Landscaping · Nashville, TN
Planting & Beds in Nashville
Trees, shrubs, perennials and seasonal color chosen for Middle Tennessee heat, clay and winter lows.
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Planting & Beds in Nashville, Tennessee
Trees, shrubs, perennials and seasonal color chosen for Middle Tennessee heat, clay and winter lows.
Nashville's Landscapers does planting & beds 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 planting & beds, from base to finish
- Trees, shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses
- Bed shaping, edging and proper soil preparation
- Amendment of clay soil rather than backfilling with it
- Mulch pulled back from stems, not piled against them
- Seasonal color and container planting
- Watering guidance for the establishment season
Building planting & beds in Nashville clay
Most planting failures here are soil failures. A hole dug to the size of the root ball and backfilled with the same clay is a container with no drainage, and it drowns roots through a wet spring then bakes them in August. Preparing the bed matters more than the plant list does.
The first season is when new planting is won or lost. Deep, infrequent watering through the first summer establishes roots that survive; frequent shallow watering produces a plant that dies the first time you go away for a week.
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More of what our landscape crews build
Landscape Design
Planting plans drawn for the light, drainage and soil your yard actually has, rather than picked from a catalog.
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: planting & beds questions
What plants do well in Nashville’s clay soil and climate?
Natives and adapted species that tolerate wet winters, dry summers, and heavy clay: oakleaf hydrangea, itea, inkberry holly, little bluestem, coneflower, black-eyed Susan, and trees like serviceberry, redbud and native oaks. The failures are usually plants chosen from a catalog for a different climate, or the right plant in soil that was never amended.
When is the best time to plant trees and shrubs in Middle Tennessee?
Autumn, from October into early December. The soil is still warm enough for roots to establish, the air is cool so the plant is not stressed, and it has a whole winter and spring of root growth before its first summer. Spring planting works but needs far more watering through the first July and August.
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