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What We Do
Our services cover residential, commercial and institutional projects, each one customized to the specific needs of the client. We work collaboratively throughout the entire process and guarantee measurable results, from the first site walk to the last plant in the ground.
Service 01
Before anything gets designed, the site has to be understood. Planning is where most landscape budgets are quietly won or lost.
We start with the land itself: how water moves across it, what the soil is actually made of, where the sun and salt wind come from, which trees are protected, where the setbacks and easements fall, and what your municipality's landscape code will require. That analysis becomes a master plan that organizes the whole property, covering circulation, structures, outdoor rooms, screening, drainage and phasing.
For larger and institutional sites, planning also means sequencing: what gets built in which phase, so the property stays usable and the budget stays predictable.
Service 02
A complete, coordinated design set, with planting, hardscape, water, lighting and irrigation drawn together rather than bolted on afterward.
Design in South Florida is a species problem as much as a spatial one. The plant that looks perfect in the nursery may not survive salt spray on an Intracoastal lot, may double in size in three years, or may be prohibited under your city's landscape code. Every plant on our schedules is selected for its mature size, its salt and wind tolerance, its water demand and its behavior in this climate, then placed so the design still reads correctly in year ten.
Hardscape gets the same attention: terraces sized for real furniture, steps and grade transitions detailed properly, materials chosen for glare, heat and drainage.
Service 03
The drawings are only half the job. Administration is what makes sure the landscape you approved is the landscape you get.
We prepare and submit permit documents, respond to municipal review comments, and help you take the project out to bid so you can compare contractors on identical scope instead of guessing. During construction we answer contractor questions, review proposed plant substitutions, observe the work at key milestones, and confirm layout and material before it is locked in.
We do not install landscapes. That independence matters: during construction our only interest is that the design gets built correctly and that you get what you paid for.
Full Capability List
Some projects need the full three-phase service. Many need one focused piece of it, and that is fine too.
Reading the land first, covering drainage, soils, canopy, setbacks and code, before anything is drawn.
Complete layout and planting design, drawn to scale and specified plant by plant.
Sealed, permit-ready sheets prepared for municipal landscape review in your city.
Zone layouts, head selection and controller scheduling built around South Florida water restrictions.
Terraces, walks, drives, walls and steps detailed in coral stone, shell stone, pavers and concrete.
Planting, screening and grade transitions that make a pool feel built into the property, not dropped on it.
Pool geometry, deck relationships and sightlines coordinated directly with your pool contractor.
Outdoor rooms sized for real furniture, real shade and real Florida weather.
Elevated decks and dock-side terraces detailed for salt exposure, movement and drainage.
Basins, spillways, rills and fountains detailed together with the pump, plumbing and overflow.
Built-in fire features integrated into seat walls and terraces, with gas runs coordinated up front.
Intimate, layered gardens: entry courts, shade gardens, cutting gardens and private garden rooms.
Florida-Friendly and native palettes that hold their look under watering restrictions.
Gazebos, pergolas and pavilions sited for breeze and shade, and detailed to build.
Growing structures sized, sited and ventilated for the South Florida climate.
See the design before it is built, with massing, planting and night lighting visualized.
Precise, coordinated CAD documentation that a contractor can actually build from.
Who We Work With
Different clients, different pressures, and the same standard of documentation and follow-through.
Waterfront and inland properties, new construction and renovation. Pool surrounds, entry sequences, privacy screening, garden rooms and complete property master plans, all designed around how you actually use the outdoors.
Mixed-use, multifamily, retail, hospitality and office sites. Landscape code compliance, tree disposition, open-space calculations and amenity spaces that read well in leasing photography and survive daily use.
Schools, houses of worship, municipal facilities, medical campuses and HOA common grounds. Durable, accessible, low-maintenance landscapes designed for a maintenance budget that has to hold for decades.
Investment
Straight answers, before you spend anything.
Completed projects have typically ranged from roughly $10,000 to $1.5 million in installed construction value: a focused garden room and pool surround at one end, a full commercial or institutional site at the other.
Design fees are quoted per project after we have walked the site, and they scale with property size, scope and how much documentation the work requires. A small residential planting and irrigation plan is a very different fee from a phased campus master plan with permit sheets and construction administration.
You will get the scope and the fee in writing before any drawing begins. No hourly surprises.
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Questions
A Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) is licensed by the State of Florida, carries a professional seal, and can produce the sealed drawings most municipalities require for permitting. Licensure means examined competence in grading, drainage, horticulture, materials and code, plus continuing accountability to the state board.
A landscape designer is not licensed and generally cannot seal plans for municipal review. For a container garden that is fine. For anything that touches grading, drainage, tree removal, a pool, or a commercial site plan, you will need a licensed landscape architect.
Yes. Drawings are prepared to satisfy your municipality's landscape code, tree-disposition requirements and open-space calculations, and we respond to review comments through approval. Every city in Broward reads its code a little differently, and forty years of submittals here is the shortcut.
No, and that is deliberate. You hire the installing contractor. We design the project and represent you during construction. Because we have no stake in the installation, our only interest on site is that the drawings get built correctly and that substitutions do not quietly erode the design.
It depends on scope and on your city. A focused residential design typically moves from site walk to permit-ready drawings in a matter of weeks. Larger commercial and institutional projects run longer, mostly because of review cycles rather than drawing time. You will get a realistic schedule with your proposal, including the parts we do not control.
Usually the opposite. Small lots are harder, not easier. Every square foot has to work, screening matters more, drainage has fewer places to go, and one oversized plant can take over the whole garden. Small properties are often where good design pays back fastest.
Broward County, Miami-Dade County and southern Palm Beach County, including Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point, Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Parkland, Plantation, Davie, Weston, Cooper City, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Hollywood, Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach and Miami. If your city is not listed, ask, because it is likely still in range.
Yes, and that is the normal case. The earlier we are brought in the better. Coordinating landscape with the building footprint, pool shell, grading and utilities during design is far cheaper than discovering the conflicts in the field.
Next Step
Send a few details about the property and what you have in mind. We reply personally, usually within one business day, with an honest read on scope, timeline and fee.