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Colin O’Dea Design is a Santa Barbara green living, exterior design and landscape/lifestyle design studio. Colin transforms spaces in nature and creates functional living and entertaining spaces for every lifestyle. Colin specializes in designing CA Native, Modern, Mediterranean and Coastal Woodland landscapes that are sustainable, regenerative and water-wise. Colin offers the following landscape and exterior design services:

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DESIGN

Colin O’Dea Design is a Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Barbara green living, exterior design and landscape design studio. Colin transforms spaces in nature and creates functional living and entertaining spaces for every lifestyle. Colin specializes in designing Coastal, Ranch, Wine Country, Modern and Mediterranean landscapes using native plants that are sustainable, regenerative, and drought tolerant. Colin O'Dea Design offers the following landscape and exterior design services:

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  • Landscape Assessment 

  • Landscape Plan & Drawing

  • Project & Contractor Management 

  • Plant Selection & Placement

  • Hardscape Concepts & Design

  • Exterior Furnishings Selection

  • Organic Landscape & Plant Management

LIFESTYLE

Colin’s primary focus as a designer is designing a landscape or exterior space that reflects and compliments his clients lifestyle. Colin's design philosophy goes beyond the selection and arrangement of beautiful objects outdoors, design is series of conversations, meetings and experiences where Colin immerses himself in the home, property and lifestyle of every client. Colin dives deep into his clients motivation for purchasing their home to uncover what is driving them to build and create in nature.

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LANDSCAPE

Designing a landscape is both a design process and a series of uncontrollable and ever-changing environmental conditions that determine the type of plants, hardscape materials, and exterior furnishings that are best suited for a landscape. Every landscape design project includes the creation of a detailed plan that is the result of assessing, identifying, and selecting the following design elements: 

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  • Landscape Topography

  • Soil Properties & Sun

  • Plants & Trees

  • Hardscape Design & Materials

  • Exterior Furnishings

GARDEN

Colin starts with the basic premise that gardens in every landscape design should be beautiful, earth-friendly and water wise. There are eight horticulture design principles that guide Colin in the design of every landscape garden: ​

  • ORGANIC

  • SUSTAINABLE

  • REGENERATIVE

  • NATIVE

  • WATER WISE

  • DROUGHT TOLERANT

  • MEDITERANEAN

  • PERMACULTURE

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COLIN

Colin is an artist, creator and an activist. Many people say that Colin's story is unique because he's gone from political operative to pastry chef, and now a Landscape Designer. Colin’s career and travels have taken him to the frontlines of political campaigns to the pages of international magazines and into millions of homes on the Food Network. Creating in nature is Colin’s true passion and after years of studying landscape design and horticulture, Colin designs landscapes that mimic and compliment the natural landscapes of Southern California and California’s central coast.

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