Our low-impact approach to landscaping directly addresses the dwindling of native environments and their associated wildlife with our native landscapes. Ever-increasing population and its attendant rapid development are threatening original habitats, which by nature are long-lived and low maintenance. We intentionally design to incorporate existing original habitat and re-introduce native plant species that have evolved to thrive in our particular soils and climate

Our expertise in properly designing and installing native wildflower meadows offers a lifetime of beauty and practical benefits.

Introduced invasive plants pose a serious threat to our native plant communities. They are typically imported from other countries where their natural climate, pests and diseases would keep them in check. Without this system of checks and balances, these non-native species tend to dominate our native plant communities. They displace our native plants who are subject to their own checks and balances. This lowers the bio diversity of our woodlands, grasslands and wetland habitats, subjecting them to the threat of disease and blight.

The longer such non-native, invasive species are allowed to thrive, the more environmentally destructive they become, and the more expensive they are to control. By implementing an invasive species management plan on your property, we can help restore the full value and beauty of your naturally occurring native plant communities.


We believe stonework should look great when it’s installed and then just get better-looking as it weathers with time. For this reason, we don’t work with artificial materials. Our stonework is based in the time-honored tenets of old world craftsmanship and the use of natural stone.

A well-designed walkways, patios and terraces provides low-impact access to your customized environment, allowing years of up-close enjoyment of your landscaping investment. Our designs incorporate the meandering lines that occur organically in nature, encouraging you to linger awhile in the soothing setting you helped create. In keeping with our practice of blending unobtrusive materials into the surrounding environment, we don’t use concrete or pavers. Instead, we employ longer-lasting materials that are more pleasing to the eye, such as

Our outdoor structures with paramount landscaping procedures adheres to the basic tenet that the form it takes should follow the function for which it is intended. We encourage the thoughtful consideration of a useful purpose for any structures to be included in your environmental design. The architecture, materials and location of outdoor structures should blend gracefully with their surroundings. We help you plan the visual aesthetics and functionality of natural and historically sensitive stone

The characteristics of your property may also dictate the need for specialized structures. We design and construct, using natural materials when possible:

The visual and sound appeal of running, splashing water isn’t limited to humans. Wildlife are equally attracted to it. For a water feature to be visually attractive, however, it must fit the landscape and appear natural. A sloped property may permit the installation of a stream and/or waterfall. A more level property may only allow for a pond or wetland area if it is to more closely mimic nature. In keeping with our native land ethic, we strongly encourage only those water features that might innately occur on your particular property. We may recommend the following water features for your property:

One of our specialties is managing storm water runoff from rooftops, driveways, parking lots and roads on your property. The impact of unmanaged storm runoff is becoming an increasing problem everywhere, as more surfaces are paved and made impermeable to water. Such unmanaged water can quickly damage or even destroy even the most carefully constructed landscape. To protect your investment, as well as the surrounding environment, we employ the best practices of responsible storm water management in all of our designs.

In currently accepted practices, runoff is collected in underground pipes that run from paved surfaces to retention basins. These basins drain through outlet pipes to an offsite location. Such piping channels the concentrated volume of water that occurs during rainstorms into small streams and creeks, which ultimately empty into larger rivers. The problem comes when this enhanced volume of water surges unchecked at increased velocity downhill toward these tributaries.

The rapid influx of storm water causes waterways to fill quickly. The fast-running current carries stones and other debris with it, causing a scouring effect. This undercuts stream banks and uproots native plants and trees. It also destroys aquatic plants and animal life, both by washing them away and by depositing loads of silt where it doesn't’t belong, filling in living habitat and spawning grounds.

This flash flooding isn’t the only negative effect of storm water runoff. All the water that’s flowing away from a paved or otherwise impermeable area is unable to infiltrate the surface and perch down to the aquifer. This means the source of our groundwater is not able to recharge. Without sufficient levels of groundwater recharge, there is nothing to fill streams and rivers during periods of low rainfall or drought. Aquatic plants, animals and insects that require the cooler temperatures of groundwater to survive cease to flourish in such conditions.

In addition to our intentionally low-impact landscape designs, we employ a number of environmentally sound, and naturally sustainable solutions to address such problems: