Landscaping here means the plan and the install. You are not handed a drawing to go bid with three other crews. Sage walks the property, the plant list is built for that lot, and our crew puts it in the ground, including sod, rock, mulch, hedge, or tree work the plan actually needs.
A single bed or a foundation refresh usually runs about $400–$1,200. A full-property design runs $2,500–$8,000 or more. Those ranges move with how much of the yard is included, how mature the plants are, and the square footage. They are ranges. The quote after the walk is the price. The landscaping cost guide splits the two bands.
The walk
We look at how you use the yard, not at a catalog. Where you walk, where the dog runs, which window you want covered, which one you want clear. Sun gets noted wall by wall. A west-facing foundation and the ground under an oak are not the same planting. Drainage gets noted too. Water should leave the house. A low corner that holds a puddle changes the bed edge and may change whether that area stays lawn. We regrade when we are installing sod. We do not install French drains or re-plumb irrigation. If the water problem is a pipe, we will say so.
Existing plants get a verdict. Healthy ones stay, and the new beds work around them. Dead, invasive, or brittle plants against the roof come out, on a removal or haul quote if that scope is bigger than a shovel. You do not have to clear the yard before we arrive. You do have to tell us what you refuse to lose.
What you leave with, and what you do not
You leave with a scope: where the beds go, which plants, what happens to the lawn, and a price for that scope. You do not leave with a stamped landscape-architect set, a CAD file, or a permit drawing for a pool. That is a different professional. Our plan is the one the crew can build next. On a single bed, the "plan" may be the marked bed and the plant list written on the quote. On a full yard, it is the walk plus the list plus the order of work: grade and sod, beds and rock, hedge or tree if they were included. Same people either way. If you want a second opinion from a designer you already hired, we can install a clear plant list. We will still refuse species that will be in the roof or dead in the shade.
Aftercare is spoken, not a twelve-month chemical contract. Water the new plants. Do not scalp the new sod. Call for the first hedge cut when the growth says so, not on a national schedule. We flag irrigation that is missing a bed. We do not re-plumb it. Timing follows the work, not a slogan. A one-bed refresh can be a short visit. A full yard is scheduled around plants and sod, and around rain if the grade has to be cut. None of that is a reason to invent a day count on this page. The quote will name the start. If you need it before a party or a closing, say the date on the walk, not after the plants are ordered.
Budget the bands in the open. One wall is the smaller range. The whole front, with sod where grass belongs and beds where it does not, is the larger range. Plants you keep are a savings only if they are healthy and in the right place. A dying shrub "saved" in the middle of a new bed is a hole you pay to fill later. Rock and mulch are the bed range, not a rounding error. Tree work, if a limb is in the future roof of a sabal or an oak is shading the only sunny lawn, is quoted on its own page. The plan names it. It does not hide it inside a single pretty number, and it does not include a paver, a drain, or an irrigation rebuild. If those are the real project, we will say so before you spend the bed budget on the wrong trade. The plan is the work we can build.
The plant list and the install
The list follows right plant, right place for this sand, this wet season, and the dry stretch after it. The species we already reach for are croton and viburnum for color and screening, sabal palm for a vertical accent clear of the roof, and coontie in foundation beds because it stays put. Canal and coastal lots get a stricter, salt-tolerant filter, written up in the coastal yards guide. We are not collecting rare plants. We are picking ones that are still alive in September.
Hardscape in our scope is the bed itself: shape, edging, rock, mulch. It is not a paver patio, a pool cage, or a curb. If the plan calls for new lawn, that sod is the same crew and the same standards, $0.85–$1.75 per square foot installed as a range. After the plants are in, you get aftercare in plain language: water, what not to scalp, when a hedge wants its first trim. We do not leave a maintenance contract you did not ask for.
Photos and a sentence about the problem are enough to book the walk. The page for that is landscaping.
Frequently asked
Do you only draw the plan?
No. We design the layout and the plant list, then the same crew installs it, including sod, rock, mulch, hedge, or tree work the plan needs.
What do you look at on the walk?
How you use the yard, where the sun actually falls, where water sits, and which existing plants are worth keeping.
Which plants show up on the list?
Croton, viburnum, coontie, and sabal palm are the ones we already use. Coastal lots get salt-tolerant choices. The list is for your light, not a generic set.
Do you build patios or pool cages?
No. Our hardscape is bed edging, rock, and mulch. Pavers, cages, and irrigation plumbing are other trades.