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Our client really wanted to incorporate rock into the design, so we found a way to make it flow beautifully throughout the space. While rock gives that clean, modern look, it doesn’t do the same favors for your soil as mulch does—but hey, sometimes you’ve gotta mix function with style and meet your client where they are at!

We leaned into a bright, happy color palette with pops of orange, yellow, purple, green, and white to keep things feeling fresh and fun. And to bring it all home, we added a few Natives as well like sea lavender, beach verbena, and thatch palm 🌿
Colorful+coastal, while still incorporating natives, Florida-Friendly plants, and utilizing our soil health practices! Although this landscape was more of a Florida- Friendly garden, we’re happy to move the needle, even in a small way!

Welcome to Lindsay’s whimsical garden! This project here in Stuart Fl was such a fun one to work on. Lindsay hasn’t done really much to her garden in over twenty years- but that’s where Longleaf Design intercedes! We now have an edible garden section, fruit tree area with 4 different tropical fruit varieties, and over 30 native species that will soon have our bugs and bees buzzing with joy! We just finished this project up this week and will post a grand finale video of this all tied together soon, enjoy!

Check out this extreme before and after series! Not only did we add over 20 native species to this small HOA backyard here in Jupiter FL, but we EXPANDED, extended and beautified this space! Native buffer zone, stone retention wall, butterfly garden and even a small edible section. NO space is too small for Longleaf Design to get to work! Our goal is to always to move the needle for the native world, even if you’re yard is only 1/8 of an acre!

Enjoy swiping through these before & afters, and let us know your favorite part below!!!

Creating REAL gardens and fixing Landscape Architects’ mistakes.

Welcome to Maria’s garden! With over an acre of space, Maria went the route most people dismiss. No grass, leave the native trees, and gardens all around the property.

This home is a fairly new build and I commend them for many things landscape wise. However, there are many things where the LA went wrong. One of the more important areas neglected were listening to the wants/needs of the client.

Maria specifically asked for no palms, and instead of taking that into consideration, about 50 Chinese Fan Palms and a whole bunch of Robellini Palms were planted throughout the property.

In addition, there were multiple areas where annuals were planted which left “holes or pockets” in the gardens once they died which allowed weeds to take over shortly after.

They also planted foundation shrubs that want to be 20feet tall directly next to the house with the intention of shaving them into rectangles for the rest of their lives.

This is a short list of where this garden went wrong. We have been working with Maria the last two years to fix these issues and update her garden to what her wants/needs actually are!

The goal is to create a property boundary with Florida native species for habitat, privacy, pollinators, etc. While the interior gardens become private botanical gardens using Florida-Friendly plants which will live for years, take up more space, and add blooms/texture throughout the year.

We have made some fantastic progress so far and this post illuminates some of the flowers that were blooming while we were there last visit!

Usually you hear about native species or fruit trees, but today I wanted to highlight some of my favorite “Florida-Friendly” plants! Oh by the way, these are excellent additions for your food forests too as support species!

This property requires a video walkthrough, but for now enjoy the photos!

If you’re tired of the destructive, lame, and ridiculous traditional landscaping and you’re interested in having a REAL garden, call Longleaf Design!

Bring Life to your Land!