Templeton is quieter and more rural than its wine-country neighbors to the north, and that character, along with the same hot, dry summers, shapes every landscape design, grading, pool, outdoor kitchen, and complete backyard project our in-house team builds here.
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Pacific Outdoor Living Homeowner Stories
Central Coast Partnership
Pacific Outdoor Living has partnered with Idler's Home to give Central Coast homeowners a more complete outdoor-living experience. Together, we combine professional landscape design and construction with convenient access to appliances, patio furnishings, home products, and outdoor-living materials.
A design-build landscaping company, family-owned and operated in California for nearly thirty years. Our landscape architects and in-house construction professionals work closely with homeowners to build outdoor spaces around their vision.
A Central Coast institution since shortly after WWII, started by Bud Idler as a small downtown San Luis Obispo shop. Idler's Home has grown into multiple local locations offering major appliances, homewares, furnishings, and remodel resources, known for accessible, local customer service.
Plan and build your outdoor space with Pacific Outdoor Living, then explore appliances, furnishings, and outdoor-living products through Idler’s Home.
Why Pacific Outdoor Living
Templeton landscapes deserve more than generic improvement. They need a plan that respects the site, mature nature, biodiversity, and the practical realities of construction.
Our dedicated permitting department helps manage city requirements, submittals, and permit coordination when your project needs approvals. Because we work with city officials, planning departments, and building departments across the Greater Los Angeles Area, we know how to make the permitting path clearer and easier before construction begins.
We source through long-standing supplier relationships and pass our wholesale material discounts through to you instead of treating them as an upsell. You get the material deals we get, and you can visit our showroom to pick materials in person, compare finishes, and actually feel them before final selections are made.
Design, materials, budget, scheduling, permits, planting, and construction stay connected from first measurements to final walkthrough, so one team handles the project from start to finish. We do not hand your project off to outside subcontractors; our in-house team of trained workers brings years of experience to the build.
Bring your outdoor vision to life sooner with flexible monthly payment options designed around your budget. We partner with Wells Fargo Bank and Lyon Financial to make quality outdoor living accessible to everyone. Get approved quickly, choose from convenient monthly installments, and enjoy a revolving line of credit you can use whenever you need it. Quality design and build shouldn't come with financial stress.
Designing for Templeton
Templeton's hot, dry summers and cooler nights make shade, water efficiency, and fire-conscious planting central to nearly every design decision on its oak-studded, rural-scale properties.
We use drought-tolerant and fire-conscious native planting, shade structures and pergolas to make afternoons livable, and durable materials built for the wide swing between summer heat and winter cold.
Designing for Templeton
Templeton’s hot, dry summers and rural-scale properties mean heat, shade, water efficiency, and fire-conscious planning shape plant and material choices as much as the design itself.
Valley oak companions, western redbud, toyon, manzanita, ceanothus, sages, buckwheats, and deer grass are common choices, selected for defensible space and low water use.
Hot, dry summers make shade structures, pergolas, and lawn reduction recurring priorities for Templeton’s inland location. We plan shade and airflow around how you actually use the yard.
Efficient drip irrigation, mulch, and reduced turf help control water costs across larger, rural-scale properties without sacrificing a lush, livable yard.
Expansive lots, drainage and erosion, and rural access all factor into planning a property at Templeton scale. We design around the whole parcel, not just the patio.
Nearby Case Study
An Atascadero pool nearby, built for the same hot inland summers Templeton gets: upgraded hardscape and decking frame the pool so lounging and getting past each have their own room.
The existing residence, garage, driveway and guest house had lawn, decomposed granite and concrete around them, plus paver walks, mulch and beds. We mapped the spa, the patios and the garden paths to show how the yard was organized before changing any of it.
What had been lawn became the poolside. Layered beds and accent trees soften the hardscape edges and add privacy, so the pool reads as the main event on the property now instead of one feature among several.
Services for Complete Outdoor Living
Our Templeton work can bring planting, hardscape, pools, ponds, patios, kitchens, lighting, and construction details into one cohesive design-build plan.
Drought-tolerant, fire-conscious planting selected for Templeton's hot, dry summers, cooler nights, and rural-property scale.
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Custom pools and spas designed as the centerpiece of hot-summer outdoor living, from resort-style entertaining to quiet evening soaks.
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Functional cooking and entertaining spaces planned around utilities, workflow, shade, seating, and everyday outdoor living.
Explore Shade structures and pergolas built to take the edge off Templeton's long, hot summers and extend outdoor living into the evening.
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Pavers, masonry, and gathering spaces built with durable materials suited to wide temperature swings and rural properties.
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Fire pits and fireplaces that extend outdoor living into cool inland evenings and add a gathering point to larger properties.
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Fountains and pondless waterfalls fitted to Templeton's quieter, rural-acreage properties.
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Dark-sky friendly landscape lighting for rural acreage and village homes: shielded, warm, and used only where it is needed.
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Every service on this page, planting, hardscape, pools, kitchens, lighting, and structures, planned and built together as one Templeton project instead of pieced together over time.
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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Outside our standard service area? Contact us anyway. We may still be able to help or recommend a trusted partner.
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Your property is within our Central Coast service region.
Our sister company specializes in natural waterscapes, ponds, and fountains, and serves your area directly.
We may still be able to help, review your project, or connect you with a trusted referral.
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Local FAQs
Templeton is within our San Luis Obispo County service region, and our in-house design-build team works throughout the area. The quickest way to confirm your exact property is to use the address checker on this page.
We favor drought-tolerant, fire-conscious planting such as western redbud, toyon, manzanita, ceanothus, sages, and deer grass, paired with defensible-space planning and efficient drip irrigation. A Site Analysis helps confirm what will hold up best on your specific property.
Yes. For natural pools, ponds, waterfalls, streams, and ecosystem-focused water features, we recommend working with our sister company, California Waterscapes. Visit California Waterscapes
Cost and timeline depend on the scope of your project. A patio or lighting refresh is a different investment than a complete backyard remodel with a pool, kitchen, and full landscape. Our five-step, in-house design-build process is built to keep confirmed projects on schedule and on budget, and a consultation is the fastest way to get numbers specific to your property. Learn About Financing Options
Start with a conversation about your property, priorities, and the way you want to live outdoors in Templeton.
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