Seasons Landscape
A Passion for Custom Residential
by Jeff Evans

Seasons Landscaping is more than just a landscaping company. It's a design build solution - landscape architects and construction management.

The 10-year-old Orange County company was started by Scott Hutcheon, a graduate with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, one of the best schools in the nation for architecture.

There are a lot of good landscape architects. There are a lot of good construction companies. There are a lot of people with good style that may or may not be in the industry. It is the blending of all these things into one common vision that has separated Seasons from the rest.

Seasons is dedicated to designing unique environments with the latest materials and technology. They are always pushing on every aspect of every project to make it just that much better or different than the last one. Many times their clients have pushed them to different levels, too. Seasons clients are detail oriented and know what they like and don't like, which always creates unique ideas.

Seasons has a horticulturalist they work with very closely on every project through the design phase (plant walks at the nursery) as well as all the planting installations. They helped choose the planting pallet for the Covenant Hills custom home sites planting pallet guidelines.

Their knowledge of these guidelines is a critical part of what they do. These guidelines and the process also develops another level of trust with their clients. They feel comfortable knowing that they are proficient in everything they do and will be approved in a timely and efficient manner.

The key to a great project is having the design mentality blended with construction methodology throughout the project. "People often forget that the industry we are in is a service-oriented industry. We have a huge passion for what we do and love to see our clients happy. How we win a lot of projects is by winning the trust of our clients and having them see the service during the design phase. The whole process can be personal or an emotional experience for our clients," said Hutcheon.

"Discussing their personal living space and understanding their lives and their families and how they live in their home opens them up. Going through this process naturally develops relationships. We are partners in this personal and sometimes emotional experience from beginning to end. We believe in research and development, always looking for new ideas and materials and how they relate to other older ideas and techniques," Hutcheon explains.

The majority of Seasons work is custom residential, with the remainder focusing on large commercial or residential housing projects.

Their passion is custom residential, and Seasons has designed and built many residential projects in Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles Counties.

Seasons has designed and passed through design review committees about 35 custom homesites in Shady Canyon, Crystal Cove, Covenant Hills and Dana Point.

Notable projects have included:
- Project Playhouse
- Philharmonic House of Design
- Covenant Hills
- Designer of the landscape plans through the Design Review Committee
- Sunset Idea House
- Covenant Hills
- Materials selector and helped build the landscaping.

Scott Hutcheon lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their two sons, Auston, 3, and Jaxson, 1, in Laguna Beach.

Seasons Landscape
Laguna Beach, CA
949-419-6530
www.seasonslandscaping.com

(Winter 2007)