A beautifully designed backyard landscape with stone patio and lush plantings at golden hour
Landscape Design & Build · Shoreline, CT

Gardens that grow into home.

We design and build outdoor spaces for the Connecticut shoreline — considered, planted for the long game, and made to be lived in from the first warm evening.

A landscape isn't a product you buy. It's a place that gets better every year you live with it.

Verdant is a design-led studio. We start with how you want to use the space and how the light moves through it, then draw a plan that works in year one and looks inevitable by year five. Our own crews build what we draw — so the vision that leaves the page is the one that lands in your yard.
What we do

Design, build, and tend.

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Landscape design

Master plans and planting design — a considered vision for the whole property, drawn to build.

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Gardens & plantings

Layered, seasonal plantings chosen for shoreline conditions and built to mature beautifully.

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Patios & walkways

Natural stone and paver hardscape that grounds the garden and draws you through it.

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Outdoor living

Kitchens, fire features, and shade — rooms without walls, built for long evenings.

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Lighting & irrigation

Low-voltage lighting and smart irrigation that keep the space glowing and green.

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Seasonal care

Ongoing horticultural maintenance to keep what we planted looking its best.

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A lush landscaped garden bed with ornamental grasses beside a stone path
Planting design

Planted for four seasons, not one.

Anyone can make a yard look good in June. We design for the whole calendar — grasses that catch October light, structure that holds through winter, and the first bulbs that tell you spring is coming.

Right plant, right place, planted well. That's how a garden earns its keep.

How we work

From first walk to full bloom.

01

Consult

We walk the property, talk through how you'll use it, and listen before we draw.

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Design

A clear plan and planting palette — with a transparent proposal, no vague allowances.

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Build

Our own crews install it, protecting your home and hitting the schedule we set.

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Care

We tend it as it establishes, so it looks intentional from the first season on.

Recent work

A few of our favorites.

A small sample — real project galleries would live here.

Designed backyard landscape with patio and plantings Ornamental planting bed detail

"They didn't just landscape the yard — they gave us a reason to be out in it every night. Five years on, it looks better than the day they finished."

Where we work

Along the shoreline.

A design studio taking a limited number of projects each season, so every property gets the attention it's owed.

MilfordBranfordGuilfordMadison Old SaybrookFairfieldWestportEssex
Landscaped shoreline backyard

Let's design your season.

Consultations for design & build projects across the shoreline.