Smiling Dog Landscape Design

Smiling Dog Landscape Design is a local Santa Cruz based landscape design, installation, and maintenance business owned and operated by Brigette Emanuel, Morgan Dees, and our mascot, Lily, the smiling dog!

We pride ourselves on working with the direction, vision, and dreams of our clients and finding sustainable, maintainable and inexpensive ways to ground those dreams into reality.

Are you looking to transform your back yard into a vibrant oasis of local low-maintenance plants? Have you always dreamed of a water feature, rock garden, succulent forest, or self-sustaining aquaponic system? Would you like to attract more hummingbirds, butterflies and bees to your property? How about brightening up your apartment, deck, or porch with fragrant floral features and planter boxes bursting with color, texture and life?

We specialize in California native plants, drought tolerant landscape design, organic gardens, efficient drip irrigation systems, landscape maintenance and beautification, ornamentals, tree care, lawn management & aquaponic systems.

Whether you need a little help with your roses and veggie garden, or you're looking to transform your property into a diverse, flourishing, creatively and intelligently designed landscape, choose Smiling Dog!