The Top 20 Landscape Designers in Nashville, TN

by Jake Hill
February 22, 2017

Editor's Note:All images are copyrighted to their respected owners. LawnStarter does not own these images, but is featuring them on the owner's behalf.

Finding a top-notch landscape designer is certainly no easy feat. Finding a top-notch landscape designer that can work within your budget is even more difficult. So, LawnStarter’s editorial team scoured the internet in search of The Top 20 Landscape Designers in the Nashville Area. Once we managed to compile a comprehensive list, we researched the services, pricing, company history, and unique selling propositions of the most highly recommended. Next, we judged the aesthetics of each company's featured projects in their portfolio. Finally, we checked references and asked ourselves if indeed these were people we’d want to do business with. If the answer was yes, they appear in the listing that follows.

Those featured may display our Top Landscape Designers badge on their sites. We emailed each of the winners, but if we missed you, we want to hear from you.

So without further ado, in no particular order, allow us to announce the Top 20 Landscape Designers in the Nashville Area!

(Click on the links below each picture to view that company's portfolio.)

New Beginning Landscape & Design

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Company bio: New Beginning Landscape & Design is a landscaping and outdoor living spaces company that has an experienced team. With over 13 years of industry experience, the company is equipped to guide their customers step by step from the initial design process to the complete installation. Their hardscape services include: stone walkways, retaining walls, stone fireplaces/pits, and outdoor kitchens.

Phone: (615) 256-8873

My Landscape Guide

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Company bio: My Landscape Guide is a landscape design consultancy owned and operated by Elliot Hallum. Elliot helps homeowners decide what plants grow well together and how to keep them alive. The company offers a free landscape audit that reveals unique problems and opportunities for homeowners' properties. His website is full of before and after photos for potential clients to peruse.

Phone: (615) 965-4252

French Accent Landscape Architecture

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Company bio: French Accent Landscape Architecture is owned and operated by Philippe Doineau, a Landscape Architect registered with the State of Tennessee. Having practiced in the Nashville area for 20 years, Phil is a local flora and fauna expert. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Georgia, Athens.

Phone: (615) 386-8005

Niedergeses Landscape

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Company bio: Niedergeses Landscape was founded by Jayme Niedergesses in 1990. The company's history started when Jayme was 14 years old pushing a mower around subdivisions mowing lawns. Since then, the company has evolved from a single man operation into a company that offers full-scale landscape designs.

Phone: (931) 388-9058

Brentwood Landscapes

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Company bio: Brentwood Landscapes has provided a comprehensive array of landscaping services— including landscape design/build, irrigation systems, landscape/outdoor lighting, hardscapes, and water features to homeowners in the Nashville area since 1999. The company's core values are living, working and playing outside; caring about and for our environment; solving problems with tangible results; growing plants and people to their potential; and having fun and being friendly.

Phone: (615) 242-8294

PeachTree Landscape

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Company bio: Based in Lavergne, Tennessee, Peach Tree Landscape provides tree fertilization, planting, and watering; outdoor living spaces such as patios, decks, grills, fireplaces, etc.; as well as both residential and commercial maintenance. They serve greater Nashville and middle Tennessee region with customer service worth raving about.

Phone: (615) 471-4733

QuaServices

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Company bio: You can't spell quality without "Qua". QuaServices provides a wide array of landscaping services such as custom drains, curbing, hardscaping, landscape lighting, and irrigation. Not only does QuaServices provide quality customer service but they also do their part in taking care of their community. This year QuaServices is proud to announce their third annual Operation Yard Donation, in which a deserving member of the community will be the recipient of one year of yard maintenance for FREE.

Phone: (931) 571-0014

Kiser + Vogrin Design

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Company bio: Kiser + Vogrin Design is a top-of-the-line landscape architectural firm that has helped clients design and plan outdoor living spaces throughout Middle Tennessee, across the country and overseas. Dwight E. Kiser, Co-Founder and President, and Gary M. Vogrin are both CLARB accredited Landscape Architects with current licenses in the State of Tennessee. Both have a diverse set of skills and knowledge that give their firm a competitive edge.

Phone: (615) 813-0862

South Branch Nursery

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Company bio: South Branch Nursery was founded in 1992 by Dean Higbee, who started his business by purchasing a Snapper leaf blower with his last $150.00. Only a year later the business was born. Since then, the business has evolved into a full-blown nursery and design center.

Phone: (615) 893-4030

Landscape Solutions

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Company bio: Landscape Solutions is a design firm that fuses organic gardening, sustainability, and landscape architecture. The firm is an environmentally conscious entity that is aware of how their process, from design to maintenance, affects the environment. Their goal is to create a healthier community and reduce their clients' carbon footprint through their designs. The owner of the firm, Jeffrey Orkin, graduated from Mississippi State University with degrees in both Landscape Architecture and Landscape Contracting and Management and has an MBA with a concentration in sustainability from Lipscomb University.

