A patio, a railing, and stone under the oaks

A back yard rebuilt around mature oaks: a curved poured patio with custom steel railing, flagstone paths, and stone throughout.

Start with a site walk

What went in

On the ground in Kissing Tree, San Marcos.

The oaks were the reason for every decision here. They stay, so the patio is curved to clear them, the paths bend around them, and each one sits in its own edged well rather than in a lawn that would need watering to survive underneath.

The patio is poured to a curve and finished with a custom steel railing, which is what makes it read as part of the house instead of a slab added to the back of it.

Poured concrete patio with a curved leading edge
Custom black steel railing with cable infill
Flagstone stepping paths set through gravel
Limestone block edging throughout
Edged tree wells built around the mature oaks
Ornamental grasses and container planting

On the property

Photographed on the job.

The curved concrete patio with its custom black steel cable railing, flagstone steppers, and gravel beyond — The patio edge. Poured to a curve, with the railing built to follow it.

The railing curving along the patio with the back yard, gravel beds, and stock tank planters beyond — The railing carried around, looking out over the yard.

Flagstone stepping path running from the patio through gravel beds toward the fence line under mature trees — The path off the patio, stepping through gravel toward the fence line.

Wide view of the finished back yard with gravel beds, flagstone steppers, ornamental grasses, and a stock tank planter — The full yard. Stone does the work where grass would have struggled under the canopy.

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A patio, a railing, and stone under the oaks

On the ground in Kissing Tree, San Marcos.

Photographed on the job.

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