Outdoor living in Los Angeles
Outdoor Living for Los Angeles homes and commercial properties, drawn on paper first and built by Silver Leaf Landscape.
How we approach outdoor living
The best Los Angeles backyards are not landscapes with features bolted on; they are outdoor rooms designed as one idea. We build the full range of outdoor living: outdoor kitchens and BBQ islands, pergolas and patio covers, fire features, and the decks and terraces that tie them together. We also build the things that decide whether the room gets used in February and at ten at night: heating, lighting, and sound.
Because the same design-build team draws the plan, grades the lot, and plants the garden, the kitchen arrives with its counter seating, the pergola with its fans and heaters already wired, and the terrace with conduit run before the pavers go down. One coordinated project instead of three contractors pointing at each other.
Part of our complete scope. See all services, or explore landscape design, hardscape, pool decks and surrounds, irrigation and drainage, planting and sod, artificial turf, landscape maintenance, outdoor lighting, and earthquake landscape repair.
What this covers
- Outdoor kitchens and BBQ islands
- Pergolas, patio covers, and shade structures
- Timber, aluminum, and composite framing
- Marine-grade cabinetry and stone or concrete countertops
- Fire pits and outdoor fireplaces
- Overhead infrared heaters and ceiling fans
- Weatherproof audio and outdoor TV enclosures
- Decks, terraces, and outdoor lounges
- Pool decks, coping, and surrounds
See how a project works, what drives cost, or financing options. Choosing materials and features? Start with the outdoor living selection guide.
Outdoor Living on real jobs
Filmed by our own crews, on our own sites.
Outdoor Living questions
No. The structural shell of a pool requires a C-53 swimming pool contractor licence, and ours is C-27 Landscaping. We build everything around it — deck, coping, seat walls, drainage, planting, shade, and lighting — and work alongside your pool contractor so the surround is designed in rather than retrofitted. See pool decks and surrounds for what that covers.
That is usually what separates an outdoor room that gets used from one that gets photographed. Overhead infrared heaters extend the evenings through winter, ceiling fans move air under a covered structure in August, and lighting is designed into the plan rather than added later. Weatherproof audio and a proper outdoor TV enclosure go in the same way, with conduit run before the hardscape closes over it.
It depends on the architecture and the exposure. Timber reads warm and traditional and suits a house with wood detailing; powder-coated aluminum holds a crisp modern line and shrugs off coastal air; composite splits the difference for spans that need low maintenance. Cabinetry in an outdoor kitchen is marine-grade because ordinary casework does not survive outdoors, topped in granite or concrete depending on the look you are after.
That is exactly how we prefer to work. One drawn plan covers the hardscape, outdoor kitchen, shade, fire, heating, planting, and lighting, then one accountable team builds it on one schedule. No juggling separate contractors who each stop where the next one starts.
Yes. We add outdoor kitchens, pergolas, fire features, and pool surrounds to established landscapes, designing around what is already there and tying the new work into the existing hardscape and planting so it reads as if it was always in the plan.
Yes, financing is available. Outdoor living is the biggest investment most yards ever see, and we would rather you finance or phase the dream than shrink it. Ask when we walk the property and we will lay out the options with the written estimate.
Outdoor Living we are asked about most in Calabasas, Encino, Woodland Hills, and across our service areas.
See what on your lot.
No two properties price the same. We walk yours, measure it, and put the outdoor living scope in writing at no cost.
7500 Valjean Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91406 · Free site walk and written estimate. Financing available.


