The road to becoming a Landscape Designer here in San Diego was fairly straightforward, but I was unaware of that at the time. I had always loved to draw and design growing up in San Diego. I spent a lot of time working in and admiring gardens, from the formal landscapes of La Jolla to the casual gardens of Ocean Beach. My grandfather had a fantastic “green thumb” and getting to shadow him in his Point Loma garden, and follow him when he volunteered in the horticultural dept. at the San Diego Wild Animal Park was always a treat. 

During college I studied a wide array of design genres, but finally landed with Landscape Design. I took a job working with a local landscape design firm and leaned how to run a business, and how not to. With that practical knowledge, I knew I need more training. So I got my Masters Degree from GW and along with the entrepreneurial spirit of my father I inherited, I soon thereafter started Cleator Landscape Design. I am so happy I did. 

Over the last decade I have had the opportunity to work for some amazing clients throughout San Diego, from Del Mar in the north to Coronado in the south. I also have designed projects across the United States including in Hawaii, Arizona, Maryland, Virginia and up and down the great state of California. 

Hopefully I will have the opportunity to put a life long passion for design and the environment to work for you on your landscape design project. 

Westringia often called Coast Rosemary is a fantastic group of plants hailing from Australia. In San Diego nurseries you can often find specimens ranging from large shrubs down to low growing groundcover. Here in Point Loma all of them will be at home in our cool coastal conditions as long as they get full to almost full sun and moderate to low water once established. With white to blueish flower and small green to gray-green and even variegated leaves, there is one that will fit nicely into your landscape. A few other standout specimens are Westringia fruticosa Gray Box, Smokey and Mundi. Each has its one role in a landscape, but they are reliable tough plants that can help give your yard structure and beauty.

These hardy standout also make nice companion plants with Mediterranean plants such as our San Diego native Sages, ornamental grasses, citrus, succulents such as Agaves and even formal plants such as roses and boxwoods. If you are in need of a reliable shrub consider Westringia for your Point Loma garden. If you feel a bit lost or overwhelmed taking on a landscape renovation yourself, feel free to contact Cleator Landscape Design to schedule a landscape design consult meeting.