New Construction Landscape Design & Install
Medina, MN
$16,000 - $21,000
Scope of Work
Full landscape design and installation for new construction home. Granite rock installed around home, natural boulder outcroppings, and 25 different plantings including hydrangeas and trees. Addressed grading, drainage, and privacy.
Materials
Granite rock, natural boulder outcroppings, 25 plantings (hydrangeas, trees).
Project Outcome
New construction home with no finished landscaping, poor grading, drainage issues, and very little privacy from neighbors.
Price Range
$16,000 - $21,000. Installation completed in just 4 days. Multiple design revisions with collaborative homeowner process.
Design Direction Before The Build Begins
This Medina landscape design project shows the value of planning before excavation, material ordering, or construction sequencing begins. Design work helps homeowners see how patios, walls, plantings, lighting, turf, and future phases will relate to one another.
Lifecycle Outdoor Services reviews grades, drainage, circulation, views from inside the home, maintenance expectations, and budget priorities. That planning helps avoid isolated improvements that look good on paper but conflict with the rest of the property.
A stronger design phase gives the build team clearer decisions and gives the homeowner a more confident path from concept to finished outdoor space.
Planning The Yard Before Construction Starts
Medina properties often have room for larger landscape ideas, but that extra space can also make projects feel disconnected if the plan is not disciplined. This design project called for a clear view of how planting, lawn, hardscape, drainage, and future outdoor features could work together over time.
Lifecycle Outdoor Services uses landscape design to settle practical decisions before installation begins: where grades should shift, how people will move through the yard, which views should stay open, and which areas need screening, structure, or seasonal interest. A good plan gives the homeowner confidence before materials and equipment arrive.
- Whole-property thinking Design work ties together lawn, plantings, hardscape, access, and future phases.
- Better budgeting Clear scope decisions help separate must-do work from optional upgrades.
- Grade and drainage The best-looking plan still has to move water correctly and fit the site.
- Phased installation Early planning can reserve routes, sleeves, edges, and elevations for later work.
Project Gallery
Browse 20 views of the completed project.
Turn A New Yard Into A Finished Property
Lifecycle Outdoor Services can review grades, drainage, privacy needs, planting structure, stone accents, and future phases for new construction and full-yard landscape design.