Landscape design drawn for your property.
Planting plans and outdoor layouts for homes in Aldie, Leesburg, Chantilly and across Northern Virginia, built around your house, your light and the way you use the yard.
A plan first, then the shovels.
The landscapes that look best ten years on are the ones that started with a plan. Design is where we work out what goes where, how big it will get, where the water runs and what it will take to keep it looking good.
A design from Cardinal Ridge is meant to be built. The same company that draws it installs it and can maintain it afterwards, so the plan accounts for real plant sizes, real budgets and the way a crew will actually get into your back yard.
You do not have to do everything at once. Many of our clients build the front beds one season and the patio or back yard the next, working from the same plan.
From a first walk to a plan you can build.
Site walk
We walk the property with you and look at sun, slope, drainage, views and what is worth keeping.
Planting design
Trees, shrubs and perennials chosen for Northern Virginia conditions and for their size at maturity, not the day they go in.
Beds and layout
Bed lines, lawn shapes, paths and gathering areas laid out so the yard works as one space.
Hardscape planning
Patios, walkways, walls and fire features placed and sized as part of the same plan.
Phasing
A sensible order of work if you would rather build over two or three seasons.
Written estimate
A clear written estimate for the installation, with nothing owed for the consultation.
Plans that made it into the ground.
Walk it, price it, put it in writing.
Call or send the form
Tell us what you have in mind. A sentence is enough to start.
We walk the property with you
We look at grade, drainage and how you use the space, and tell you honestly what it needs.
You get a written estimate
We follow up with the price in writing. Estimates and design consultations are free.
Asked before every design.
Is the design consultation really free?
Yes. Estimates and design consultations are free. We walk the property with you, talk through what you want and follow up in writing.
Can you design it now and build it later?
Yes. Plenty of clients plan over the winter and build in spring, or build one area per season from the same plan.
Do you install what you design?
Yes. Design, installation and ongoing maintenance are all handled by Cardinal Ridge, so you have one point of contact throughout.
Can you work with plants and trees I already have?
Usually. We note what is healthy and worth keeping on the site walk and design around it.
How does pricing work?
We walk the property with you, then follow up with a written estimate. Estimates and design consultations are free.
Which areas do you serve?
We are based in Aldie and work across Loudoun and Fairfax Counties, including Leesburg, Ashburn, South Riding, Stone Ridge, Brambleton, Chantilly, Sterling and Centreville.