Spring arrives late and all at once in Amador Pines — dogwoods flare white under the conifers, and suddenly every bare corner of a yard looks like a possibility. Grand Designs Landscaping is in the business of possibilities: laying out beds, planting into the red foothill soil, and keeping lawns mowed and edged once they take. Granite outcrops and old stumps become features instead of obstacles. Through the dry months the crew keeps everything trimmed and green where green can be kept. A yard designed for this elevation doesn't fight the mountain; it borrows from it.