Landscape design in Chattanooga, drawn before anything is dug.
Verdant Row designs, builds and looks after residential gardens and outdoor living spaces. Every job starts with a site visit and a written plan, so you know what is going where before a single bed is cut.
One garden, not six separate jobs.
Most gardens get made a piece at a time. A patio one year, some shrubs the next, sprinklers when the lawn starts to brown. Each piece is fine and the whole never quite adds up.
We work the other way round. We look at the property as one place, draw it, agree the scope with you in writing, and then build it in phases. When the building is done we can keep looking after it, so the garden you paid for is still the garden you have a few years on.
Design it, build it, keep it.
Three services make a garden and three keep it. Each has its own page with what is involved and what to have ready.
Garden design
A site visit, a measured plan, a planting plan and a written scope, all before any work starts. Sheet 02Planting and beds
Native and climate suited planting, with the bed preparation, mulching and edging that lets it take. Sheet 03Patios and paths
Stone and paver patios, gravel paths, steps and low retaining walls. Sheet 04Lawn care
Mowing, edging, aeration and seasonal feeding on a regular schedule. Sheet 05Irrigation
Drip and spray systems, seasonal start up and shut down, and repairs. Sheet 06Seasonal care
Spring cleanup, pruning, leaf removal and winter preparation.Four things happen, in this order.
The order matters. Nothing is built until it has been drawn and agreed.
How a job runs-
Site visit
We come to the property, walk it with you and look at what is there now. This comes first on every job, whatever its size.
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Written plan and scope
You receive a plan and a written scope that sets out what will be done. Nothing starts until you have it.
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Work in phases
The work is scheduled in phases rather than all at once, so each stage is finished properly before the next begins.
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One crew lead throughout
The same crew lead stays with your job from the first phase to the last. You are not explaining your garden again to someone new each time.
Plants that belong here. Stone from nearby. Nothing you cannot keep up.
Three rules sit behind every plan we draw. They are the reason a Verdant Row garden tends to look settled rather than installed.
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Suited to the Tennessee Valley
We choose plants that suit the Tennessee Valley climate, natives among them. A plant that is right for the place needs less rescuing and looks at home.
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Regional materials where possible
Stone, gravel and other materials are sourced regionally where we can. A patio tends to sit more quietly in a garden when its stone comes from the same part of the country.
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Designed to be maintainable
A garden is only as good as its upkeep. We design with the looking after in mind, so what we plant and build can be kept in shape without heroics.
Chattanooga and four neighbours.
- Chattanooga
- Signal Mountain
- Red Bank
- Hixson
- Lookout Mountain
We take on gardens in the five places listed here. If you are not sure whether your street falls inside, ask when you get in touch and we will tell you straight.
Listed in no particular order. We work in all five.
It starts with a walk round your garden.
Tell us about the property and what you have in mind. The first step is always a site visit, and the written plan and scope follow from it.