Landscape Design
Our design services are available when you need a more comprehensive concept for your yard. With a full design we can more thoroughly explore the overall hardscape of your yard, create a planting design, or make accurate grading contours, all in a complete to-scale plan from which 3-D renderings can be generated from any angle.
We can make a design like the ones shown below ranging from $350 to $550, depending on the size of the project.
If you have us install the work, the design is FREE OF CHARGE. (thru Feb 2025)
Write to mark@shepherdstoneworks.com for your free consultation.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_c2c21453f0de4faaa98f09de97078a79~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_449,h_337,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_c2c21453f0de4faaa98f09de97078a79~mv2.jpg)
Here is a recent quick sketch based on a photo, before and after.
![before photo of a yard to be landscaped](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_2d42e5a6e73f4ccbb6bf57ca6e4eeeea~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_375,h_500,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Froelich%20before.jpg)
![design rendering for a new landscape](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_927d153beec64d1288bf8e6b7706a0d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_375,h_500,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_927d153beec64d1288bf8e6b7706a0d0~mv2.jpg)
Below is at a new home outside of Redmond, WA. They needed decking, a patio, a xeriscape rock garden for potted plants. The walkthrough video shows the suggested planting design in a mature state.
![3-D design rendering of a backyard landscape](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_f9b927d5b447446eb127eeffeffba279~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_158,y_3,w_1890,h_1063/fill/w_624,h_351,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_f9b927d5b447446eb127eeffeffba279~mv2.png)
![completed hardscape from our design](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_a63fde50f0354981970a8aed87289d55~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_351,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_a63fde50f0354981970a8aed87289d55~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_69c1569016d54d83a8a2125b9414bd26f000.jpg/v1/fill/w_475,h_267,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_69c1569016d54d83a8a2125b9414bd26f000.jpg)
This all-new raised patio was added to a home built in the early 1900s. The complicated grading and shapes involved meant that this needed to be drafted up if it was going to look right and be priced accurately. Here it is, from plan to sketch to start to finish.
![before photo of a site to be hardscaped](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_e2aacc89423749b3841916344bdefaa3~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_255,y_0,w_3777,h_3024/fill/w_467,h_374,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_e2aacc89423749b3841916344bdefaa3~mv2.jpg)
![site plan for a design including patio and stairs](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_f5a9195d27b04c7cad54d2a2a5eab4be~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_433,y_180,w_1333,h_855/fill/w_468,h_300,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_f5a9195d27b04c7cad54d2a2a5eab4be~mv2.png)
![3-D rendering of a design for patio and stairs](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_6e3b85c6675f4eb8bba12423cf5fd866~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_512,h_299,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_6e3b85c6675f4eb8bba12423cf5fd866~mv2.jpg)
![completed patio and stairs from our design](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_bb24bea56d8844ccb4a2cb33ff3c00c9~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_383,y_249,w_3434,h_2527/fill/w_511,h_376,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_bb24bea56d8844ccb4a2cb33ff3c00c9~mv2.jpg)
These are a few more renderings I did for bid purposes. The middle one includes new plants.
![design rendering for patio and stairs Seattle](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_3ef38a46a633432086414754d869f0ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_311,h_233,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_3ef38a46a633432086414754d869f0ab~mv2.jpg)
![design rendering for an entryway landscape design Seattle](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_15c94d609c1648c6a7210fca16ea87e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_312,h_234,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_15c94d609c1648c6a7210fca16ea87e2~mv2.jpg)
![design rendering for a new hardscape Seattle](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_c91bd6f4fe294713b1a42854b7effd74~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_311,h_233,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_c91bd6f4fe294713b1a42854b7effd74~mv2.jpg)
I designed and built this per my customer's specifications, including a complety custom stone and brick pizza oven shaped like a house. This is near Lincoln Park in West Seattle.
![3-D design rendering of a new hardscape](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_0f9231d56a6f493681f8d704bd1dff3a~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_331,y_0,w_1717,h_1069/fill/w_503,h_313,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_0f9231d56a6f493681f8d704bd1dff3a~mv2.png)
![design rendering of new planting design](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_923d5dbae6db48aeb5b6543ce8aa6197~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_600,h_313,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_923d5dbae6db48aeb5b6543ce8aa6197~mv2.png)
![complete landscape design seattle planting list](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_7030e91b26a44b18b6601cd0e26acff2~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_79,y_0,w_1754,h_1069/fill/w_485,h_296,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_7030e91b26a44b18b6601cd0e26acff2~mv2.png)
![completed hardscape landscape Seattle pizza oven](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_497590bffdcc48078bc70f6cb31ad5d1~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_0,y_268,w_3264,h_1911/fill/w_511,h_299,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_497590bffdcc48078bc70f6cb31ad5d1~mv2.jpg)
These photos are from a completed landscape of ours based on my full design which included all the decking, stonework, plantings and irrigation.
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The house is in the Ballard Neighborhood of Seattle, WA.
![completed landscape from design Ballard Seattle](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_4133d1d71d654114b01e9f371b017a3e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_652,h_489,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_4133d1d71d654114b01e9f371b017a3e~mv2.jpg)
![completed landscape with plants fence pathway](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_bf3bae46733d4e09819faac6add1a970~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_311,h_233,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_bf3bae46733d4e09819faac6add1a970~mv2.jpg)
![completed landscape with plants fence pathway](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_88b69612721d4bfe9db8b131a494c38c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_311,h_233,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_88b69612721d4bfe9db8b131a494c38c~mv2.jpg)
![deck stairs patio landscape design seattle](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10f80d_f285909d8ca946f5b275f886bcbe95dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_311,h_233,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/10f80d_f285909d8ca946f5b275f886bcbe95dc~mv2.jpg)