Landscape design
Before anything is dug we work out how the whole property is used: where the sun lands in July, where you actually walk, what you want to see from the kitchen window, and where the money is best spent.
Landscaping
Las Vegas landscaping, designed for how the desert actually behaves
Most Las Vegas yards fail in their second summer, not their first. We plan for the second summer.
Landscaping in the Las Vegas valleyLas Vegas is not a hard place to make a yard look good in April. It is a hard place to make one that still looks good in August, three years later, after the heat has found every shortcut somebody took.
That is the whole difference between a landscape that was installed and a landscape that was designed. The installed one is a list of plants and a patio. The designed one accounts for where the afternoon sun actually falls on your lot, how water moves across the grade when it finally does rain, which plants survive a Nevada July without daily intervention, and how you and your family really move through the space.
We start with the property, not a catalog
The first visit is a walk, not a pitch. We look at the orientation, the grade, the existing irrigation, what the HOA will and will not allow, and what the house itself is asking for. Then we talk about how you want to use the yard: entertaining, kids, quiet, low upkeep, or some honest mix.
What comes out of that is a plan with a sequence and a budget range attached, so you can see what has to happen first and what can wait a season without wasting the work already done.
Design, build and maintain are one conversation here
Most companies in this valley do one of the three. The design firm hands you a drawing and disappears. The build crew executes somebody else’s drawing and interprets the gaps. The maintenance company inherits a yard nobody explained to them and slowly prunes it into a different shape.
We do all three, which means the person who decided where the tree goes is the same operation that keeps it alive. If something in the design turns out to be wrong in practice, we are the ones who find out.
What we will tell you honestly
If your yard needs irrigation repair and not a redesign, we will say so. If the thing you saw on Pinterest does not survive here, we will tell you which part of it does. And if the budget you have in mind does not cover the scope you are describing, you will hear that at the first visit, not after the design fee.
What this covers
What Landscaping Covers Here
Landscaping here covers the whole yard, from grade and drainage to planting, hardscape, irrigation and lighting. Each part connects to the others, so the plan is made once, in order, rather than in pieces.
If you are planning a full yard, start with landscape design. Backyard landscaping covers the complete build, and desert landscaping covers planting and xeriscape for the valley climate.
Existing yards often need a systems repair first: irrigation repair when water is failing, landscape lighting for evening use, and tree trimming for structure and wind. Ongoing care is covered in landscape maintenance.
If the yard includes a pool or artificial turf, the same plan can cover those too: see pool design and construction and artificial turf.
Designing for the Las Vegas Climate
Plant selection here is a survival question before it is a style question. Summer days regularly pass 110 degrees, and thirsty or exposed plants do not last without a deliberate water plan.
Soil is the other constraint. Caliche, the hard cemented layer found across much of the valley, breaks augers, blocks drainage and decides where planting holes and irrigation lines can go. A good design plans around it rather than assuming the soil will cooperate.
Monsoon storms arrive fast and bring hard wind and heavy water. Grade, drainage paths and the anchoring of structures have to handle that load, not only a normal rain.
Water policy in southern Nevada has been moving away from non-functional grass. Check the current rules with the local water authority before committing to a plan, and we will confirm which parts of your design depend on them.
How a Landscape Project Runs
Every project starts with a site visit and measurement, followed by design. Depending on the scope, the design may be a plan, a 3D render, or both, and plant and material selection is settled before any work begins.
Irrigation goes in first, because it runs under everything else. Grading and demolition come next, then hardscape, softscape and lighting. Each stage ends with a walkthrough, so you see the work before the next stage covers it.
We handle HOA submissions in every Las Vegas HOA and pull the permits a project requires. We confirm the scope and approvals at the start, so nothing is discovered halfway through the job.
What Drives the Cost of a Las Vegas Landscape
Cost is driven by the size and access of the yard, how much demolition is needed, the balance between hardscape and planting, irrigation complexity, the maturity of the plants at install, lighting, and whether the grade has to change. Your estimate is written from those factors once the site has been measured.
Where to Start
Once you know which part of the yard matters most, review the project gallery and reviews, then request a consultation for a walk of the property.
Every part of the job, under one team
Desert planting and xeriscape
Desert-adapted trees and plants chosen for this valley's heat, soil and water reality, laid out so the yard looks established in year three rather than sparse in year one. Seasonal color has a place in this: a few annual beds at the entry and around the patio, kept small on purpose, because color that needs replanting four times a year is a running cost dressed up as a design feature.
Grade, elevation and retaining
Most Las Vegas lots are not flat and most drainage problems are grade problems. Terracing and retaining turn an awkward slope into usable, stable space.
Privacy and screening
Lots in this valley sit close together and the block wall only solves the ground floor. Screening that works is planted for the sightline you actually want to break, at the height it needs to reach, with species that get there in this climate and then stop. The wrong plant screens nothing for four years and then swallows the side yard.
Irrigation and sprinkler work
New systems, zone corrections and repairs. A planting plan is only as good as the water reaching it, and most struggling yards here are irrigation problems wearing a plant costume.
Landscape lighting
Path, feature and architectural lighting. Nevada evenings are when the backyard is actually used, so a yard designed only for daylight is a yard you use half the time.
Trees and ongoing plant health
Trimming, shaping and plant health work that protects the form the design was built around instead of undoing it one cut at a time. Debris removal is part of the same visit. Beds, hardscape and the pool surround get cleared every time, because a yard that is maintained but not cleaned still reads as neglected.
Explore this service
Landscape Design
Changes are free on paper and expensive in concrete. Design is where the yard is actually decided.
Landscape Design in Las VegasDesert Landscaping
A xeriscape is not an absence of planting. Done badly it is a gravel lot with three plants in it.
Desert Landscaping in Las VegasBackyard Landscaping
A backyard is the room you use most and design last. We do it the other way round.
Backyard Landscaping in Las VegasIrrigation Repair
A broken irrigation line in this climate is not an inconvenience. It is a plant death clock.
Irrigation Repair in Las VegasTree Trimming
Most tree damage in this valley happens in about twenty minutes of monsoon wind, to trees that were pruned wrong in April.
Tree Trimming in Las VegasLandscape Lighting
In this climate the yard gets used after sunset for half the year. Unlit, it is a room with the lights off.
Landscape Lighting in Las VegasLandscape Maintenance
If the design got something wrong, the maintenance crew is who finds out. Ours reports back to the people who drew it.
Landscape Maintenance in Las VegasCommon questions
What homeowners ask us first
What does landscaping cost in Las Vegas?
It depends on three things more than anything else: how much hardscape you want, whether the grade has to change, and how mature you want the planting to look on day one. A small planting and irrigation refresh and a full backyard rebuild are not the same conversation. We walk the property, tell you which of the three is driving your number, and give you a written range before any design work starts.
How long does a full backyard take?
The build is rarely the long part. Design, revisions and permitting usually take longer than the crews do, and anything involving grade changes or a pool adds inspection steps. We give you a sequence with dates rather than a single number, because a single number is how schedules get broken.
Do you handle the pool and the landscape together?
Yes, and that is the reason we exist as one company. When the pool contractor and the landscaper are different firms, the deck transitions, the irrigation runs and the equipment screening are nobody's problem until they are your problem.
Where we work
Landscaping across the valley
We take landscaping work throughout Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Summerlin. Tell us the street and we will tell you honestly whether it is a job we are the right team for.
Start with a conversation