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Outdoor living space at twilight with landscape lighting and stone fire pit
Portfolio

Our work speaks for itself

A selection of residential landscape design and installation projects across Knoxville TN, the Smoky Mountains, and East Tennessee — showcasing our design philosophy and craftsmanship.

Sprawling backyard with stone pathways and flowering gardens
Stone Garden Retreat
Fire pit area with landscape lighting at twilight
Twilight Fire Pit
Manicured garden with sculpted hedges
Formal Garden
Cedar pergola draped in wisteria and climbing roses with string lights over a stone patio
Pergola & Garden Patio
Completed stone patio with fire pit and native garden beds
Stone Patio & Fire Pit
Blue-hour garden with uplights, path lights, and accent lighting on garden beds
Garden Lighting Design
Weathered cedar raised beds with vegetables, herbs, and gravel paths
Cedar Raised Bed Garden
Native meadow with coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, wild bergamot, and monarch butterflies
Native Plantings Meadow
Multi-tier stacked stone pondless waterfall surrounded by ferns, hostas, and mosses
Water Feature
Design plans and tools for landscape project
Design Process
Complete landscape transformation with stone pathways and gardens
Featured Project

A full-property transformation in the Knoxville TN foothills featuring Tennessee crab orchard stone pathways, Smoky Mountain native perennial borders — coneflower, wild bergamot, mountain laurel — a custom outdoor kitchen, and landscape lighting throughout.

The design celebrates the property's natural Appalachian contours while creating distinct outdoor rooms for entertaining, relaxation, and play. Completed over two phases to work with the client's timeline.

2 acres

Property size

6 months

Completion

3 zones

Outdoor rooms

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