Garden & planting design
Site visits, mood boards, and full planting plans tuned to your zone, soil, and how the space actually gets used through the year.
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Now booking spring 2026 retainers
A healthier, greener space — without the headcount.
Verdant is a fractional studio of senior landscape architects and horticulturists. We embed with your team for a few days a month — designing, sourcing, and stewarding the outdoor spaces your clients love.
12+
years
average lead
average lead
98%
retainer
renewal rate
renewal rate
Trusted by studios, developers & estate teams
Meridian Group
Northbrook Estates
Fern & Stone
Hartfield Hotels
Olive & Oak
Services
Three ways we plug in.
Whether you need senior design eyes a few days a month, a full master plan, or steady project oversight — pick the depth that fits the work in front of you.
Hardscape & structures
Pergolas, terraces, paths, and water features. Detailed drawings, material specs, and contractor coordination through punchlist.
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Quarterly walks, seasonal calendars, and a single point of contact for the crews that maintain everything we plant.
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Featured projects
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Recent work.
A meadow garden that rewilded a six-acre lawn.
A hotel courtyard that doubled as the ceremony venue.
A drought-resilient front yard that still feels lush.
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Gardens designed across 11 climate zones.
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Of clients renew their retainer year over year.
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Average kickoff from intro call to first site visit.
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Senior designers, horticulturists & arborists on call.
Why teams choose Verdant
Senior design, on the cadence your projects actually need.
Same-week response
A senior designer on every call within five business days — no junior triage, no agency telephone tag.
One scope, one invoice
Flat monthly retainer. Site visits, drawings, sourcing, and oversight all roll up to a single line on your books.
Climate-fluent
Plant lists are matched to your hardiness zone, water budget, and the specific microclimate of each site we visit.
Pause anytime
Month-to-month engagements. Pause through the off-season, scale up for installs — your retainer flexes with the work.
About
A small studio of senior eyes.
Verdant started in 2017 when three landscape architects got tired of watching beautiful gardens get installed without anyone left to steward them. We work fractionally so we can stay senior — and stay close to the soil.
- RLA-licensed leads on every engagement
- Vetted growers and contractors in 9 regions
- Independently owned — no franchise upsell
How it works
Three steps to a healthier site.
01
Walk the land
A senior designer visits, photographs, and inventories the site. You leave with a written brief and a fixed scope before we sign anything.
02
Design & source
Mood boards, planting plans, hardscape drawings, and a vetted shortlist of growers and crews — delivered in two-week sprints.
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Steward through seasons
We stay on for quarterly walks, seasonal calendars, and the punchlist nobody else wants to chase down. Pause anytime.
What clients say
Built on long, slow-growing relationships.
★★★★★
“They walked our property in February and handed us a five-year plan we're still working through. The boxwood we'd given up on is back.”
★★★★★
“We brought Verdant in for two days a month and replaced an entire in-house design role. Our developers stopped calling us about the gardens.”
★★★★★
“Senior, calm, and unbelievably organized. Our installers actually thanked us for the drawings — that has never happened before.”
Pricing
Plans that flex with the season.
Month-to-month retainers. Pause through the off-season, scale up for installs.
Sapling
$2,400/mo
Two design days a month. Best for one active garden.
- 1 quarterly site visit
- Planting plans & mood boards
- Email turnaround in 48h
- Pause any month
Grove
$5,800/mo
Five design days. For active builds and multi-site portfolios.
- 2 site visits per month
- Hardscape drawings & specs
- Contractor coordination
- Slack channel with the studio
Canopy
Custom
A dedicated lead for estates and developer portfolios.
- Dedicated principal designer
- Multi-site stewardship
- Quarterly portfolio review
- Custom SLA
Book a call
Let's walk your site together.
Tell us a little about your property or project. A senior designer will reply within one business day to schedule a 30-minute intro call.