At dusk in late summer, the old Victorians of Golden Hill catch the last of the sun while, just across the freeway, the downtown skyline lights up window by window. These are close-set lots on a hillside grid, where a front yard might be a narrow strip and a backyard a sloping square, and every foot of ground has to earn its keep. Smart Landscape approaches yards like these the way a good tailor approaches a jacket, fitting the space rather than filling it and matching each plant to its own patch of sun or shade. A smart landscape doesn't need to be big to be beautiful; it just needs to suit the house, the slope and the way people actually live, here in San Diego. When the streetlamps blink on along the walk toward South Park, a small yard laid out well feels surprisingly generous.