White brick house with a planted front bed and clipped topiary

Raleigh · Durham · Chapel Hill

Gardens that grow more

beautiful every year.

Free design consult

Walk your yard with a designer. No fee, no pressure.

4.9 from 640 homeowners

Who we are

We are a family-run studio of designers, horticulturists and builders. For 32 years we have shaped Triangle yards into places people actually live in, then stayed on to care for them.

Gardener trimming a hedge
Horticulturist potting plants in a greenhouse

32+

years designing and building in the Triangle

years designing and building in the Triangle

100K

square feet of garden installed each year

square feet of garden installed each year

60+

regional design and horticulture awards

regional design and horticulture awards

4.9

average rating from 640 homeowners

average rating from 640 homeowners

What we do

From first sketch to the fifteenth spring

One studio for design, build and ongoing care, so the people who drew your garden are the ones who keep it thriving.

01

Landscape design

We survey the site, listen to how you want to use it, then draw a full plan in 3D: planting, paths, lighting and levels. You see the garden in every season before a spade goes in.

Site analysis

3D plans

Planting schemes

Site analysis · 3D plans · planting schemes

Clipped topiary on a formal lawn

02

New installations

Our own crew plants, irrigates and lights the garden exactly as drawn. The soil is prepared properly first, so everything we put in the ground has the best chance to take.

Planting

Irrigation

Lighting

Planting · irrigation · lighting

Gardener wheeling plants into a new garden

03

Garden renovations

We clear overgrown yards, fix drainage and regrade slopes, keeping the trees and shrubs worth saving. The result feels established from its first season.

Clearing

Drainage

Regrading

Overgrown yards · drainage · regrading

Renovated garden with a seating area

04

Lawn & garden care

The crew who built your garden comes back to mow, prune and refresh the seasonal colour. One visit plan and one point of contact, all year round.

Mowing

Pruning

Seasonal colour

Mowing · pruning · seasonal colour

Lawn mower on a striped lawn

05

Patios & hardscape

Stone patios, paths, retaining walls and fire pits, built on proper foundations and detailed to sit comfortably with the planting around them.

Stone patios

Paths & walls

Fire pits

Stone · paths · walls · fire pits

Stone patio with outdoor seating

01

Landscape design

We survey the site, listen to how you want to use it, then draw a full plan in 3D: planting, paths, lighting and levels. You see the garden in every season before a spade goes in.

Site analysis

3D plans

Planting schemes

02

New installations

03

Garden renovations

04

Lawn & garden care

05

Patios & hardscape

Before & after

Same yard. Eleven weeks apart.

Drag the handle to see how a bare side yard in North Raleigh became a lawn with stepped planting beds.

Scope

Regrading, drainage, lawn, planting

Timeline

11 weeks

Size

2,400 sq ft

The same yard with a lawn and stepped planting bedsBare side yard before the work
BeforeAfter
Gardener in a green apron digging a planting bed

How we work

Four steps, one point of contact

01

Consult

A designer walks the site with you, takes levels and photos, and talks budget honestly.

Week 1

01

Consult

A designer walks the site with you, takes levels and photos, and talks budget honestly.

Week 1

01

Consult

A designer walks the site with you, takes levels and photos, and talks budget honestly.

Week 1

02

Design

You receive a 3D plan, plant list and fixed quote. Two rounds of changes are included.

Weeks 2–4

02

Design

You receive a 3D plan, plant list and fixed quote. Two rounds of changes are included.

Weeks 2–4

02

Design

You receive a 3D plan, plant list and fixed quote. Two rounds of changes are included.

Weeks 2–4

03

Build

Our own crew installs everything. Your project lead sends a photo update every Friday.

Weeks 5–12

03

Build

Our own crew installs everything. Your project lead sends a photo update every Friday.

Weeks 5–12

03

Build

Our own crew installs everything. Your project lead sends a photo update every Friday.

Weeks 5–12

04

Care

We return each season to prune, feed and replace anything that didn’t take. Free in year one.

Ongoing

04

Care

We return each season to prune, feed and replace anything that didn’t take. Free in year one.

Ongoing

04

Care

We return each season to prune, feed and replace anything that didn’t take. Free in year one.

Ongoing

Care plans

Keep it looking like day one

Monthly maintenance by the crew who built it. Pause over winter or cancel any time.

Essentials

For tidy lawns and low-fuss beds.

$189

per month

Bi-weekly mowing and edging

Seasonal pruning

Spring and fall clean-up

Irrigation check twice a year

Signature

Most chosen

Our most popular plan for planted gardens.

$329

per month

Weekly mowing and edging

Monthly bed care and weeding

Seasonal colour planting

Feeding programme for lawn and beds

Priority storm clean-up

Estate

A dedicated gardener for larger grounds.

Custom

quoted per property

Weekly visits, year-round

Tree and hedge programme

Lighting and irrigation upkeep

Quarterly review with your designer

Kind words

“They redrew a sloped, soggy backyard into three terraces we use every single evening. Two summers on, the same crew still turns up each season, and the garden looks better than the day they finished.”

Portrait of Adam Whitlock

Adam Whitlock

Homeowner, North Raleigh · Garden renovation, 2023

Journal

Notes from the potting bench

Gardener edging a lawn beside a brick path

Start a project

Tell us about your yard

We reply within one working day to arrange a free site visit.

What do you need? Pick any that apply.

Rough budget

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