Walks and site approach
Paths, entries, and circulation that organize how you move through the property — integrated with grading and the broader layout.
Design / Build / Install
Integrated landscape planning, construction, and installation
This is Esterly Link’s coordinated outdoor pathway: site understanding and design documentation first, then construction and installation across the scopes your property needs — with accountable supervision and guaranteed workmanship, and optional long-term care when you want the landscape stewarded after the build.
One coordinated path
Planning, detailing, and field work together
Design / Build / Install keeps outdoor planning, technical documentation, and construction in one conversation — the same rhythm described across this site for corporate, residential, commercial, and environmental work. Rather than handing off between disconnected trades, we align what is drawn with what is built so priorities stay legible before equipment is on site.
That continuity supports complex sites where grading, structure, water, planting, lighting, irrigation, and drainage decisions affect one another — and it matches how we describe integrated practice on the services overview.
Typical scope
What this service can include
Categories below describe the kinds of outdoor work we coordinate under design / build / install — drawn from how this scope is already summarized on the homepage and services catalog, not a guarantee that every item applies to every property.
Grading and site preparation
Earthwork and preparation that establish drainage intent, terraces, and stable foundations for what follows in hardscape and planting.
Terraces, retaining walls, and built structures
Structural outdoor elements — including retaining work and level changes — engineered and installed as part of the coordinated plan.
Pools, water features, and surrounding landscape
Pool surrounds, water features, and the planting and paving details that tie those elements back to the rest of the site.
Planting integration and finishing details
Planting, beds, and finishing touches that complete the built framework — aligned with the design intent documented in plans.
Lighting, irrigation, and drainage
Where the project requires them, we coordinate outdoor lighting, irrigation, lawns, and stormwater and drainage-related work alongside the primary design and build scope.
How it fits our process
From consultation to optional care
Design / Build / Install follows the same six-stage pathway we use across Esterly Link — described in full on the Process page. The summaries here are aligned with that sequence, not a separate workflow.
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Consultation & site analysis
We begin with an on-site consultation and initial site analysis so we understand your goals, the conditions of the land, and how you intend to live outdoors. That first pass sets the tone for everything that follows — what to protect, what to improve, and where the landscape can do its best work.
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Conceptual planning & layout
Conceptual sketches and layout options are developed and reviewed with you — tailored to your tastes and to the opportunities of the site. This is where directions are compared before time and budget commit to a single built solution.
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Plans, details & renderings
We prepare complete landscape design plans with details, and color renderings when they help you visualize the finished environment before construction. The intent is straightforward: decisions stay clear while there is still room to refine — so what gets built matches what you approved on paper.
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Construction & installation
When plans are approved, our crews deliver coordinated construction and landscape installation across the scopes your project requires — hardscape, planting, lighting, water features, irrigation, and related site work — with disciplined coordination rather than a loose chain of handoffs.
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Supervision & workmanship
Work is personally supervised by Greg or a member of the management team. We select high-quality nursery stock and landscape materials suited to each job, and we guarantee our workmanship — we stand behind the outcome of the work we take on.
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Optional maintenance & care
Maintenance contracts and care programs are available when you want disciplined seasonal attention after installation — including pruning, mulching, lawn programs, and seasonal preparation — aligned with the ongoing landscape services we offer when you want the landscape to stay at its best.
Representative work
Photography from Esterly Link installations
Images from the firm’s existing project photography — the same sources used elsewhere on this site.
Project fit
Who this service is shaped for
Design / Build / Install is aimed at property owners and institutions that want one accountable team for outdoor planning and construction — from residential gardens to larger estate-scale sites, and commercial or environmental properties where detail, sequencing, and site sensitivity matter.
If your priorities are fragmented touch-ups rather than coordinated outdoor construction, another service category on the services overview may be a better first match — we can help you sort that on a call.
Curated case studies and additional project photography will continue to appear on the portfolio over time — consistent with the homepage portfolio note — without changing how we engage clients in the field today.
Discuss design, build, and installation for your site
Share your property context and priorities. We will follow up to schedule a consultation and site visit — the same first step we use for integrated outdoor projects on the Main Line and surrounding communities.