pacific Palisades landscapes deserve more than generic improvement. They need a plan that respects the site, mature nature, biodiversity, and the practical realities of construction.
Pacific Palisades is part of the City of Los Angeles, so plans go through LADBS, and the community also sits in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone with much of it in the Coastal Zone. Rebuild rules have shifted since the 2025 fire, so our permitting department confirms the current requirements for your parcel instead of working from assumptions.
We source through long-standing supplier relationships and pass wholesale pricing through to you. At our Sun Valley showroom you can compare stone, pavers, and porcelain in person, including the non-combustible surfaces that make sense close to the house.
Design, permits, materials, and construction stay with one team. For families who are rebuilding, that includes working with your architect and general contractor so grading, drainage, utilities, and the landscape are planned together rather than redone later.
Monthly payment options through Wells Fargo Bank and Lyon Financial can spread the cost of the outdoor work, which usually comes last in a rebuild budget.
Designing for Pacific Palisades
The Palisades Fire in January 2025 destroyed a large share of the community's homes, and many owners are now rebuilding. A new landscape is a chance to set the property up better than before: hard surfaces and gravel close to the house, well-spaced planting farther out, and materials that do not give embers a place to catch.
The ground varies across the Palisades, from the flatter Alphabet Streets near the Village to canyon and hillside lots in the Highlands and the bluff-edge streets above Pacific Coast Highway. Slope, soil, and drainage drive the design on most of these properties, and burned slopes can shed more water and soil than they did before the fire.
Projects here run through the City of Los Angeles, with Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and LAFD brush clearance requirements on most parcels and Coastal Zone review on many. We sort out what applies to your address first, then coordinate the landscape with your architect and builder.
Designing for Pacific Palisades
The 2025 fire, the community's hillside and bluff terrain, and layered City of Los Angeles and coastal review all shape how a Palisades outdoor project should be planned.
Palisades projects go through LADBS, and many parcels also need Coastal Zone review. Rebuild requirements have been changing since the fire, so we confirm the current rules for your property and coordinate the landscape with your house plans.
CAL FIRE guidance treats the area right around the house as an ember-resistant zone. We keep it to stone, concrete, gravel, and other non-combustible surfaces, with no bark mulch or woody plants against walls, decks, or vents.
Hillside and bluff-edge lots need water carried away deliberately, and slopes that burned can erode faster until new planting takes hold. Grading, drains, and erosion control are designed in, not added after the first storm.
Many lots lost mature trees and planting along with the house. We replant with fire-aware spacing and species, keep tree canopies clear of the roof, and set up irrigation so the new landscape establishes and stays hydrated.
Services for Complete Outdoor Living
Our Pacific Palisades work can bring planting, hardscape, pools, ponds, patios, kitchens, lighting, and construction details into one cohesive design-build plan.
Planting and hardscape laid out in zones, with non-combustible surfaces next to the house and spaced, well-irrigated planting beyond it.
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Engineered retaining walls, grading, and drainage for canyon and bluff-edge lots, coordinated with your geotechnical and structural consultants.
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Pools and spas planned around slope, soil reports, and the view, with the structural and drainage work treated as part of the design.
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Stone, paver, and porcelain terraces that create level outdoor space on sloped ground and keep combustible materials away from the house.
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Paver driveways and entry walks built for steep approaches, laid out with turning room and emergency access in mind.
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Low-voltage lighting for steps, terraces, and long hillside paths so the property is safe to move through after dark.
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The whole outdoor scope, from grading and drainage to planting and lighting, designed alongside your rebuild and built by one in-house crew instead of several separate trades.
ExploreOur proven design-build process turns your goals into a coordinated plan before construction begins, helping reduce uncertainty, avoid costly surprises, and keep the project moving forward.
01 This initial investment helps guarantee your project is Designed Right, Built Right, on time, and on budget. It gives our team the accurate information needed to plan confidently and avoid costly surprises later.
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Yes. The Palisades is part of our Westside Los Angeles service area, including properties being rebuilt after the fire. The address checker on this page will confirm coverage for your exact lot.
Ideally while the house is still in design. Grading, drainage, utility runs, retaining walls, and the zone right around the house are far easier to get right when they are planned alongside the architecture, and it avoids tearing out new work later.
In zones. Non-combustible surfaces right next to the house, low and well-spaced planting in the next band, and trees thinned and kept clear of the roof farther out, following LAFD brush clearance rules and current CAL FIRE defensible-space guidance. Read Our Defensible Space Guide
Often a soils or geology report, engineered retaining and drainage, and careful thought about where water goes. A pool or large terrace on a slope is frequently still possible, but the engineering has to come first.
Slope, retaining and drainage needs, access, and how much of the site has to be rebuilt from bare ground all move the number. A Site Analysis gives you a budget tied to your actual lot, and it can be timed to your house plans. Learn About Financing Options
Choose a landscape design-build company that understands how design, construction, and the way you want to live outdoors fit together. Ask to see finished projects, not just renderings, and find out who will actually build what gets drawn. At Pacific Outdoor Living our designers develop the plan and our own in-house crews build it, a process refined over more than 10,000 projects across Greater Los Angeles and the Central Coast since 1999.
Look beyond price. The best landscape contractor near you is the one with real design expertise, quality craftsmanship, a portfolio of completed projects, clear communication, and a proven process from the first meeting to the final walkthrough. Local experience matters too: a contractor who knows the permitting, soils, and neighborhood character in Pacific Palisades will plan more accurately.
Permit requirements in Pacific Palisades depend on the improvements being proposed. A new pool or spa needs a building permit, and the gas, electrical, and plumbing behind an outdoor kitchen or fire feature, retaining walls, and patio covers commonly need approvals too. Our in-house permitting department maps those requirements during design and typically pulls the permits a project needs, which keeps the plan and the schedule realistic.
Start with a conversation about your property, priorities, and the way you want to live outdoors in Pacific Palisades.
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