Never mind! Just re-visited the original post and saw the replies to my post with some leads & answers. Thank you!

One of those comments in Sunset mag is mine (the malibu one). I never got an answer, I believe.. Still looking to find out what that is called and how to describe it so I can have tha...

In the last photo (the one shot from above that includes the picnic table) does anyone know what that pebble-like ground surface material is called and how I can find a contractor/landscape archite...