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— HOW DECISIONS BECOME DEPENDABLE

Start wide.

Tighten.

Test again.

Each pass removes a different unknown; from taste, to scope, to cost, to the realities of installation.

Possibility

Ideas + broad investment ceiling

3D direction

Space, feel + priority

Healthy conflict

Move it, question it, compare it

Documents + cost

Buildable scope + line items

Field review

Labor, access + methods checked
You know the kitchen remodel horror story. Everything gets torn apart, then suddenly the price changes. We don't play that game. Before construction starts, we set a cap on unforeseen cost overruns. It is 5% in nearly every case. Anything beyond it is on us.

While most clients come to us for landscape design-build, we also offer standalone landscape design, landscape architecture, and landscape construction. Hire us for the part you need.

From exploring ideas in 3D to working through costs and construction, see what to expect, what we'll handle, and how we'll help create an outdoor space you'll love.

Before you hire us, see how our landscape design-build process works.

FROM OUR PROJECT PORTFOLIO

Stay outside a little longer.

THE COMPLETE CLIENT JOURNEY

Know what comes next.

Each step shows what you bring, what we handle, and what you leave with.

YOU BRING
WE HANDLE
YOU LEAVE WITH
01 BEFORE THE CALL

Schedule online. We research your property.

Your address lets us look at zoning, setbacks, critical-area indicators, and obvious site restrictions before we speak. The first conversation starts with your actual property—not a generic sales script.

YOU BRING

Address, goals, timing

WE HANDLE

Lot + zoning research

YOU LEAVE WITH

A relevant first call

02 FIT + DIRECTION

A useful phone screen.

We learn what you want to change, explain how our process works, discuss probable scope and budget territory, and decide whether we are the right team for the problem.

  • YOU BRING

Ideas, concerns, questions

  • WE HANDLE

Process + fit guidance

  • YOU LEAVE WITH

An honest next step

03 Shared Taste

Questionnaire + idea board.

Show us a few spaces that feel right and a few that do not. The contrast reveals your taste, priorities, and whether the visual ambition aligns with the starting budget.

YOU BRING

Likes, dislikes, priorities

WE HANDLE

Patterns + early calibration

YOU LEAVE WITH

A sharper design brief

04 AT THE PROPERTY

A free in-person consultation.

We walk the site, trade ideas, test assumptions, and talk through what could make the space exceptional.
Afterward, the design proposal defines scope, deliverables, fee, and anticipated timing.

  • YOU BRING

Walk us through daily life

  • WE HANDLE

Ideas + constraint spotting

  • YOU LEAVE WITH

A written design proposal

Before the visit

A few photos of spaces you like, a few you don’t, and a sense of what you want to spend are enough to start. Existing plans or surveys help if you have them.

Review the proposal at home, on your own time. There’s no pressure to decide during the visit.

05 Explore Broadly

We design in site-accurate 3D first.

We begin wide, build the strongest direction, then pull it apart with you in live virtual meetings. Move a wall, change a material, widen a patio, or put it back. Decisions happen at home, without pressure, while changes are still inexpensive.

YOU BRING

React honestly in real time

WE HANDLE

Live Design Edits

YOU LEAVE WITH

A design you understand

Your meetings and your choices
See it before we build it.

Meetings are recorded so decisions can be revisited. You can think things over from home while changes are still inexpensive.

Your plans don’t lock you into our crew.

We would love to build it. But another qualified contractor can also price and install from the documents. You keep that choice.

06 Make it buildable

2D documents and costing tighten together.

The approved direction becomes construction documentation, with permit or stamped-plan needs coordinated where required. Costing develops alongside it, then the field team checks access, labor, and installation assumptions.

  • YOU BRING

Confirm priorities + tradeoffs

  • WE HANDLE

Document, price, field-check

  • YOU LEAVE WITH

Plans + grounded numbers

Your cost protection

We won’t hold your yard hostage.

You know the kitchen remodel story: everything gets torn apart, then the price jumps. We don’t play that game.

We agree on a cap for unforeseen cost overruns before construction. In nearly every case, it’s 5%. Anything beyond the agreed cap is on us.