Phone: (615) 852-5009

J. Brownlee Design

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Company bio: J. Brownlee Design is a residential landscape architecture studio with a knack for elegant designs. The key to the company's success is their ability to bridge a very fragmented industry. Typically, the industry is made out of "pool guys", "plant specialists", and landscapers. J. Brownlee Design is the whole package. Their design team can envision the entire backyard which allows them to perfectly complement hardscapes with the landscape and plants. This company is truly a master of their trade.

Phone: (615) 739-7100

Hawkins Partners, Inc.

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Company bio: Hawkins Partners, Inc. approaches each project with a respect for the unique qualities found in every site, and an understanding of the natural and cultural processes that inform and shape those sites. Site sustainability is of utmost importance in their design philosophy, working with natural systems to ensure that any development is part of an integral site experience. Through detailed inventory and analysis, they allow the site to guide design.

Phone: (615) 255-5218

Gardens of Babylon

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Company bio: Founded in 2003, Gardens of Babylon is Nashville's largest family-owned garden center and landscape design/build firm specializing in natural products and services. They are a knowledgeable and friendly team of individuals with a passion for sustainable living and down-to-earth customer service. If you're a customer looking for quality customer service and a highly skilled team of landscapers and gardeners, look no further than Gardens of Babylon.

Phone: (615) 244-8949

Landscape Services, Inc.

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Company bio: LSI is a National Award Winning, second generation family-owned and operated landscape firm headquartered in Nashville. Community stewardship is one of the main reason why this company has experienced the success that they have. The company routinely donates time, materials, money and team-power to local and national charities, philanthropic foundations, schools, churches and non-profit organizations in an effort to help others. They serve as role models to the entire landscaping industry. Although they're based out of Nashville, they also service Franklin, Murfreesboro, Clarksville and Chattanooga.

Phone: (615) 391-3434

Willow Branch Outdoor Living

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Company bio: Willow Branch Outdoor Living is a full service design/build company that serves the Middle Tennessee area with high quality professional services. Since the company was founded over 10 years ago, Willow Branch strives to be unparalleled in landscape,outdoor living, and maintenance services. Their portfolio is chocked full of elegant hardscapes, landscapes, and outdoor living features such as beautiful outdoor kitchens and pergolas. Check out their portfolio for inspiration. Or simply give them a call!

Phone: (615) 790-8931

Sunrise of Nashville

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Company bio: Sunrise of Nashville is a ray of sunshine in the landscaping industry. Customers continuously rave online about their awesome experiences with the company. Fun fact: They also own the Flowermart by Sunrise in the Green Hills area. Flower Mart specializes in annuals, perennials, tropical plants, landscaping materials, planters and insecticides, and is home to the area’s only Garden Center.

Phone: (615) 292-9600

GreenWorks Outdoor Living

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Company bio: GreenWorks Outdoor Living is an award winning premier outdoor living and hardscape design company operating in middle Tennessee. GreenWorks understands that a hardscape is an investment for which they are knowledgeable and skilled enough to deliver on that investment. Their service area includes Brentwood, Franklin, Green Hills, Belle Meade, Nashville, Murfreesboro, as well as Nashville.

Phone: (615) 595-5950

Coile & Associates, Inc.

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Company bio: Coile & Associates, Inc. is a firm providing five decades of custom design services and master planning to clients throughout the Southeast and across the United States. They have gained a reputation both online and by word-of-mouth for understanding their clients needs and providing award winning design solutions. Check out their portfolio for stunning outdoor renovations, pool designs, and master landscape designs.

Phone: (615) 673-6200

JS Gardening, LLC

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Company bio: Justin Selter is an expert gardener with an impressive resume to back it up. He has been the director of garden and grounds at Carnton Plantation for over a decade. Served as the Historic Garden Consultant at The Hermitage from 2009-2012. He's also a family man who has his sights set on holding the largest private gardening library in the southeast and with well over 600 collectible volumes, he is well on his way. Did we mention how impressive his resume was?

Phone: (615) 800-0024

Weed Man USA

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Company bio: Weed Man provides custom, environmentally-friendly fertilization, weed control, and pest management services to commercial and residential clients in Hendersonville. The company has quite the following and receives great feedback from customers online. Somebody's got to maintain that beautiful landscape design that you just had installed!

Phone: (615) 649-0702

That's it for our picks! If you have any additional questions, please visit our Nashville lawn care page.

Editor's Note: Thank you to all the members of the landscape designer community. We appreciate the hard work that you do. If you have any feedback for us, we’d love to hear from you. Get in contact with us.