Landscaping · Nashville, TN
Landscape Design in Nashville
Planting plans drawn for the light, drainage and soil your yard actually has, rather than picked from a catalog.
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Landscape Design in Nashville, Tennessee
Planting plans drawn for the light, drainage and soil your yard actually has, rather than picked from a catalog.
Nashville's Landscapers does landscape design for homeowners across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Landscapers who solve the drainage before they plant the bed, and put the plan and the price on paper first.
Why homeowners call
Signs the yard needs this work
- Yard has no plan to it
- Beds are overgrown or tired
- Water pools or runs at the house
- A slope you cannot use
- Want an outdoor living space
- New build with a blank yard
- Nowhere to sit and entertain outside
What is included
The scope of landscape design, from base to finish
- Site analysis for light, drainage, soil and how you use the space
- Drawn plans you can build from, in phases if you prefer
- Plant selection for Middle Tennessee heat, clay and winter lows
- Hardscape, grading and drainage integrated into the design
- Lighting and irrigation planned in rather than added later
- Realistic budget bands for each phase before anything is built
Building landscape design in Nashville clay
A yard built without a plan ends up as a collection of unrelated decisions made a season apart. Drawing it once and installing it over two or three seasons costs the same in total and produces something coherent, which is the difference between a landscaped yard and a maintained one.
Plant selection for this region is a specific skill. The transition zone kills plants that thrive slightly north and slightly south of it, and choosing for a Tennessee August rather than for a spring nursery visit is what makes a bed look good in its third year.
Also available
More of what our landscape crews build
Planting & Beds
Trees, shrubs, perennials and seasonal color chosen for Middle Tennessee heat, clay and winter lows.
Learn morePatios, Walls & Walkways
Paver patios, seat walls and walkways built on a compacted base so they are still level in ten years.
Learn moreRetaining Walls
Engineered where the height or the load requires it, with the drainage behind the wall that keeps it standing.
Learn moreOutdoor Living & Lighting
Fire pits, outdoor kitchens and landscape lighting, with the grading that makes the space usable after rain.
Learn moreGrading, Sod & Drainage
Regrading, French drains and new sod for yards that hold water or send it toward the house.
Learn moreWater Features & Ponds
Pondless waterfalls, fountains and koi ponds designed and installed to fit the yard, with the pumps and lighting to match.
Learn moreHardscaping & Pavers
Paver patios, walkways, seat walls and outdoor living areas built on a compacted base so they stay flat and level for years.
Learn moreService area
Landscapes we build across Middle Tennessee
We design and build in Nashville plus 64 more towns, 12 counties in all. The whole of Middle Tennessee within about an hour’s drive of Nashville is our ground.
FAQ
Yard by yard: landscape design questions
Do I really need a landscape design, or can I just start planting?
For a bed or two, start planting. For a whole yard, a design is what stops the expensive mistakes: a tree that will shade the vegetable bed in five years, a patio in the one spot that floods, shrubs that outgrow the window they were meant to frame. It costs a fraction of the installation and it is where the drainage and the light get thought about before anything is bought.
What does a landscape design include?
A measured plan of the yard showing existing features, grading and drainage, a planting plan with species chosen for the light, soil and Middle Tennessee climate in each spot, hardscape locations, and a phasing plan if the work will happen over more than one season. It is drawn so any competent installer can build from it, including us.
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Walk Nashville's Landscapers through the yard you have and the one you want, and we will return a written estimate that costs you nothing and carries no pressure to go ahead.