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A property planned as one thing.

Beds, planting, sod, grading, topsoil and irrigation, designed together rather than added one piece at a time.

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A dry creek bed of river stone curving through black mulch to a granite cobble curb at the edge of a driveway, with perennials in bloom beside it.
A dry creek bed in river stone, running out to a cobble curb.
  • Veteran-ownedU.S. Marines, 2008–2017, Sgt.
  • PA HIC #PA196377Insured $1M / $2M.
  • Family-run since 2019Father founded it; Rathana runs it.
  • Free estimatesA reply in 1–2 business days.

How we think about it

Most yards on the Main Line grew by accumulation. A shrub here, a bed there, a tree planted forty years ago that now shades everything you would like to grow. The result is a property that never quite reads as finished no matter how much is spent on it.

Designing the whole thing at once costs less than fixing it in pieces, because the grading, the drainage and the planting all get decided in the same conversation. It also means the plants go where they will actually live.

A freshly mulched bed of white hydrangeas planted along a horizontal wood slat fence, with a lawn in front.
Hydrangeas planted along a slat fence, mulched and edged.

On the property

A round island bed ringed in river stone in a front lawn, planted with cannas, daylilies and annuals around a blue birdbath.
An island bed ringed in river stone, planted for summer color.
A clipped hedge above a bed of hostas, edged in granite cobble along a concrete sidewalk.
Clipped hedge, hosta bed and a new cobble edge along the sidewalk.

What this covers

  • Planting design

    Beds and borders chosen for the light, the soil and how much time you want to spend on them.

  • Bed renovation

    Taking out what has outgrown the space and rebuilding the bed properly.

  • Grading & topsoil

    Reshaping the ground before anything is planted in it.

  • Sod & seeding

    New lawn where it belongs, and none where it does not.

  • Irrigation

    So a new planting survives its first August.

  • Mulch & edging

    The finish that holds moisture in and keeps the line where you drew it.

Guides for this work

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Questions we get asked

  • Do you design the planting and install it too?

    Yes. The same crew that plans the beds puts them in, so the grading, the drainage and the planting are decided in one conversation rather than handed from a designer to an installer. It is also why the plants end up where they will actually live.

  • Do you do the grading before you plant?

    Yes, and we do our own. The ground gets reshaped and topsoiled before anything goes into it, so water leaves the bed instead of sitting in it.

Also

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