Site survey & measurement
Existing trees, structures, grade changes and boundaries recorded, so the plan fits what is actually there rather than what the deed map says.
Landscape Design · Fairfield County
Landscape Design in Norwalk, CT
A plan drawn around how you actually use the property. We read the grade, the light, the drainage and the sightlines before a single plant is chosen, because a design that ignores the site is just a shopping list.
- Free on-site consultation
- Plans you can build in phases
- Residential & commercial
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What design means here
The plan comes before the plants
Most disappointing landscapes are not badly planted. They are badly planned. A bed sited where water collects, a hedge that outgrows its spot in four years, a patio that catches no afternoon sun. Design is where those decisions get made, and it is the cheapest stage at which to change your mind.
We start on the property, not on paper. Where does the water go after a March storm? Which side of the house bakes in August? What do you see from the kitchen window, and what would you rather see? Those answers set the plan.
You get drawings you can actually build from, with plant sizes, spacing and materials named. If the whole thing is more than this year's budget allows, we phase it so each stage looks finished on its own rather than like a job that stopped halfway.
- Site survey and grade assessment
- Planting plans and material selection
- Hardscape and walkway layout
- Drainage and water-movement planning
- Phased plans that fit a budget
- Plant choices suited to shoreline winters
Scope
What a design package covers
Every property is different, so the exact scope is set after we walk it. Design work generally draws from the following.
Drainage & grade planning
Where water arrives, where it collects and where it should go. In this county that single question decides whether a bed thrives or drowns.
Planting plans
Species, sizes and spacing chosen for the light and soil you have, and spaced for what they become, not for how full the bed looks on day one.
Hardscape layout
Walkways, terraces, steps and walls positioned and dimensioned, with materials named so the price you are quoted is the price of the plan.
Light & sightline study
What you see from the windows and the drive, and where the sun lands at the hours you are actually outside.
Phased build schedule
A running order that lets you spread the work across seasons or years, with each phase a finished-looking result in itself.
Why Minutemen
Designs drawn by people who have to build them
The designer walks the property
You are not handed to a salesperson with a catalogue. The person who draws the plan stands on the ground first and is there while it is built.
Half a century of local outcomes
We have watched what we planted in the 1980s grow up. That is a feedback loop no software gives you, and it is why our spacing looks generous on paper.
Right plant, right place
A shoreline lot in Rowayton and a wooded slope in Wilton do not take the same plant list. We choose for the site rather than for the season's trend.
A plan you can price
Materials, quantities and sizes are named. You can take our drawings to another contractor and get a comparable number, plenty of clients do.
How it works
From first call to finished drawings
Four steps, and the first two cost you nothing.
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Free consultation
Call or send the form. We arrange a time and come to you, no charge and no obligation.
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We walk the property
Grade, light, soil, drainage and access, plus what you want from the space and what you would rather never look at again.
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Plan and proposal
Drawings, plant and material schedule, and a written price, phased if that suits the budget better.
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Build it, or take it away
Our crews can install it, or the plan is yours to build with whoever you like. Both are fine.
Recent work
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Designed and built in Fairfield County
Layered Perennial Borders
Beds redrawn around the existing lawn, planted in drifts so colour carries from May through October.
Terrace & Stone Wall
Curved stonework used to settle a terrace into the slope rather than fight it.
Massed Seasonal Beds
Beds planted in blocks rather than singles, so the colour reads from the house instead of up close.
Work shown is representative of the type of project we take on.
Where we work
Landscape design across lower Fairfield County
Our yard is on Highland Avenue in Norwalk, which puts most of the county inside a half-hour drive. Each town below brings its own soil, exposure and planning quirks, which is exactly why the plan should be drawn on your street, not in an office.
- Landscape Design in Norwalk, CT Our home town, the yard is on Highland Avenue.
- Landscape Design in Darien, CT Shoreline properties where salt air and wind shape what will grow.
- Landscape Design in Westport, CT Mature tree canopy and shaded lawns that need a different mix.
- Landscape Design in New Canaan, CT Larger wooded lots with grade and drainage to manage.
- Landscape Design in Greenwich, CT Estate grounds where the standard is weekly and exacting.
- Landscape Design in Weston, CT Rural parcels, stone walls and long approaches.
- Landscape Design in Wilton, CT Wooded properties with heavy leaf load each autumn.
- Landscape Design in Stamford, CT Residential streets and commercial grounds side by side.
- Landscape Design in Fairfield, CT Coastal and inland lots with very different soil.
- Landscape Design in Ridgefield, CT Ledge, slope and the county's coldest winters.
- Landscape Design in Rowayton, CT Tight waterfront lots where every square foot is designed.
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Services that go with this one
Landscape Installation
The build: beds cut, soil amended, trees and shrubs set, walkways and walls laid, and the site left clean at the end of every day.
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Pruning
Cuts made at the right time of year, for the health of the plant, not just a shape. Hedges, ornamentals, shrubs and small trees.
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Residential Landscaping
Private homes and estates across Fairfield County, from a single bed to full grounds care.
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Questions
Landscape design questions
If yours is not here, ring us. We would rather answer it now than have you wondering.
(203) 247-7744No. The first visit and the consultation are free, including the drive out to your property. We would far rather see the site than guess at it over the phone, and there is no obligation afterwards.
No. Plenty of clients have us design and install, but the plan is yours. It names materials, sizes and quantities clearly enough that another contractor can price it.
For a typical residential property, allow one to three weeks from the site visit to finished drawings, depending on scope and the time of year. Spring is our busiest stretch, so plan earlier if you want work done that season.
Yes, and it often should be. We set a running order so each phase looks complete on its own, beds and structure first, then the elements that can wait, rather than leaving you with a garden that looks unfinished for two years.
Yes. Office grounds, condominium common areas, retail frontage and municipal sites, all designed with the maintenance schedule in mind so the planting still looks right in year five.
Norwalk, Darien, Westport, New Canaan, Greenwich, Weston, Wilton, Stamford, Fairfield, Ridgefield and Rowayton. If your street is near that list, call and ask.
They will if the site is a shoreline one. Salt air, wind and thin soil rule out a lot of what does well two miles inland, and we choose accordingly. That difference is most of what fifty years here teaches you.
Free, and no obligation
Start with a free design consultation
Tell us the property and roughly what you have in mind. We will come out, walk it with you, and follow up with a written price for the drawings.
Mon–Sat, 7:00am – 6:00pm
377 Highland Ave, Norwalk
Fully insured crews
Owner on every estimate
Call (203) 247-7744 for a Free Consultation
We will walk the property, talk through what you want, and put a price in writing. No charge, and no pressure afterwards.