Landscaping · Nashville, TN
Landscaping in Nashville, TN
Nashville landscapers for landscape design, planting & beds, patios, walls & walkways and more. Free written estimates, licensed and insured, across Davidson County and all of Middle Tennessee.
Landscaping for Nashville homeowners
Nashville is the whole spectrum in one city: pre-war bungalows in the older neighborhoods, mid-century ranches through the middle ring, and dense new infill on the same streets as houses that predate the war.
East Nashville, Inglewood, Sylvan Park and 12South are dominated by early-century bungalows and cottages with steep, cut-up roofs, original wood windows and cast-iron waste lines. The middle ring — Donelson, Madison, Crieve Hall, Antioch — is mostly 1950s to 1970s ranch, brick veneer over a crawl space with the original service still in the panel. Then there is the infill: tall-skinnies and duplexes built in the last decade, sometimes three doors down from a house built in 1925.
That matters for landscaping because the age and construction of a house decides most of what we find in it. The range is the thing to plan for. A quote based on a 2005 subdivision assumption will be wrong on a 1928 bungalow in almost every trade, and the reverse is equally true.
Nashville at a glance
What we work on here.
Housing stock
Pre-1940 through brand new
County
Davidson County
Ground conditions
Limestone close to the surface across much of the county, clay above it, and a lot of homes over vented crawl spaces. Neighborhoods along the river bottoms have their own drainage story.
Permits issued by
Metro Nashville Codes and Building Safety
Areas we cover in and around Nashville: East Nashville · Green Hills · Germantown · The Nations · Sylvan Park · Donelson · Bellevue · Hermitage.
Services
Landscaping services in Nashville.
Landscape Design
Planting plans drawn for the light, drainage and soil your yard actually has, rather than picked from a catalog.
Learn morePlanting & Beds
Trees, shrubs, perennials and seasonal color chosen for Middle Tennessee heat, clay and winter lows.
Learn morePatios, Walls & Walkways
Paver patios, seat walls and walkways built on a compacted base so they are still level in ten years.
Learn moreRetaining Walls
Engineered where the height or the load requires it, with the drainage behind the wall that keeps it standing.
Learn moreOutdoor Living & Lighting
Fire pits, outdoor kitchens and landscape lighting, with the grading that makes the space usable after rain.
Learn moreGrading, Sod & Drainage
Regrading, French drains and new sod for yards that hold water or send it toward the house.
Learn moreWhy homeowners here call
What brings us to Nashville.
Middle Tennessee sits in the transition zone with shallow topsoil over clay and limestone, and that single fact drives most landscape failures here. The ground drains badly in a wet spring, bakes hard in August and compacts under any traffic, so a bed dug to the size of the root ball and backfilled with the same clay is a bucket that holds water around the roots. Preparing the bed properly matters more than the plant list does.
- Beds that have outgrown their shape and lost their edge
- Water standing in the yard, or running toward the house after rain
- A slope too steep to mow or use for anything
- Foundation plantings grown up over the windows
Planting into unamended clay. A hole the size of the root ball backfilled with the same clay is a container with no drainage.
Nearby
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FAQ
Landscaping in Nashville — questions
Do you cover Nashville, TN?
Yes — Nashville and the surrounding Davidson County area are part of our regular service area, along with the rest of Middle Tennessee. Call (314) 809-6297 or send the form and we will get you a free written estimate.
How much does landscaping cost in Nashville?
The same things drive it here as anywhere — scope, access, materials and what is found once work starts — but Nashville's housing stock does affect it. The range is the thing to plan for. A quote based on a 2005 subdivision assumption will be wrong on a 1928 bungalow in almost every trade, and the reverse is equally true. We give you a free written estimate after somebody has looked at the job, not before.
Who issues permits for landscaping in Nashville?
Metro Nashville Codes and Building Safety. Where the work we are doing is permitted, we pull it and the job is inspected. A contractor suggesting you skip a required permit is telling you something about the rest of the job.
How quickly can you get to Nashville?
Estimates in Nashville are usually scheduled within a couple of business days, and the work is booked around you. Busy seasons run longer and we will say so rather than promise a date we cannot hold.
What areas around Nashville do you serve?
Brentwood, Hendersonville, Franklin, Mt. Juliet and the rest of Middle Tennessee — 65 towns across 12 counties. If you are roughly an hour from Nashville, we cover you.
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Need a landscaper in Nashville?
Tell us what is going on and we will get you a free written estimate from a local landscaper. Nashville, Davidson County and all of Middle Tennessee.