Landscape Design
Performance-focused landscape design with constructable plans, coordinated to permitting constraints, budgets, and long-term maintenance.
Design lead
Marco Downs, Certified Professional Horticulturist, EcoPro
“As a landscape designer, my goal is to enhance the beauty and environmental health of our community by creating landscapes that celebrate living in this place. To me, a successful garden is one that works: it respects water and soil, fits the site, and matures well.”
Deliverables
We produce plan sets intended for pricing and construction, plus the information needed to make decisions without repeated redesign cycles.
Typical deliverables:
- Site plan, layout, and access
- Planting plan and establishment strategy
- Grading/drainage intent and notes
- Hardscape layout and key details needed for pricing/build
- Coordination notes for irrigation, lighting, and specialty scopes
Budget alignment and guidance
We design with budget and constructability in mind. Throughout the process we provide:
- Early order-of-magnitude budget guidance
- Options to align budgets with priorities
- Clear next steps for pricing and sequencing
Intake and scoping
We start with a structured intake and a short remote design consultation to confirm fit, identify constraints early, and define the right design scope.
Design Intake
Complete our intake form and send a photo set plus a short narrated walkthrough video. We provide simple instructions.
Design Consultation
We review your materials and meet remotely to confirm priorities, flag constraints, share a preliminary direction, and recommend next steps.
After the consultation, we either propose a design scope and schedule, or route the project to environmental review first if critical areas are the gating constraint.
If critical areas are present
When wetlands or critical areas constraints are identified, we route the project to an environmental review first. That ensures the design starts from defensible field information and the correct permitting path. Review Critical Areas Constraints →
Design delivery
Once engaged, we move through a clear sequence from kickoff to a constructable plan set:
- Kickoff: goals, priorities, decision-makers, schedule.
- Site visit: field verification and measurements.
- Base map and constraints: existing conditions plus drivers that affect layout and cost.
- Concept design: layout options, themes, major elements and use areas, planting direction.
- Final plan set: final layout and details, planting plan, coordination notes.
- Permitting / engineered scopes (as needed): we coordinate with architects/engineers when a project requires licensed disciplines, and support submittals and review.
Scope
Primary focus: residential landscape design.
Selective scopes: public and commercial sites where environmental focus is strong and required licensed disciplines are coordinated.
Scope may include:
- Full-property landscape plans and phased implementation
- Planting-only plans and refreshes
- Mitigation/restoration planting plans
- Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) concepts and planting
- Green roof planting concepts and coordination
Let’s talk
Complete our intake form to request design services. Provide your address, goals, timeline, and budget so we can review and respond thoroughly.