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Our work: Real jobs, real phone photos.

Every photo on this page is one of our jobs. No stock photos and nothing staged, and the design renderings are labeled as designs.

Before and design

Planned before we dig.

Each design starts from a photo of the real yard. Drag the line to compare the yard with the plan.

The design: hydrangeas, grasses and river rock beds along the house, a new walk and a full lawn, at dusk — Bare dirt to a front yard planA new build with nothing but graded dirt. The design puts hydrangeas, grasses and river rock along the house, with a full lawn out to the street.

Before: a new brick and stone home behind a yard of bare graded dirt — Bare dirt to a front yard planA new build with nothing but graded dirt. The design puts hydrangeas, grasses and river rock along the house, with a full lawn out to the street.

The design: spiral topiaries at the door, clipped boxwood and white hydrangeas along the house and a full lawn — A plain front, finished properlySpiral topiaries at the door, clipped boxwood and white hydrangeas along the house and the lawn brought back, with the maple kept.

Before: a white colonial with a thin, patchy lawn and bare foundation beds — A plain front, finished properlySpiral topiaries at the door, clipped boxwood and white hydrangeas along the house and the lawn brought back, with the maple kept.

The design: hydrangea and evergreen beds, a red Japanese maple and new lawn on both sides of the walk — A new build, planted on paper firstHydrangeas, evergreens and a red Japanese maple, laid out on both sides of the walk before a shovel went in.

Before: a new gray craftsman home with bare dirt on both sides of the front walk — A new build, planted on paper firstHydrangeas, evergreens and a red Japanese maple, laid out on both sides of the walk before a shovel went in.

The design: coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, salvia and grasses filling the bed along the curved paver walk — A side walk lined in colorConeflowers, black-eyed Susans, salvia and grasses fill the bed along the curved paver walk.

Before: a sparse, weedy bed along a curved paver walk beside a brick home — A side walk lined in colorConeflowers, black-eyed Susans, salvia and grasses fill the bed along the curved paver walk.

The design: a weeping willow in a round bed of hydrangeas and grasses in the front lawn, lit at dusk — One lawn, one big ideaA plain front lawn gets a weeping willow in a round bed of hydrangeas and grasses.

Before: a white brick colonial with a plain lawn and a car in the drive — One lawn, one big ideaA plain front lawn gets a weeping willow in a round bed of hydrangeas and grasses.

The design: a low block planter of white hydrangeas and grasses along the ranch, with a striped lawn — Overgrown to one clean lineThe tired shrubs out and a low block planter of white hydrangeas and grasses in, with the lawn brought back.

Before: overgrown shrubs and a worn lawn in front of a brick ranch with a yellow door — Overgrown to one clean lineThe tired shrubs out and a low block planter of white hydrangeas and grasses in, with the lawn brought back.

The design: white hydrangeas, round boxwood and ornamental grass in black stone, curving out from the patio wall — A bed to soften the patio wallWhite hydrangeas, round boxwood and ornamental grass in black stone, curved out from the wall.

Before: plain lawn running up to a curved stone patio wall — A bed to soften the patio wallWhite hydrangeas, round boxwood and ornamental grass in black stone, curved out from the wall.

The design: a paver patio with outdoor seating, upright evergreens, hydrangeas and new lawn — A dirt side yard, drawn as a patioA paver patio with room for a sectional, screened by upright evergreens and soft with hydrangeas.

Before: bare dirt beside a gray two story home and a side walk — A dirt side yard, drawn as a patioA paver patio with room for a sectional, screened by upright evergreens and soft with hydrangeas.

Before and after

Real jobs, filmed by Jake.

After: a clean black stone bed with a low hedge against the wall — Bare corner to finished bedGravel and dead grass cleared, then black stone and a low hedge.

Before: a bare corner of gravel and dead grass against a brick wall — Bare corner to finished bedGravel and dead grass cleared, then black stone and a low hedge.

After: the same hedge clipped into a clean curve — Shaggy to shapedThe same hedge, the same sidewalk, one visit apart.

Before: an overgrown shaggy hedge along a sidewalk — Shaggy to shapedThe same hedge, the same sidewalk, one visit apart.

After: a black stone bed with a curved steel edge, boulders and a weeping tree — Weedy corner to black stone bedBlock border and weeds out, a steel edge curved in, then black stone, boulders and a weeping tree.

Before: a weedy corner of lawn and old plants beside a brick wall — Weedy corner to black stone bedBlock border and weeds out, a steel edge curved in, then black stone, boulders and a weeping tree.

Beds and planting.

New beds, clean lines and plants set where they will do well.

Evergreens and hydrangeas in a round bed
A flowering dogwood, clean beds and a full lawn
Boulder and spring color in a corner bed

Japanese maple over boulders and grasses
Sweeping beds around a brick patio
Island bed with boulders beside the patio

An island bed in a wide lawn
Curved raised bed with a block border
New planting along a tudor front
Hostas in a curved paver border

Stone, walls and walks.

Block borders, river rock, black stone and walks that hold their line.

River rock lining a front walk
Limestone edge beside a paver walk
River rock and hydrangeas in a block planter

Curving paver walk through dark beds
Flagstone path down a side yard
New raised bed with a stacked block border

Stone walk and river rock on a side yard
Black stone bed set into the lawn
Low block border along a ranch

Hedges by hand and eye.

Long runs, tight curves and the odd topiary.

Clipped hedge along a front walk
Clipped rows and a crisp lawn edge
Tall arborvitae and hostas along a ranch

A tall hedge cut flat and square
Boxwood, topiary and a stone edge
A tall hedge behind the pool

Hand clipped topiary
One long, clean hedge line

Lawns, sod and grading.

Graded first, then laid in tight seams, right up to the edge.

Steppers set into fresh lawn
Shaping a new circular bed

Raking the grade before sod
New sod on a front lawn

Fresh sod the day it went down
Lawn and beds under a big shade tree

Commercial properties.

Entries, planters and foundation beds for businesses.

Commercial entry walk and clipped hedges

Evergreens and stone along a building

Commercial entry planting

Background: a finished job, relit for evening

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