CHRIS FENMORE, CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL DESIGNER, AND ERIC FENMORE, PRESIDENT

Garden Studio Design is an award-winning, full-service landscape design and build firm located in Southern California, whose work has been recognized in the Best of Houzz lineup every year since 2017, among others. Led by Chris and Eric Fenmore, the team draws upon over 30 years of experience in custom residential, residential re do, design-build, commercial and public works projects. Their practical approach to creating thoughtful landscape designs that feel like seamless extensions of a home’s interior starts with close collaboration with architects, interior designers and builders during the planning stages. The team carefully considers a client’s lifestyle, aesthetic and needs, to build spaces that flex to accommodate large-scale entertaining or intimate family gatherings. Food, fire and water are also mandatory elements in their designs. Chris says, “Most architecture today is really incorporating interior-exterior. If I can reflect on the outside what the architect has done on the inside, the indoor-outdoor living is all working in unison.” When adding comfort to outdoor spaces, flush-mounted Infratech heaters are their brand of choice. Eric adds: “Infratech heaters are great because they literally recess into the ceiling. [You have] lots of sizes, lots of wattage output optionality, good customer support. It’s the Mercedes of the industry.”