Landscape Design and Planting
A drawn plan for the whole property, then beds shaped, soil amended and plants set in the right season
Work
Seven kinds of work cover most Sandy Springs yards
The right one depends on whether the problem is water, grade, light or simply that nobody has drawn a plan for the property since the house was built. Start from what is bothering you and the page will tell you what the fix involves and roughly what it costs here.
What Gets Built
Landscaping work on Sandy Springs lots
Planting plans, grading and wall work, water routed off the property, stone patios and paths, shade beds under the oaks, new lawn, and irrigation. Every one of them priced against Piedmont clay and a wooded, sloping site.
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
Matching the complaint to the work
Homeowners call with a symptom rather than a scope, so here is the short translation.
- Water standing near the house, or a channel cut down the slope. Runoff arriving faster than the clay can take it. Points at drainage and erosion control.
- Nowhere flat to put a table. Grade, on a lot that falls toward a creek. Points at retaining walls and grading.
- Grass that thins out in the same spot every single year. The canopy grew. Points at shade planting, or at a species change under sod and lawn installation.
- Beds that were fine in 1998 and have not been touched since. Points at design and planting.
- A muddy path where everyone actually walks. Points at patios, walkways and steps.
- A sprinkler system that runs at the wrong hours and puddles on the slope. Points at irrigation.
Several of these turning up at once is normal, and the order matters. Water gets sorted first or alongside everything else, because a bed, a wall or a patio built across an uncontrolled flow path is a repair with a date on it.
Find out what the yard would cost
Call (404) 737-3568 or use the quote form, and a Sandy Springs landscaping company prices the work at no charge.