A well designed deck and or patio not only adds living space, it's your "platform" for summertime entertainment, recreation, outdoor dining and more.

This client had a small, unappealing concrete patio set into a dull, ordinary backyard.  What a difference good design makes!!  We designed and project managed the installation of this stunning raised terrace and access walk framed by flowering trees, a lovely perennial border and privacy plantings.  Custom lighting and irrigation complete the picture.

Your front entry area need not be boring or dull.  Welcome friends and guests in style and color !

Put your unused outdoor space to work.  This underutilized area between the house and garage was transformed into a lovely and functional courtyard.  You can do the same kind of thing.

Who needs lawn?  This sideyard is now a soothing and serene garden area, featuring an abundance of spring and fall bulbs and wildflowers, all wrapped in cool dappled shade.  Enjoy !

It is often futile to try to maintain turf under shade trees.  This forested backyard was transformed into a woodland paradise, complete with pond, bubbling stream and waterfall, drifts of wildflowers and other woodland plants, gazebo and deck.  Stop struggling – turn your backyard into a private oasis and wildlife sanctuary.

Grading and drainage are often issues of paramount importance on a building site and must be handled properly.  Sometimes that involves retaining walls, rockwork or other structures.  We make sure the site works – but beauty is never left out.

No matter what the size or style of your home, it can benefit from perennial color to “face down” trees and shrubs.  You can’t beat spring to fall color that returns year after year.

Don’t forget, perennial borders are much lower in care than most people realize.  After an initial establishment period, maintenance mostly consists of a yearly spring cleanup.

This wonderful outdoor living area features an elegant pergola and slate patio, all set in a sunken rock garden like setting.

Wonderful vistas, soft night lighting and splashing water complete the picture, unique !

This dramatic, curvilinear perennial border features a beautifully detailed cut stone wall and tranquil sitting area.

Starting on one end in March/April this             one-of-a-kind perennial border blooms sequentially through October/November on the other end, BREATHTAKING !

Outdoor rooms.  More than just a good idea, you really can dramatically increase your useable space - to entertain, relax, live.

This lovely outdoor room does all this and more.  It features a precisely layered limestone retaining wall, unique and colorful plantings, garden sculpture, expansive dry laid slate patio, subtle twelve volt night lighting, generous outdoor seating and so much more

Most garden pathways, like this one, are purposeful - getting you from one place to another in the garden without any muss or fuss.  The best of them are experiences: beautiful, colorful, seasonal, fragrant, even useful. This pathway adjoins, in part, an herb garden and a formal knot garden.