The recently renovated home and landscape is located in Phoenix's Arcadia neighborhood, an active, family-oriented area recognized for its lush, green landscape sustainably fed by the city's unique flood irrigation system, built expressively to irrigate the locality's orange and date groves. The landscape architect, in collaboration with the architect and homeowner; developed the character of the site, including hardscape, planting, walls, and outdoor amenities. The landscape was designed to work in concert with the architecture, to respect the home and neighborhood's scale and context, and to create harmonious connection between the interior and exterior living spaces.

A series of terraced, natural steel planting beds surround the perimeter of the house, replacing large sections of turf with climate appropriate plantings. An under story of yucca, euphorbia, and pedilanthus were woven through Chihuahuan orchid trees. A long privacy wall, supporting a single floating linear Glu-lam bench defines the entry courtyard, a comfortable space punctuated with a single winter blooming Cascalote tree. Off the main living spaces of the home, an elegant array of courtyards and open spaces were desired, including a Native Mesquite grove, a family courtyard with a fireplace and outdoor dining/BBQ area, a private garden off the master's bedroom with an outdoor shower, children's play area, and outdoor living room. Instead of demolishing the existing pool, the landscape architect designed white seating walls at its periphery to unite the pool's shape with the modern home. Remodel existing pavers were reclaimed from the site, reconfigured on the driveway with a more relevant pattern while boosting groundwater recharge. Creeping fig vine covers many of the home's walls, mooring the structure into the flourishing landscape.