The cap covers unforeseen costs in the agreed work. Extra work you choose to add is priced and approved separately.

Particularly complex project may need a higher cap, such as 7%. That number is agreed with you before work starts, not after your yard is torn apart.
 
07 Build + refine

Construction begins with the approved design.

Our in-house crew builds from the approved plans, with design and field talking throughout. We finish with a walkthrough, resolve the punch list, and hand over the closeout information.

YOU BRING

Approve visible progress

WE HANDLE

Build, Inspections, close out

YOU LEAVE WITH

Care Guide, Warranty, Completed Project

Payments follow the work
Before we start: 50% is due by construction start. For a later start, we generally collect 10% at signing and the remaining 40% at mobilization.
During the build: Monthly invoices show the percentage completed for each line item making reconciliation easy.
At completion: The remaining earned balance is due at substantial completion. The unpaid value of unfinished punch-list work stays unpaid until final completion.
Changes and warranty


Changes to the plan.

Small tweaks along the way are welcome. As your landscape takes shape, if you see something you’d like to change, say something.

Owner-directed changes that increase the scope are change orders, while those that reduce scope are credit memos. We confirm the cost or credit and get your approval before doing the work.

Owner-directed change orders totaling up to 10% of the contract value can proceed without delay. Larger additions may need to be scheduled separately to protect the start dates we’ve promised other clients.


What the manufacturer covers.

Products have their own warranty terms. For example, TimberTech Advanced PVC decking carries a limited lifetime residential product warranty, plus 35- or 50-year fade and stain coverage depending on the collection. Those warranties cover qualifying product issues, separately from our installation workmanship. See TimberTech’s warranty terms.


Still our work. Even after year one.

Our contract includes a one-year workmanship warranty. If something fails later and we determine it was caused by an error in our workmanship, we may be able to repair it. Contact us first so we have the opportunity to inspect the issue.

From our project portfolio

Make room for the way you live.

WHO OWNS EACH DECISION

Your project story.

The right expert in every seat.

THE CONNECTIVE ROLE

Joe keeps the whole story together.

As a landscape therapist and translator, Joe bridges the gap between raw natural vision and structured architectural execution. He facilitates the critical dialogues that shape environments, ensuring every design decision honors both client intent and ecological truth.

“We mine for healthy conflict while choices are still easy to change.”
DESIGN | Da Zhang + Joe Garel

Live, visual decisions

The designer with the strongest fit develops and tests the spatial direction with you.

ARCHITECTURE | Da Zhang

Licensed judgment

A Washington-licensed landscape architect leads work that involves permits, grading, drainage, or critical areas.

COST | Matt Hayes

Design meets consequence

Priorities become real when line-item costing shows what each choice asks of the budget.

FIELD | Ian Fitzgerald

The people who install it check it

Our crew reviews access, labor, sequencing, and installation assumptions before the build starts.

Virtual design meetings

Make decisions from home

Transcribed conversations

Details can be found again

AI-assisted notes

Used to capture, not replace, judgment.

No closing pressure

Think with your own circle first

FROM OUR PROJECT PORTFOLIO

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OUR SERVICES

One studio.
Four ways in.

Each service is available on its own. Not sure which you need? Let's talk.

THE WHOLE PROJECT

Landscape
Design-Build

Design, documentation, pricing, and installation with one team. For people who want us involved from the first idea to the final walkthrough.

Live 3D design + buildable plans

Costing developed alongside design

In-house installation

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DESIGN ON ITS OWN

Landscape
Design

Explore your space in 3D and leave with buildable plans. Hire us to design it, without committing to hire us to build it.

Site-accurate 3D design

Construction-ready 2D documents

Plans another contractor can build

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LICENSED EXPERTISE

Landscape
Architecture

Washington-licensed landscape architecture for permitting, critical areas, grading, drainage, and more complex sites. Available independently or alongside your existing team.

Washington-licensed landscape architect

Permit + critical-area coordination

Stamped plans where required

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READY TO BUILD

Landscape
Construction

Our in-house crews bring an approved design to life. We can build from our plans or plans prepared by another qualified professional.

Build from our plans or yours

In-house field crews

Project management + final walkthrough

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