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A black steel pergola over outdoor seating on a stone terrace with fresh plantings A terrace in Green Hills

Built on limestone. Grown for Tennessee.

Landscape design and construction for Middle Tennessee: terraces, stone walls, outdoor kitchens and gardens, designed for clay and bedrock and built by our own crews.

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What’s under the yard

Middle Tennessee is a limestone shelf.

Nashville sits on the Nashville Dome, where old limestone comes close to the surface under a few feet of red clay. It’s why water sits after a storm, why trees struggle in some yards, and why a patio laid like it would be in Ohio heaves here.

Topsoil

Often thin. We test it and amend it before planting anything we expect to live.

Clay

Holds water, then shrinks and cracks in August. Patio bases and wall footings are built to drain it.

Limestone

Sometimes two feet down, sometimes six inches. We probe before we design, so the plan doesn’t change on dig day.

Recent projects

Rooms without ceilings.

An outdoor kitchen and bar under a slatted roof with warm lightsOutdoor kitchen, Belle MeadeCovered pavilion, bar and grill A stone retaining wall curving along a mulched path at sunsetStone wall, Forest HillsDry-laid along a garden path Chairs around a fire pit on a gravel terrace by the woodsFire terrace, BrentwoodGravel and steel A circular cobble patio with a stone seat wallCobble circle, FranklinSeat wall included A brick walk curving between a stone wall and flower bedsGarden walk, Sylvan ParkBrick and perennials
How it works

Design first. Then build.

i

Consultation

$250, credited

Two hours at your house: your goals, how you use the yard, and a soil probe. Credited toward design if you continue.

ii

Design

$2,500–6,500

A measured plan, drawings, a planting list and a fixed construction price. Yours to keep, whether we build it or not.

iii

Build

Fixed price

Our own crews, a site lead every day, and a planting warranty through the first full growing season.

The investment

What projects usually cost.

Every yard is different, but you should know the range before you invite a designer over. These are typical installed prices for our recent work in Davidson and Williamson counties.

Paver or flagstone patio, 300–400 sq ftCompacted base, drainage, edge restraint$12,000–24,000
Natural stone retaining wallPer face foot, footing and drainage included$45–85 / sq ft
Outdoor kitchenGrill, counters, storage, gas and electric$28,000–75,000
Fire pit terraceBuilt-in pit, seating area, lighting$9,000–22,000
Full garden installationBeds, soil, plants, irrigation$15,000–45,000

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A circular stone patio with an urn beside a white cottage
“They dug three test holes before they drew a line. Two years later the terrace hasn’t moved a quarter inch, and the neighbor’s has heaved twice.”
Catherine & Walt H. · Belle Meade
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