matt preuss,
cutting edge
landscape design
10900 Los Alamitos Blvd.
Suite #144
Los Alamitos, CA
310.406.2251
thecuttingedgelandscape.com
Covered patios. Fireplaces and fire pits. Swimming pools and spas.
Barbecue stations. Drought tolerant planting, including xeriscaping.
"It's gardening that doesn't require a lot of water," explains Preuss.
"It needs minimal water and has a minimal look, without it looking
too desert-like."
Preuss and his designers work to create strategic outdoor symphonies
on yards big and small, in coastal communities from Manhattan Beach
to Newport Beach. (His firm's design showroom in Los Alamitos, is
open to the public.) He describes this approach as "working outside the
box, and inside the box, to grant my homeowners every wish they have."
His clients, mostly affluent, rarely say 'No' when it comes to his designs.
Instead, they typically ask: "What more can we do?"
To execute at this level, Preuss stocks his firm with well-vetted
designers, most of them college graduates. He himself holds a general
contractor's license in addition to a landscape contracting one, and those
working in the field with him, he says, focus on hands-on precision:
"I tell my guys, 'e Devil is in the details.' " When first looking at a
yard that needs improvement, says Preuss, "I can see what needs to be
done pretty quickly." It's a vision honed by decades of experience, and
refreshed by visits to trade shows and to luxe resorts with his son and
wife. "ey tend to have nice outdoor living spaces," he says, "and I like
to see how those work."
It's all in the pursuit of uplifting outdoor spaces, and having them
match or surpass favorite indoor rooms. "We're going to give you a fresh
idea," says Preuss. "at fresh idea of custom outdoor living. You've built
that million-dollar house—let's create that same design outside."
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