The clients had lived in their hillside home for many years, but had put off major landscaping. They finally decided they wanted to live in a garden setting and asked us to take a steep hillside behind their residence and make it beautiful and accessible. We renovated a dining patio immediately adjacent to the house. A new staircase up to the hillside was created with switchback trails to reach the highest sections. We added 2 comfortable sitting areas to enjoy the view to the distant Mt. Tam, the most prominent landform in Marin Co. We included a bountiful vegetable garden and lots of roses and tough plants to provide constant flowering, which created a look of colorful casual profusion.