Native Landscaping, Durham, NC

We focus on native landscaping to make outdoor living spaces beautiful throughout the year.

The landscaping on any property includes the living elements, such as the trees, flowering plants, grass, and shrubs, which add greenery and color to the outdoor space. But many landscapers don’t take into account the importance of adding native landscaping elements when designing and installing these elements. At Garden Environments, we believe that native landscaping is the best possible solution for each of our clients. By incorporating indigenous plants into the design and installation process, we’re able to provide landscaping that thrives and looks beautiful.

Native Landscaping in Durham, North Carolina

Native landscaping comes with a number of appealing benefits. Since the indigenous plants have grown in the area, they are used to the soil conditions. They require fewer pesticides and fertilizers than plants that are brought into the area because they have adapted to the specific climate conditions. In some cases, the addition of native plants can help to prevent soil erosion. These plants can also help to restore the natural habitat of some of the animals that are native to your area. While they may not take up residence in your yard, the animals still benefit from the addition of indigenous greenery.

"Amazing experience with Garden Environments."

"Amazing experience with Garden Environments. They truly transformed our backyard and gave us a true outdoor living experience. Their projects teams are excellent to work with, dedicated to bringing your vision to life. Highly recommend!"

★★★★★ 22^th August 2018 —Carla H. - Google Review

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Services We Offer

Landscape Design

We are artists, not just gardeners, so your landscape design will be beautiful and enjoyable.

Landscape Water Features

Ponds, fountains, pondless waterfalls, and other bubbling features can be an important part of your backyard oasis.

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Outdoor Living Areas

With lovely and functional features, you’ll love spending time outdoors.

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We Design and Install Outdoor Living Areas That Help You Connect with Nature

After we install native landscaping elements, we can set you up on a maintenance and care plan to provide proper care for these beautiful plants. We also provide a satisfaction guarantee. As long as you take good care of the plants or outsource the work to our team, we guarantee the health of the plants we add to your landscaping for one year. If you have any questions or would like to request additional information about native landscaping elements, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Common Questions About Native Landscaping

We are passionate about creating landscapes using native plants here at Garden Environments. Below, we have answered a few questions about native plants and why we prioritize these plants when designing and installing beautiful garden spaces.

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What are native plants?

Native plants are species that have evolved in a specific region and are perfectly adapted to the local soil, climate, and wildlife. In our case, we focus on plants native to the Southeastern United States, where they provide essential support to birds, pollinators, and the ecosystem as a whole.

Why should I prioritize native plants in my landscaping?

Native plants are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, and naturally resistant to local pests and diseases. More importantly, they form the foundation of a healthy ecosystem, feeding the native insects, which is something non-native ornamentals can’t always do.

Can I still have color and variety with native plants?

Yes! Many native plants offer seasonal color, interesting foliage, and stunning blooms. Native gardens can be just as colorful and dynamic as traditional ornamental ones.

What makes your landscape design services different?

We take pride in designing landscapes that allow our local ecosystem to flourish. Our goal is to deliver landscape designs, as well as pollinator gardens, rain gardens, bird habitats, and more that encourage sustainability and beauty.

How do I get started?

We are excited to transform your outdoor living space with beautiful native plantings. Contact us today to tell us more about your vision.

At Garden Environments, we offer native landscaping services in the Triangle area of North Carolina, including Durham (including the Southpoint, Trinity Park, and Watts Hospital-Hillandale areas), Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Wake Forest, Creedmoor, Morrisville, Apex, Holly Springs, and surrounding areas.

Why choose Garden Environments?

We have earned a reputation as landscape design artists who can create realistic ideas and designs and who can go beyond what you initially imagined. We take the time to learn what is most important to you, so you’ll be more than happy with the transformation. Our services include landscaping, hardscapes, water features, fences & walls, indigenous plants, outdoor living areas, and whatever else it takes to achieve the outdoor oasis that your family deserves. The added value to your home and having a place to relax, rejuvenate, and entertain makes professional landscape design a wise investment.

