Design-Build Landscaping
Integrated landscape design and construction for residential properties across the Seattle Eastside.
Design-build is most effective when outdoor spaces require more than surface-level improvements. Projects involving grading changes, drainage coordination, hardscape construction, and outdoor living features benefit from a single team responsible for both planning and execution.
What We Do
Design-build is an integrated execution model with single accountable delivery from plan to build. The same team responsible for design documentation directs construction sequencing, detailing, and field coordination so decisions made in planning are carried through installation.
This structure clarifies responsibility and reduces handoff risk between separate designers and contractors. It supports consistent technical decisions across grading, drainage, hardscape assembly, and material execution while preserving design intent from concept through completion.
Our design-build services typically include:
- Site evaluation and feasibility assessment
- Concept design and layout planning
- Grading and drainage coordination
- Hardscape and structural detailing
- Planting and material specification
- Construction sequencing and oversight
This approach reduces the gaps that often occur when design and construction are separated. It allows potential conflicts to be resolved on paper, not in the field, and helps protect the original design intent through completion.
Why Design-Build Works for Complex Properties
Many Eastside properties present challenges that require design and construction to evolve together. Slopes, drainage paths, mature trees, utilities, and access constraints all influence how a project should be built.
When design and construction are handled separately, plans are often adjusted mid-build to fit reality. These changes can compromise materials, layout, or long-term performance.
Design-build addresses this by:
- Evaluating constructability during design
- Sequencing work to protect grading and drainage systems
- Coordinating materials and dimensions before installation
- Maintaining accountability with one team responsible for outcomes
The result is a landscape that functions as intended, not one that has been adapted under pressure.
Relationship to Landscape Architecture
Design-build is most successful when guided by architectural site planning.
Landscape architecture establishes the framework for how the site should function. Design-build carries that framework through construction without dilution. Together, they help resolve grading, circulation, drainage, and outdoor spaces before installation begins.
This integration minimizes rework and creates a clearer path from design decisions to finished results.
Related: Landscape Architecture, Drainage & Grading, Our Process, and Outdoor Living.
Ready to Discuss Your Project?
If your project involves patios, outdoor living spaces, grading changes, or multi-phase improvements, design-build provides clarity and accountability from start to finish. Request a consultation to review your property, discuss priorities, and determine whether a design-build approach is the right fit.
