Luxury home transformation

from Los Angeles to San Diego

  • Over 100 projects completed
  • Same day estimate
  • Licensed and fully insured
The seven-man Rock & Refuge Earthworks crew in branded shirts standing on a job at dusk, a Bobcat skid steer and stacked pavers behind them and a lit house beyond

Your vision, our team

Rock & Refuge Earthworks is a family rooted, owner led landscape and earthworks company serving San Diego, Newport Beach, and Dallas. We've built our reputation on two things: built to last, and relationships we build with people. We believe good work starts with actually caring about who you're working for. That means walking your property ourselves, listening to what you want out of it, and giving you one written number the same day of our visit before a machine ever shows up. One of us is on site from the first walk to the last stone set, so the person you met is the person building your yard. Every project gets the care and craftsmanship we'd want in our own homes, because you're never just another job to us. You're a client, a neighbor, and a relationship we plan to keep long after the work is done.

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Luxury Outdoor Living Projects

Lit garden walkway running between raised planters and uplit trees at sunset in Pasadena

La Jolla Garden Walk

La Jolla, CA · Garden path & landscape lighting

Terraced hillside in Sherman Oaks with block retaining walls, gabion base, and agave planting

Los Angeles Hillside

Los Angeles, CA · Slope grading & terraced walls

Circular sunken lounge in Calabasas with curved built-in seating around a concrete fire bowl at sunset

Calabasas Sunken Lounge

Calabasas, CA · Sunken lounge & fire feature

Checkerboard paver motor court with uplit palms at a white Mediterranean home in Newport Beach

Newport Beach Motor Court

Newport Beach, CA · Motor court & entry

Striped lawn and cypress-lined walkway framing an ocean view at a Laguna Beach estate

Laguna Beach Lawn and Plants

Laguna Beach, CA · Lawn & formal planting

Sunken fire lounge on a stone pool deck under mature palms at night in San Diego

San Diego Resort Yard

San Diego, CA · Pool deck & fire lounge

Black flat-roof cabana with a rain-curtain water feature over a lattice-set pool deck in La Jolla

La Jolla Cabana

La Jolla, CA · Cabana & pool deck

Courtyard dining terrace with vine-covered steel trellis panels and uplit planting in Carlsbad

Carlsbad Courtyard

Carlsbad, CA · Courtyard dining & screening

Grass-jointed concrete driveway edged with agaves and uplit palms at a Los Angeles home

Los Angeles Entry Drive

Los Angeles, CA · Driveway & entry planting

Reviews

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Froylan Sandoval

July 2026

From start to finish Rock and Refuge Earthworks provided outstanding service. They transformed my front yard into a beautiful, clean, welcoming space that significantly improved the look of my home. Their workmanship, attention to detail, and professionalism were evident throughout the entire project. They communicated well, worked efficiently, and delivered exactly what they promised. If you are looking for a landscaping company that takes pride in its work and produces excellent results, I highly recommend Rock and Refuge Earthworks.
Luke Lin

July 2026

Excellent service and respectable and honorable workers! Would hire again and can't wait to see what they do in the future!
G.Parisi Fitness

September 2026

The rock and refuge team was more than exceptional. They came in and gave me a quote for exactly what I wanted in a very timely fashion and handled the project like absolute pros. I'm in love with my backyard now and I never want to leave it. If I could give more than 5 stars I would with no questions asked!

The Rock & Refuge Process

Our in house team believes in custom outdoor spaces that are built on more than visual aesthetics. They're built on trust, communication, and an unwavering commitment to detail before and after the transformation.

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Homeowners sitting together looking out over the raw graded ground of their property
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Discovery

It starts with a walk around your property, with you. We want to hear what you're picturing, how you use the space now, and what's been bugging you about it. We'll look at the slope, the soil, and where the water goes, then help you turn what's in your head into a real plan and a real number before anything.

Transform your space

Before: a raw weed-covered lot at dusk on the slope below a modern hillside house, with irrigation stub-ups and coiled hose on bare dirt
BeforeWeeds and raw pad
After: the same ground at dusk as a lit lap pool and spa, lawn, a black louvered pergola and a linear fire trough, with the hillside house above
AfterLap pool, spa and pergola

Hillside pool and spa

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Before: bare dirt and dry scrub running right up to the covered terrace of a stone and stucco villa
BeforeBare dirt and scrub
After: cut lawn, stacked stone retaining walls, wide paver steps up to the terrace, and beds of agave and red flowering planting
AfterLawn, stone walls and planting

Villa front grounds

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Before: the front entry of a Spanish revival house choked with waist-high weeds either side of a plain concrete path
BeforeOvergrown front yard
After: the same entry with a clean stone walkway and steps, low clipped hedges, banks of red geraniums and terracotta urns
AfterPlanted entry and stone walk

Spanish revival entry

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Financing

Build now. Pay over time.

Want to spread the cost? Call us and we'll get you set up with one of our financing partners.

  1. 1

    Call

    Tell us about your project and explore financing.

  2. 2

    Financing Quote

    We connect you with one of our financing partners and get you a quote.

  3. 3

    Build

    Work starts, you pay over time.

  4. 4

    Enjoy

    The yard's yours. Live in it.

Transform your yard

Tell us about your property and what you want out of it. You get a free consultation with an owner, not a salesperson, and a written number, often the same day.

Start Here
Ryan and Tyler, the owners of Rock & Refuge Earthworks, together in a finished backyard

Two friends who built something worth signing.

Rock & Refuge started with two friends who believed the work should be done the way we'd want it done for our own families. Honest numbers, ground done right underneath, and one of us on your property until the last stone is set.

We built Rock & Refuge for people to enjoy a backyard oasis where it feels like a resort every day. We take pride in all of our projects.

Questions

Common questions.

The stuff homeowners actually ask before they hire.

San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, and Dallas. Send your zip and we'll confirm.