Design-build landscaping · Franklin, TN

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Have your yard planned on site.

  • A designer walks the lot with you
  • You get a scaled plan and material board
  • The first visit costs nothing
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Or call (615) 555-0172

Layered planting bed with shrubs and perennials along a lawn

Planting and low-voltage lighting, planned together

New beds, trees and a lighting plan usually run $8,000–$35,000. Every plant we set is guaranteed for a year.

What are we building?

Choose a project, then a time for the designer to come out.

Half of good planting is taking things out. We pull what has outgrown the windows, cut clean bed edges in steel, then plant in layers: a few trees for height, evergreens for winter structure, and perennials and grasses that change with the seasons. Holes are dug wide and shallow, so roots spread sideways instead of sitting in a clay bowl.

Lights go in with the plants, not after. Warm LED uplights under the trees, path lights along the walk, step lights set into walls and downlights in the pergola, all on a timer and split into zones.

Sample-site photos, for illustration.

A recent front yard

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Front yard refreshFranklin · two-story, 2008 build

Tired evergreens pulled, curved beds cut in with steel, boxwood and hydrangea planted along a new flagstone walk, lawn resodded.

On site
Five working days
Photo
Late afternoon

Four steps, start to finish

Book step one
  1. 1

    Walk the yard

    A designer spends about an hour on site with you, checking grades, soil, sun and where the water runs, and hearing how you want to use the space. The first visit is free.

  2. 2

    Plan at your table

    Right there at your table, the designer sketches the layout to scale, then comes back with a material board of real stone, brick and plant picks you can hold.

  3. 3

    Fixed price

    We adjust the plan until it fits how you live and what you want to spend, then send one fixed price that lists every material and quantity.

  4. 4

    Build and hand-over

    One crew lead runs the job from first stake to last plant, and a photo update lands in your inbox every Friday. Hardscape is covered for 5 years, plants for 1.

From our clients

4.9
Google average
  • Houzz5.0
  • Nextdoor4.9
More reviews

Our back lawn used to drain like a bathtub. Thornbury fixed the grade first, then laid the terrace and new sod, and it matches the plan we signed off on at our own table. Same crew every morning, and they swept up before they left.

Marisol T.Terrace and sod · Google review

Nobody could use our hillside. Graham sketched a terrace and a low wall right there on the patio, Luis ran the job, and the photos came every Friday. Three weeks later we were sitting around the fire.

Dev and Hannah R.Terrace, wall and fire pit · Google review
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Planting and lighting questions

When should we plant?

Fall is best for trees and shrubs here. Spring works too with steady watering through the first summer.

What does the plant guarantee cover?

Any plant we set that fails in its first year gets replaced, as long as it was watered the way your care sheet lays out.

LED or halogen?

LED. The fixtures last for years and use a fraction of the power.

Plants and lights on one plan

Your designer marks every bed, tree and fixture on the scaled plan at the free walk-through.

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Price out your project

Three short steps, about a minute. A designer calls within one business day to set up a free walk of the property.

  • Typical prices published on this site
  • 5-year hardscape warranty
  • Photo updates every Friday
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