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    Late Afternoon Garden Design creates beautiful gardens that speak to the growing awareness of our connection to the natural world. 


    We look to create gardens that are truly at home in their environment.  Cultural histories, environmental concerns, and a sense of place are woven into a coherent narrative that celebrate not only the beauty of our homes but further our connection to the landscape.  The site-specific nature of each garden is balanced with the architecture of the home to seamlessly express the client’s desires and lifestyle.


    We work with clean simple forms, softening and blurring them with generous layers of planting.  Native and adaptive plants, local materials and wildlife attracting practices are incorporated in a stylish and functional manner.  


Late Afternoon Garden Design, a garden and landscape design firm in Ukiah, California, serving Northern California and the Bay Area. Design principle Nicholas Thayer has assisted numerous architects, contractors, and homeowners, including Michelle Kaufmann, Sam Sinnott, and Scott Prentice.  The mkLotus show house at West Coast Green and The Late Show Gardens are among their most recent show gardens.  From estate gardens to postage stamp city lots to roof top terraces Late Afternoon Garden Design has the experience and skill to create truly beautiful and functional spaces for people. 

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