Landscape Design in Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix has 115 companies that offer landscape design, 27% of the 427 landscape companies listed in the city, and they come from several corners of the trade. Alongside general landscapers you will find turf installers that draw yard layouts, pool builders that design the landscape around the water, arborists that plan new planting, and garden centers with their own design studios.

Most of these firms build what they design. 91 of the 115 design and install, and 77 also build hardscape, so a Phoenix design often arrives as part of a patio, wall and planting project rather than as a standalone drawing. Diamond Stone & Synthetic Grass offers full backyard transformations with 3D rendering, then installs pavers, travertine, turf, pergolas and outdoor kitchens. Straight Line Landscape produces 2D and 3D renderings and sends its own build crews, with pools, ramadas and fire features in the mix. If you hire a design-build company, ask whether the design fee is credited when you go ahead with the install, and how many rounds of changes come with it.

Plant-led design has its own options here. Dig It Gardens runs a garden center with an in-house design and build studio, Dig It Design, and sells the plants, pottery and soil that go into its projects. Desert Accents sources, delivers and installs plants with one crew, including crane installation, and offers design consultation and custom layouts. Phoenix is hot and dry, so ask any designer which exposure each plant is meant for, what size it goes in at, and whether the plan includes a drip layout to match.