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Landscape Design in Southern Maryland

Your Vision. Our Expertise. A Yard You’ll Love Every Day.

Based in Port Tobacco, La Plata Landscape designs outdoor spaces for Southern Maryland homes and businesses. We bring patios, walkways, drainage, lighting and planting areas together around your property, priorities and budget.

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What Is Landscape Design?

Landscape design connects the practical and visual parts of your yard:

  • Hardscapes: patios, walkways and retaining walls.
  • Softscapes: trees, shrubs and planting beds.
  • Drainage: planning around slopes and water flow.
  • Landscape lighting and outdoor features suited to your plans.

Our Landscape Design Process (Step-by-Step)

  1. Discuss your goals. Tell us how you use your yard, what needs attention, and your location and budget.
  2. Review the property. Consider access, existing plants, slopes, drainage and the space available.
  3. Explore the design. Discuss layout, materials and planting choices. Ask about the drawings or visualization options appropriate for your project.
  4. Agree on the scope. Confirm the proposed work, pricing and installation stages before work begins.
  5. Plan for care. Discuss how to maintain the completed planting and outdoor areas.

We Design These Outdoor Spaces

  • Front yards: welcoming walkways, planting beds and entry improvements.
  • Backyards: patios, seating areas and planting that connects outdoor spaces.
  • Sloping areas: retaining walls, steps and drainage planned together.
  • Established landscapes: designs that work around existing trees and shrubs.

Why Professional Design Matters

A coordinated plan helps you consider drainage before installing a patio, allow room for plants to mature, and choose materials that work together. It also helps define priorities when a project needs to happen in stages.

The images on this page show existing landscape design illustrations from our project gallery. They are design examples, rather than photographs of completed construction.

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Patio, Walkway and Garden Bed Design Ideas

Explore approachable landscape ideas for Federal, Georgian and Colonial homes. These before and finished views illustrate design concepts. Materials, planting and layout would be tailored to your property.

Federal home: brick walkway and garden beds

Landscape design concept showing a Federal brick home before and with a brick walkway and balanced garden beds.
Design concept. A straight brick walkway and balanced planting beds create a welcoming approach to a traditional brick home. Select the image to view it full size.

Georgian home: a practical patio for gathering

Landscape design concept showing a Georgian brick home before and with a modest paver patio, walkway and garden beds.
Design concept. A modest paver patio, connecting walkway and low garden beds bring seating and planting together. Select the image to view it full size.

Colonial home: a small patio and curved walkway

Landscape design concept showing a traditional Colonial home before and with a small brick patio, curved walkway and garden beds.
Design concept. A small brick patio and curved walkway connect the home with simple, defined garden beds. Select the image to view it full size.

Planning a patio, walkway or planting project in Southern Maryland? Contact La Plata Landscape to discuss your ideas.