Patios, Outdoor Living Spaces, & Hardscapes

We build paver patios and pathways, stone stairways and block edging. We are also experienced in building hardscapes to deal with changes of elevation, such as retaining walls and stairs. Raised garden beds are another helpful use of hardscapes.

Landscape Renovation

We can freshen up your existing landscape at minimal cost, while providing great impact. 

Retaining Walls 

We can build functional and attractive retaining walls. Hold back the soil along your driveway, clean up the look of your garden edge or level your yard. We can give you beautiful and practical solutions to your soil containment issues.

Drainage Issues 

We can help you solve drainage issues where water is collecting or causing problems with your house. We also install swales to capture stormwater runoff beside roads.

Irrigation Installation

Automatic sprinkler systems and drip lines can save homeowners both time and money. We highly recommend you install your irrigation system at the time you are installing a new landscape to prevent the need of tearing up your lawn and beds after they have become established.

Tree Selection & Planting

As a certified arborist, Darren knows how important it is to select the right tree or shrub for the right site. Knowing how big trees and shrubs will be at maturity and their growth form is the key to plant and tree selection. Water needs, hardiness and vulnerability to pests are also important considerations.

For example, we all love thundercloud flowering plums, but they struggle in harder winters. And who doesn’t like birch trees? But “bronze birch borers” also love them and will kill them if left untreated. Solution? Either plant River Birch instead because it is not susceptible to the borers. Or simply treat your birch trees each fall with a systemic soil drench that is inexpensive, lasts all year, and does no harm to beneficial insects or the environment.

Shrub Pruning 

Pruning a shrub does not equal shearing a shrub. Proper pruning of shrubs will allow light into the center of the bush, so if at some point you need to reduce the size, the bush will still have leaves when you take the outer branches away. For many shrub varieties, shearing does not allow for shrub size reduction without resulting in unsightly holes where foliage no longer grows. Proper and regular pruning of shrubs will also help prevent the need to reduce a shrub’s size.

Walkways