Outdoor Living by Design

Your Top Choice for Superior Landscape Solutions

All Your Landscape Needs in One Place

Gardens By Ken in Sherman Oaks, California is a custom landscape design and installation company offering comprehensive solutions to meet your specific goals. We are dedicated to creating outdoor living spaces that reflect your personal style and taste and expand the form and function of your home.

How We Can Help You

We provide services that can improve your home’s curb appeal. Our team can assist you with designing, installing, and building outdoor spaces and structures, including:

  • Backyard Water Features
  • Outdoor Kitchens
  • Fireplaces
  • Swimming Pools
  • Condominium Decks

Why Build With Us

Commitment to Customer Satisfaction

From concept development through installation, we work hard to create comfortable, inviting, and blissful environments that fulfill all your requirements for your outdoor space. We strive to build lasting relationships with all our clients and we take pride in the stunning gardens and outdoor experiences we create for them.

Hands-On Service

Our founder directly works with our clients to ensure their satisfaction. He is known for his artistic design solutions, excellent communication skills, and extensive knowledge of horticultural elements, hardscape aspects, as well as lighting and décor.

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Our Founder

Gardens By Ken was established in 2002 by Ken Coll. The company is a happy result of his lifelong passion for gardening, which was instilled in him from early childhood by his grandmother. Today, Ken applies his wealth of knowledge of plants, flowers, and trees to “paint” gorgeous outdoor portraits featuring show-stopping combinations of colors, textures, and scents.

Our Team

We are composed of in-house landscaping professionals and esteemed creative colleagues with whom we frequently collaborate. These include architects at Debra Rabb Landscape Architecture, concrete masons at La Hacienda Concrete, and designers at Martin Morales, Diseño LLC.

Recognition

Gardens By Ken, in partnership with Debra Rabb Landscape Architecture, has been twice selected to have our garden designs featured at the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. It’s one of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most prestigious home and garden tours.

Our Service Areas

Gardens By Ken provides landscape solutions to homeowners in the Greater Los Angeles area, including the San Fernando Valley and Beverly Hills. We also serve other Westside areas, including:

  • Hollywood
  • Pasadena
  • Simi Valley
  • Calabasas
  • Malibu

Testimonials

Warren Thomas

“Ken was a pleasure to work with. He has creative, yet realistic, ideas about design and plant materials. Importantly, he was respectful of my tastes and ideas and of the necessity to integrate new material with older plantings that were to remain. Installation and follow-up were prompt and professional.”

Andrea Michaels

“I often see passersby taking pictures of my front yard and all its beautiful landscaping, especially my rose garden. I give full credit to Ken Coll who has taken an ordinary garden and turned it into a lush and fragrant entrance that is worthy of appearing on a front page of Homes and Gardens. The backyard is given equal attention as I now have fruit trees that yield wonderful produce all year round. Ken is a delight to work with as he listens carefully, creates for your personality (I like a very full look), and comes up with perfect suggestions to meet your needs. His team is equally easy to work with. A pleasure in every way.”

Erica Chambers

“I had a rectangular-shaped backyard with an odd-shaped pool that was essentially divided into two separate areas, and I wanted it to be one continuous space that was contemporary, Zen and that would require no maintenance on my part. I gave Ken a stack of pictures from magazines for inspiration in terms of color and modern aesthetics, and from there he created a gorgeous design that flowed from north to south with stunning focal points—a custom-poured, under-lit cement bench, horizontal dark wood fence, fire element, and the perfect maintenance-free plants. Every day when I look out of my kitchen window, I feel so lucky to see this beautiful, finished space with the exact look I always wanted.”

Joji Barris

“We had what we called a “Vegas yard”—all rocks, like a desert, flat, and depressing. Ken created a beautiful look that goes perfectly with our house, to the point where now when people come over, they gravitate outside immediately to our ‘outdoor room.’ Ken did everything – picked all the plants, designed the patio, and installed this amazing, soothing fountain. My dad had just died when we did the back and front yards, and I was hoping to fix things up would make me feel good… and it really, really did! Ken is completely dependable, and when he says he’s going to do something, it’s done, and you don’t even have to ask twice. His guys are all nice, hard-working, and conscious of keeping the space clean, too. Ken was really present and patient from beginning to end. You really don’t find that nowadays.”

Ruth Arnow

“I lived in New York when I bought my house in California—I just flew in, bought it, and had to go back home. My best friend has the same taste as me (traditional, English country garden), and so she communicated to Ken what I was looking for. So, A LOT was planted by the time I moved in, and it was all fabulous! Now we work together every week to keep the garden evolving, and we talk about the plants I want and the look I want, all the while keeping water conservation in mind, which is tricky. I live for my garden—it’s such an incredibly important part of my life, and I pay very close attention to detail and Ken is just as meticulous about every aspect of my garden as I am. I look forward to many years to come working closely with Ken—our professional relationship has evolved into a true friendship.”

Start Planning Your Landscape Project

Let our team at Gardens By Ken create designs and installations that show your particular interests, aesthetic preferences, and lifestyle. For more information or to schedule a consultation, talk to Ken Coll (Landscape Contractor License: #868063) today.