Asheville, NC based, ecological landscape designer/builder operating in all surrounding counties, and on request anywhere in the United States or abroad. No job is too big or too small.
Appalachian Mountains 30 years and counting
Coastal California 20 years and dreaming
Costs: A rule of thumb that can be useful in grasping the reality of landscape design and installation: Comprehensive landscaping can cost up to 10% of your home’s value, though the scope for most people is much less. For your fee, I have developed a system using a composite of various metrics, and I can work with you to make something happen. Just ask. Remember, your landscape can quadruple your home's usable area, get you moving around more and increasing your health, give you peace of mind in a downpour when you know your drainage is on point, or begin the process of relaxation each time you come home to a scene you love. Frankly, landscape design has been grossly underrated and undervalued! I am here to change that.
New Home Builds: I encourage you to contact me before siting a new home. Builders and architects often gloss over very important details relating to ingress and egress, solar aspect, drainage, microclimate, existing landforms, and noise, as they get caught up with the building itself, are cutting corners and dollars, or they just don’t have the landscape literacy.
I was so glad that I am a landscape designer when I designed my earth-sheltered home, and integrated it with a converted Quonset Hut on my property outside of Asheville. I was able to guide many crucial decisions and propose ideas the builders didn't consider.