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Martha Shigenobu

I have finished two projects with Garden Environments. I worked with Locke and am so pleased with the results. What I like most is that Locke created very maintenance free, yet beautiful gardens for me. I know they will only become more beautiful with each passing year. Locke is super easy to talk to. He is kind and efficient and I always felt like I could text or email him with questions. I will most definitely use Garden Environments again.

Carla Hollis

Amazing experience with Garden Environments, truly transformed our backyard and gave us a true outdoor living experience. Their projects teams are excellent to work with, dedicated to bringing your vision to life. Highly recommend!

Response from the owner: So glad you like it. It will only get better over time.

Scott Kennedy

We have been incredibly impressed by Garden Environments! This was our first experience having any sort of extensive landscaping work completed, and we were honestly overwhelmed. We were initially drawn to them for their commitment to using native plants, as supporting the environment is very important to us. With somewhat vague ideas as to what we were looking for, they were able to come up with a beautiful, and functional, design. Every step of the process was carefully overseen and implemented, with great care taken for our property. They also re-used items from our yard, took care not to remove more plants or trees than were necessary, and even re-planted things where it made sense. It was such a relief to be able to hand over the decision-making and know that we were in good hands. Locke did an amazing job, and we are very impressed with the outcome. If we ever decide to have more work completed, we wouldn’t hesitate to reach out to Garden Environments again!

Sara

Very pleased with the landscaping work by Garden Environments! We had a great designer that was considerate of our garden needs and communicated very well. The install team was very professional and helped make some last minute adjustments. Our yard looks wonderful - the end product exceeded my expectations! I would definitely recommend. Just be aware that landscape designers are in high demand, and it could be a long wait time between the initial consult and getting started with a landscape designer.

Jessica Millstein

I have a wet, shaded, steep back yard and they turned it into an absolute Zen oasis! I told them the few things that I didn't like, the few things that I loved and they put together the most incredible plan. And since I'm not good at gardening, I hate worms, I have them come on a monthly basis to keep my yard looking fabulous!

Greg Popken

The design team was very willing to adjust initial designs to better fit our vision. The installation team was top notch: efficient; took to the time to make sure it was done right; cleaned up when done and followed up.We also had Garden Environments do the maintenance after install. I can't speak highly enough of that. We had multiple previous companies that would do the minimum (rush in and rush out; need to be 'reminded' to complete certain tasks). Not so with Garden Environments. They take their time to see what needs to be addressed and they do it without having to be instructed. They tend to the landscape rather than just service it.

Rajitha Bearden

We had a very positive experience with Garden Environments - from our first meeting with Sheldon, working with Aurora on the design and Josh and his team on the work itself. Our front and back yards were a mess when we first moved in and we are so glad we made the investment. Admittedly, we experienced a bit of sticker shock (this is our first home, we've lived in apartments our entire adult lives, landscaping is completely foreign to us), but we are so glad we proceeded with the work. Aurora was open to modifying our plan and Josh helped us make some decisions regarding our backyard while he was here doing the planting in the front. We appreciated the flexibility and are still in touch with GE to do some more touches. Completely worth it! If they also offered indoor plants, we'd definitely go to them first! Highly recommend!!

Matt Aitken

Wendi and her Artistry in Plants team are amazing. They totally overhauled our front yard - removing unwanted/invasive plants and installing a diverse array of new plants to create much more balance and color than we had before. In addition to being great landscapers, these are great people. We liked them so much, we plan to use them again for our back yard this fall!

Joseph Simon

Highly recommend Garden Environments for landscaping work, particularly with a propensity for native plants - 5/5 stars. They did a fairy large hardscaping job for us that turned out much better than we envisioned. We get compliments on the work all the time. Very professional, Jennifer’s design work is incredible, and the crew was very communicative and timely throughout. Have and will continue to recommend to everyone and we’re having them come back to do another project.