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Landscaping in Brookhaven
Brookhaven lies roughly five miles southeast of Sandy Springs, incorporated on December 17, 2012 as DeKalb County's eleventh city, with a population of 55,161 at the 2020 census. It is older and denser than the north Perimeter suburbs, and the yards reflect that: smaller, more mature, and frequently sitting on ground that drains toward Nancy Creek.
Nancy Creek is the defining watercourse here and it is monitored: the US Geological Survey maintains gauging on Nancy Creek through this part of the metro area, and the City of Sandy Springs upstream carries out its own Nancy Creek watershed studies and has published a consolidated watershed plan for it. A creek with that much attention on it is a creek with buffer rules attached, and any landscape work near the bank needs those checked before a layout is drawn.
The housing is a mix of eras, and on the older lots the recurring landscape problem is not design so much as accumulation. Beds that have been added to for forty years, foundation planting that has grown into the eaves, English ivy that has climbed everything it can reach, and drainage arrangements that were adequate when the neighbouring lots were less built up. Editing is usually the first and largest part of the job.
Underfoot the story is unchanged from anywhere else on the Piedmont. Sandy loam over red clay, low shrink-swell, and a surface layer thin enough that compaction from any construction phase can undo it. Bed preparation goes broad and shallow, planting holes are cut wider than deep, and root balls sit slightly proud of grade so nothing is left standing in a wet pocket.
State rules apply here as everywhere in Georgia: outdoor landscape irrigation between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m., with an exemption for new plants, seed and turf during installation and for 30 days afterwards, plus drip irrigation, soaker hoses and hand watering exempt from the time limit entirely. Brookhaven also sits inside the Metro North Georgia Water Planning District, so new irrigation systems on the public supply carry the district efficiency requirements.
Work available in Brookhaven
- Landscape Design and Planting
- A drawn plan for the whole property, then beds shaped, soil amended and plants set in the right season
- Drainage and Erosion Control
- Water intercepted, carried and released somewhere legal, so it stops moving soil and standing against the house
- Retaining Walls and Grading
- Slope turned into usable ground, with drainage behind the wall rather than pressure
- Patios, Walkways and Steps
- Stone laid on a base that will not move, with the water taken somewhere rather than trapped
- Shade Planting Under the Canopy
- Beds that work in four hours of filtered light, planted without wrecking the roots holding the trees up
- Sod and Lawn Installation
- The right grass for the light the area really gets, laid in the season that species is meant to go down
- Irrigation Installation
- Zones matched to what the soil can absorb, controlled by something that knows it has rained
For a price on a specific address in Brookhaven, call (404) 737-3568 or use the quote form. Neither the visit nor the written quote costs anything.
Worth reading first
Yard Notes
Written for homeowners on this side of Atlanta
The 1,000 Square Foot Rule Most Homeowners Have Never Heard Of
Sandy Springs generally requires a land disturbance permit at 1,000 square feet of ground disturbance. What that covers, what it costs and what the review checks.
Georgia's Watering Hours, and the Exemption That Matters Most
Georgia allows outdoor landscape irrigation only between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. The 30-day exemption for newly installed plants and turf is the one that matters.
English Ivy Is Not a Groundcover Problem, It Is a Tree Problem
The City of Sandy Springs runs a public campaign against English ivy. On a wooded lot the case is simpler than the ecology: it loads the canopy and hides the trunk.
Get a landscaping quote in Brookhaven
Call (404) 737-3568 or use the quote form, and a Sandy Springs landscaping company prices the work at no charge.