Full property,
designed and built.

Sketch to install, under one roof.

Most "landscapers" do one thing. The hardscape company doesn't plant. The planting company doesn't pull permits. The lighting installer comes after the patio is sealed and runs conduit through the joint. The result is a yard that looks like four different decisions, because it was four different decisions.

Design-build means the whole thing is planned together. The sleeves go in before the stone. The drain ties into the hardscape. The lead foreman is the same across every trade we coordinate. The plan holds together because the team did.

The deliverable

• Site analysis. Property walk, sun/shade study, drainage assessment, soil notes, existing planting inventory.
• Concept plan. 2D layout showing structure (hardscape, beds, lawn, lighting paths) with material direction and budget range.
• Final plan. Detailed plan with plant schedule, hardscape spec, lighting count, irrigation zones, drainage routing.
• Phasing (optional). Most properties don't get built all at once. We phase by year, season, or budget.
• Install. Same crew, coordinated trades, real timeline. Project lead reports daily.

What we coordinate

• Hardscape (patios, walls, walkways).
• Planting (trees, shrubs, perennials, color rotation).
• Irrigation (system design and installation).
• Drainage (grading, French drains, downspout extensions).
• Outdoor lighting (LED path, accent, security).
• Pergolas, outdoor kitchens, fire features (where in scope).

Why we push planting into the fall

Spring feels like planting season and it is the harder season to plant in. A plant that goes in the ground in October gets autumn, winter and the whole of the following spring to put roots down before it ever meets its first real Richmond July. A plant that goes in during May gets a few weeks.

The soil is still warm in the fall while the air has stopped punishing anything with leaves on it, which is the combination roots want. Watering demand is lower, transplant shock is milder, and the same plant costs the same money either way.

The mistake that kills more plants than drought

Dig the hole twice as wide as the pot and no deeper than it. Almost every plant we are called out to replace was planted too deep, not too shallow. If the top of the root ball is buried, the plant is on a clock, and no amount of watering afterwards resets it.

It is a small detail and it is the difference between a bed that fills in over three seasons and one that gets replanted in year two, which is why we would rather talk about it before the design than after the install.