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The studio

A stonemason and a gardener.

Will has laid stone in Middle Tennessee for twenty-six years. June has designed gardens for its clay and shade for fifteen. Limestone & Laurel is the two of them, and the crews they trained.

Limestone & Laurel / The studio

The people.

Will Ashby, Founder · stone and construction

Will Ashby

Founder · stone and construction

Learned dry-laid stone repairing old field walls in Williamson County. Leads every build and still sets the first course on every wall.

June Okafor, Partner · garden design

June Okafor

Partner · garden design

Trained in horticulture, designs every planting plan, and visits each garden at the end of its first season.

Dee Whitaker, Site lead

Dee Whitaker

Site lead

Runs the crews day to day and sends the weekly photos.

Why the name

Limestone for what’s under every yard in Middle Tennessee. Laurel for what grows best above it: the mountain laurel on our ridges, and the idea that a garden should be something you live in, not just look at.

The Nashville skyline at dusk
Nashville's skyline across the river
A brick home behind clipped boxwoods and hydrangeas
Black-and-white photo of a historic brick house

Meet Will and June at your house.

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The design-build landscape site, built in seven days.

Seventeen pages: a cross-section of what’s under a Nashville yard, a design-build process with the fees stated, an investment guide with real ranges, and both Tennessee licenses shown.