In business since 1972 and a CLCA member since 1981, Landscapes West operates under CSLB C-27 license #389976 from a Newport Avenue suite in OB. Expert-witness and forensic consulting for landscape-related construction disputes — drainage failure, retaining-wall collapse, slope instability — runs as a dedicated service line, and on the residential design-build side the firm shares integrated home-and-yard scope with CairnsCraft Design & Remodel. Hillside renovation is the regional specialty: engineered segmented retaining walls with pervious concrete backfill, CMU garden walls, and hardscape sequences in brick, natural stone, synthetic stone, interlocking pavers, and permeable pavers. Hardscape drainage design through stepped retaining structures on OB and Point Loma slopes has to resolve Title 24 stormwater capture alongside ADA compliance on any accessible patio path. Solar-integrated landscape scopes — rooftop and ground-mount array tie-ins — coordinate with Sattler Solar Inc. so hardscape courses and panel shade paths don't clash on finished sites. The most demanding projects are hillside conversions where unusable grade is rebuilt into terraced outdoor rooms — retaining-wall engineering, drainage swales, low-voltage lighting, and mature-specimen transplants engineered across one continuous build.