Outdoor living
Built For the Way You Want to Live Outside.
outdoor living
Your Backyard, Reimagined.
Santa Barbara's climate is one of its greatest assets. With the right design and construction, your outdoor space can function as a genuine extension of your home — a place to entertain, unwind, and spend time without ever feeling like you're making do with what's there.
At Rootline Landscape Inc, we build custom outdoor living environments from the ground up. Every project starts with your property, your habits, and your vision — and ends with a finished space that's built to last, built to use, and built to feel like it belongs exactly where it is.
Custom Landscape Construction
Some outdoor projects require more than standard installation — they call for real craftsmanship and creative problem-solving. Rootline specializes in custom-built landscape features that combine function with intentional design: sunken spa surrounds, statement staircases, integrated seating, mixed-material builds, and site-specific solutions that no catalog can offer.
If you have a specific vision — or just a property with untapped potential — this is where we do our best work.
Investment Level: Moderate to High
Ideal For: Clients with unique site conditions, specific design goals, or projects that require custom fabrication alongside landscape work.
Pergolas
A well-placed pergola can change the whole look and feel of an outdoor space. It defines an outdoor room, creates filtered shade, and gives gatherings a sense of place that an open patio simply can't offer. Rootline builds custom pergolas in wood and composite materials — attached to the home or freestanding — designed to complement your architecture and stand up to years of use.
From clean, modern structures to more traditional timber-framed designs, we build to your aesthetic and your site.
Investment Level: Moderate to High
Ideal For: Patios, entertainment areas, poolside spaces, and any yard that needs structure and shade to become truly usable.
Decks
A custom deck is one of the most effective ways to expand your home's livable footprint and add lasting value to your property. Rootline designs and builds wood and composite decks tailored to your home's architecture and the natural contours of your lot — whether that's a hillside property, a flat backyard, or a view-facing perch that deserves a proper place to sit.
We build for longevity. Material selection, framing, and finish details are all chosen with the long term in mind.
Investment Level: High
Ideal For: Homeowners looking to add significant square footage to their outdoor living area, increase property value, or create a dedicated entertainment or relaxation space.
Fire Features
There's a reason fire has always been the center of a gathering. A well-designed fire feature extends your evenings outdoors, takes the edge off cooler Santa Barbara nights, and creates a natural focal point for any outdoor space. Rootline builds custom fire pits, and outdoor fireplaces in stone and mixed materials — designed to fit the scale of your yard and the style of your home.
Investment Level: Moderate to High
Ideal For: Entertainment-focused outdoor spaces, families who spend evenings outside, and any project that needs a strong visual anchor.
Water Features
The movement of water adds a peaceful, natural element that instantly elevates the atmosphere of a landscape. Rootline installs custom water features including fountains, pondless waterfalls, and reflecting pools, sized and styled to suit the space. Whether it's a quiet focal point in a garden corner or a more prominent centerpiece, the effect is consistent: it makes the space feel calmer, more considered, and more complete.
Investment Level: Moderate to High
Ideal For: Gardens, meditation spaces, courtyards, and any landscape where atmosphere and sensory experience are part of the design goal.
Landscape Lighting
Good lighting design doesn't just illuminate a yard — it extends it. Rootline's low-voltage lighting systems are planned and installed to highlight architectural features, pathways, specimen plants, and outdoor living areas with precision. The result is a landscape that looks just as intentional at 9 PM as it does at noon.
Practical benefits include improved safety on walkways and stairs, added security, and energy-efficient operation. But the bigger payoff is simply being able to use and enjoy your outdoor space well into the evening.
Investment Level: Low to Moderate
Ideal For: Any completed landscape that deserves to be seen after dark, as well as new builds where lighting is integrated from the start.
Fences & Gates
Fences and gates do practical work — they define property lines, create privacy, and control access. But they also set the tone for your entire property from the street. Rootline builds custom fencing and gate solutions in wood, hog wire, horizontal slat, and mixed materials, sized and styled to suit the home and landscape they're part of.
A well-designed gate makes an impression. A well-built fence lasts decades. We focus on both.
Investment Level: Moderate
Ideal For: Residential properties prioritizing privacy, security, or curb appeal — and anyone who wants their boundary features to look as considered as the rest of their landscape.
Ready to build something worth coming home to? Rootline Landscaping Inc offers free on-site estimates across the Santa Barbara area. Let's walk your property and talk through what's possible.