Right plant, right place
We plan for mature size and your actual sun and soil, so you aren't ripping things out in five years.
About Fernhill
A design-build studio of 26 people: designers, stone setters, horticulturists and a scheduler who answers the phone.
Started with one truck and a borrowed plate compactor
Marco Lindqvist founded Fernhill in 2009 after a decade building gardens for other firms and seeing how often design and build teams talked past each other.
So we keep both under one roof. The designer who draws your patio visits during the build, and the foreman sits in on design reviews. It is slower to staff that way, and it is the reason our projects look like the drawings.
What we hold ourselves to
Bases you'll never see
Most patio failures start below grade. We dig deeper and compact more than code asks for.
Less water, more life
Over 60% of what we plant is native or regionally adapted and pollinator-friendly.
The people you'll meet
Marco Lindqvist
Founder & lead designer
Jess Albright
Planting designer
Daniel Okafor
Build foreman
Amara Cole
Care team lead
Good questions to ask a landscaper
If yours isn't here, ask your designer at the site visit, or call the studio.
Most of our garden and planting projects fall between $8,000 and $35,000; patios and outdoor living spaces usually start around $18,000. Your designer gives you a ballpark at the first visit and a detailed, line-item proposal after design.
No. Design is billed as its own phase and the drawings are yours. About nine in ten clients do build with us, and we credit half the design fee back when they do.
Hardscape can be built from March through November. Planting does best in spring and fall. Booking design in winter means you are first in line when the ground thaws.
Yes. We prepare drawings and submittals for HOA boards and pull permits for retaining walls over four feet, gas fire features and lighting circuits.
Hardscape workmanship is covered for five years. Plants installed by us are covered for one full year when they are on our care plan or watered per our guide.
Let's walk your yard together
A designer visits, listens, measures, and leaves you with honest ideas and a ballpark budget. The visit is free and there's no obligation.