Landscape Design/Build Company in New Jersey

Live Oak Landscape Contractors is a Design/Build company.  We do it all!  Gardens are places of constant change – sun and shadows – seasonal plantings growing and then fading….and then when you  factor in contours of the land for grading and drainage, designing a garden  can be overwhelming!  This is where Live Oak Landscape Architects step  in. We start with a Base Map Preparation -house plans, property survey and topographic survey from which we are able to draw a base map of the site to scale.

Site Inventory and Analysis is the next step.  We  catalogue and then analyse important existing site conditions that may influence the design such as topography, soil drainage, vegetation, climate, utilities, building codes, zoning ordinances and surrounding neighborhood.

Live Oak Landscape Architects now start the design phase which is the actual design based on client interview and the site inventory and analysis. Functional diagrams is the first attempt at organizing the overall arrangement of the design on paper – usually freehand bubbles depicting size, proportion and configuration. From this comes the Preliminary Design which converts the bubbles into general shapes and character.  This is presented to the client.  We then move on to the Master Plan , Construction Documentation, Layout Plan, Grading Plan, Planting Plan and  Construction  Details. And, finally, Implementation!

Live Oak Landscape Maintenance can provide a maintenance schedule to keep your landscape looking beautiful the entire year.