Landscaping Company in Durham, NC

A band of Triassic Basin soil runs under south Durham and RTP. It is a dense, slick clay that drains even worse than the red clay elsewhere in the Triangle, swells when it is wet and cracks when it dries. Lawns stay soggy for days. Shrubs drown in their planting holes.

We work with it: raised beds, amended soil, plants that tolerate wet feet, and drainage before anything else goes in. Any landscaping company in Durham that skips this step ends up replanting.

Durham's older neighborhoods have character a builder cannot fake: brick bungalows, deep lots, mature trees and old stone along the edges. Our landscape design and installation work respects that, with native plants, beds that suit the architecture and designs that do not need constant upkeep. We work as a landscape design company and as the crew that builds the plan.

The office parks and corporate campuses around Research Triangle Park expect grounds that look the same in March and in August. As a commercial landscaping company, we take on commercial grounds contracts for offices, apartment communities and industrial sites: mowing, seasonal color rotations, tree and shrub care, irrigation management, and snow and ice treatment when winter actually shows up.

Durham lots slope, and a lot of backyards here have never had a level spot to sit. Our hardscaping crews build paver and stone patios, seat walls, steps, walkways and fire pits on a compacted base with drainage built in, so the clay underneath does not heave them out of line.

Duke Forest is the obvious example, but plenty of Durham streets sit under mature oaks, tulip poplars and hickories. Those trees need limbs kept off the roof, and the shrubs below them need pruning that keeps them alive in the shade. Our tree and shrub trimming handles both.

Durham drains two ways: north toward Falls Lake and south toward Jordan Lake. Both watersheds have state rules protecting the vegetated buffers along streams, so regrading or clearing near a creek is not a free-for-all. We plan drainage, grading and plantings to keep water off your foundation without stripping a protected buffer.

Durham lawns are mostly tall fescue, often fighting shade and wet basin clay at the same time. Our lawn maintenance plans cover mowing and edging, fertilization, weed control year round, and core aeration with overseeding in the fall, the single best thing you can do for fescue here.

As a lawn and landscaping company, we can keep the weekly work going while we plan the bigger project.

Older Durham homes with deep front porches look their best lit at night. We install landscape and hardscape lighting: path lights, step lights, uplights on the trees and the facade, and low-voltage LED fixtures around the patio.

Every estimate is free, and the written quote comes back within 24 hours. Every project carries a one-year material and labor warranty, and we are fully licensed and insured. We hold an A+ BBB rating and 4.9 stars on Google, give discounts to seniors, military members and first responders, and our crews speak English and Spanish.

Durham has its share of landscaping contractors. We are the family business that has kept the same office number for 29 years.