Professional Landscape Design
When you need landscape design, Fleenor Landscaping starts with a simple question: what’s keeping you from loving your yard? Most property owners know exactly what’s wrong with their outdoor space. The backyard that turns into a swamp every time it rains. The front yard that offers zero privacy from the street. The useless slope that’s too steep to mow and too ugly to ignore. The patio that bakes in afternoon sun with no shade in sight. The front entry that feels more like an afterthought than a welcome. These aren’t just annoyances—they’re design problems, and every one of them has a solution. The swamp needs regrading and a rain garden. The exposed front yard needs a strategic mix of evergreens and flowering shrubs. The useless slope needs terracing that turns wasted space into usable levels. The scorching patio needs a pergola or shade trees positioned precisely where the sun hits hardest. The unwelcoming entry needs a walkway that guides visitors and plantings that frame the door. Our landscape design service exists to solve these problems—transforming the parts of your property you avoid into the places you’ll gravitate toward. For the installation that executes the design, our Landscape Installation service handles every detail. For hardscape construction, our Hardscaping Contractor service builds patios, walls, and walkways. For garden spaces, our Flower Bed Installation service creates planting beds that bring color and life.
Common Problems We Solve Through Design
Drainage and Water Management
Standing water is the number one complaint we hear from property owners. It kills grass, breeds mosquitoes, seeps toward foundations, and makes parts of your yard unusable for days after every rain. The solution is rarely as simple as adding a drain pipe. Effective drainage design starts with understanding where water comes from, where it goes, and why it stops where it does. Sometimes the answer is regrading to direct water away from structures. Sometimes it’s a dry creek bed that turns a drainage path into a landscape feature. Sometimes it’s a rain garden planted with water-tolerant natives that absorb runoff while creating habitat. Our designs turn drainage problems into assets. For the heavy work of regrading and drainage installation, our Landscape Installation service provides the equipment and expertise.
Privacy and Screening
You shouldn’t feel like you’re on display every time you step outside. Whether it’s a busy road, a neighbor’s second-story window, or just the lack of enclosure that makes your yard feel exposed, privacy problems have design solutions. Strategic evergreen placement blocks sightlines year-round. Layered plantings—tall canopy trees, mid-level shrubs, lower perennials—create depth that feels natural rather than fortress-like. A well-placed trellis or pergola provides overhead screening from views above. Our privacy designs create spaces that feel protected and intimate without making your property feel walled off from the world.
Why Most DIY Landscapes Fail
Walk through any neighborhood and you’ll see the same mistakes repeated across property after property. Foundation shrubs planted two feet from the house that now swallow the windows. Trees placed directly under power lines that have been butchered by utility crews. Plants chosen for flower color alone that look great for two weeks in May and disappear the rest of the year. Beds that are too narrow, too shallow, or too random to create any visual impact. These aren’t failures of gardening—they’re failures of planning. The homeowner knew they wanted landscaping but didn’t know what to put where, so they bought what looked good at the store and guessed at placement. Professional design prevents every one of these mistakes before they happen. For the installation that gets placement right, our Landscape Installation service follows the design specifications precisely. For the hardscape that gives structure to plantings, our Patio Installation and Walkway Installation services create the built framework.
What You Get with Professional Design
A professional landscape design gives you something you cannot get by winging it: a complete, coordinated plan where every element relates to every other. The patio is sized for your furniture and your entertaining style, not just whatever fit in the available space. The walkway follows the natural path people actually walk, not a straight line that ignores how humans move through space. The trees are positioned to shade your home in summer while allowing sun through in winter—a placement calculated from solar angles, not guesswork. The plants are selected for your specific soil, light, and moisture conditions, not generic nursery tags written for a national audience. And everything is drawn to scale so you know exactly what you’re getting before construction begins. For the finishing touches that complete your design, our Mulch Installation service provides the polished look your property deserves. For ongoing care, our Yard Cleanup Service and Commercial Lawn Mowing services maintain your investment.
Why Fleenor Landscaping Is the Right Choice for Landscape Design
We Listen Before We Draw. The most beautiful design in the world is worthless if it doesn’t match how you actually want to use your property. Our process starts with understanding your frustrations, your goals, and your vision. The design that follows is a response to what we heard, not a template we apply to every project.
We Know What Grows Here. Plant selection isn’t about picking pretty pictures from a catalog. It’s about knowing which species actually thrive in our clay soils, our humidity, our temperature swings. Our plant recommendations come from decades of watching what succeeds and what struggles in local conditions. For the complete project, our Landscape Installation , Hardscaping Contractor , Patio Installation , and Walkway Installation services work together under one roof.
Schedule Your Landscape Design Consultation Today
Stop staring at the parts of your yard you avoid and start imagining what they could become. Whether you have a specific problem that needs solving or a whole property that needs reimagining, Fleenor Landscaping has the design expertise, the local knowledge, and the design-build integration to create outdoor spaces you’ll love coming home to. We also offer complete Hardscaping Contractor , Retaining Wall Contractor , Landscape Installation , Mulch Installation , Yard Cleanup Service , Flower Bed Installation , Commercial Lawn Mowing , Patio Installation , and Walkway Installation —making us your complete landscaping resource. Call us today or book online. We’re proud to be the trusted choice for landscape design.
Frequently Asked Questions About Landscape Design
What does landscape design actually solve?
Landscape design solves the specific problems keeping you from enjoying your yard—drainage issues, lack of privacy, unusable slopes, exposed patios, unwelcoming entries. It turns frustration points into favorite spaces.
How is professional design different from DIY?
Professional design plans for mature plant sizes, accounts for sun patterns through all seasons, solves drainage at the source, and creates spaces that relate to each other. DIY typically places plants where they fit at the moment without considering the future.
How long does design take?
Most residential designs take two to four weeks from initial consultation to final plan. We’ll give you a specific timeline based on your project scope.
What do I get at the end of the design process?
A scaled plan showing the layout of every element, a plant list with species and quantities, and material specifications. Everything you need to move forward with confidence.
Can you design around my existing patio or hardscape?
Yes. We design landscapes that integrate with existing features, whether that means working around them, enhancing them, or planning future phases that replace them.
Do I have to implement the entire design at once?
No. We can phase your landscape installation over multiple seasons, starting with priority areas and adding the rest as budget allows. Our Landscape Installation service handles phased implementation.
What if my HOA needs to approve the design?
We provide the plans, plant lists, and material specifications that HOAs and architectural review committees require for approval.
Do you design for businesses too?
Yes. Our commercial landscape designs serve offices, retail properties, HOAs, and multi-family properties. Our Commercial Lawn Mowing service provides ongoing maintenance.