After the rain moves through, the Channel Islands seem to drift closer to Oxnard, near enough that you could almost count the ridges on Anacapa and Santa Cruz. JMR Landscape Design tends lawns where the sea is part of nearly every view, from the forest of masts in Channel Islands Harbor to the long, level light across the coastal plain. Marine air keeps the thermometer gentle in winter and summer alike, so grass never fully rests and a yard repays attention. Lawn care kept to a schedule holds the lines of a property sharp, the way the harbor's docks run straight and orderly over the water. On a bright January afternoon, with the islands floating blue on the horizon and a fresh cut at the front of the house, Oxnard looks laid out for exactly this light.