Summer Lake · Cypress Grove · Laurel Road corridor · Downtown Main Street · Delta waterfront
Schedule a Discovery ConsultationOakley is the newest city in Contra Costa County, incorporated in 1999, but the town itself goes back more than a century. The Delta forms its northern edge, old Zinfandel vineyards still grow in its sandy soil, and new neighborhoods keep filling in between.
We design and build outdoor living spaces for Oakley homeowners who want a backyard planned for the heat, the soil and the way they actually live.
The fountain and plaza at Oakley City Hall. Photo: LPS.1, CC0
Big Break Regional Shoreline is Oakley's front porch to the Delta: 1,648 acres of open water and marsh, a 100-foot fishing pier, a kayak launch and a visitor center with a walkable map of the whole Delta. Its name comes from a 1928 levee break that flooded an asparagus farm and turned it into a small bay.
Back in town, Summer Lake is the best-known master-planned neighborhood, Cypress Grove is quieter and established, and the Laurel Road corridor is where much of the newest building is happening.
Oakley's first post office opened in 1898. Founder Randolph C. Marsh wanted to call the town Dewey, after Admiral George Dewey. His friend Joel Wightman preferred Oakley, for the area's oak trees, and the two settled it over a game of cribbage. Portuguese and Italian immigrants planted vineyards here in the late 1800s, and about 700 acres of vines remain today, nearly 80 percent of them Zinfandel.
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Homes near the Delta waterfront may be in mapped flood zones, which can affect design and costs, so we check early. Many Oakley neighborhoods have HOA design rules. Permits go through the City of Oakley, and we confirm any fire hazard or other parcel-specific requirements during planning.
Many of Oakley's old vineyards grow in alluvial sand. Sandy soil drains fast, which vines love, but it means water moves through quickly and pavers and walls need a properly built base to stay put.
We plan for that with base preparation matched to the site, irrigation zoned for fast-draining ground and planting chosen to handle heat that averages in the 90s in July.
Every project begins with a discovery consultation. We learn about your home, your goals and how you want to live outside, then recommend the right next step.
Schedule a Discovery ConsultationIt changes the base. Sand drains well but shifts if it is not prepared and compacted correctly, so we design the base for your site.
July highs average in the 90s. We place shade over seating, choose heat-aware surfaces and set up irrigation for long dry summers.
Possibly flood zone considerations and wind off the Delta. We review both during planning.
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