Commercial Landscape Architects Serving Land Developers Nationwide
Since 2005 | 21 Years of Excellence
Licensed in 40+ States
National Presence. Local Expertise.
Collaborative Partnership.
What a Commercial Landscape Architect Firm Does for Your Development Team
Helping our clients entitle faster, reduce risk, and deliver high-performing sites nationwide.
Evergreen Design Group is a firm of commercial landscape architects serving land developers, civil engineers, architects, and design-build contractors in 43 states. Since 2005, our team has delivered land planning, landscape architecture, and irrigation design from a single, integrated practice, so your project moves through entitlement and permitting without the delays that come from coordinating separate consultants.
Who We Do It For
Land Developers: From initial feasibility through final construction documentation, our land planning services help you navigate entitlements, meet community standards, and maximize the development potential of every site.
Civil Engineers: Our land planners and registered landscape architects coordinate directly with your civil plans. Grading, drainage, and regulatory compliance get addressed together during design, instead of reconciled after plans are already submitted.
Architects: We integrate directly with your design team, delivering landscape plans that reinforce your architectural vision, satisfy jurisdictional requirements, and hold up through the entitlement and permitting process.
Design-Build Contractors: We deliver construction-ready plans on your schedule, with the direct communication and flexibility that fast-moving project teams require.
Landscape Architecture, Land Planning, and Irrigation Design Services
Evergreen Design Group offers a fully integrated suite of landscape architecture design services designed to support commercial development at every phase.
Our land planning consultants organize site layouts to maximize land use efficiency while aligning with zoning regulations, local master plans, and your development objectives. As an experienced land planning company, we understand that smart planning decisions made early save significant time and cost downstream. Site analysis and master planning evaluate topography, soil, drainage, and local climate to create a long-term vision for your property.
We conduct thorough tree surveys and prepare compliant disposition plans and tree mitigation plans that satisfy municipal requirements while supporting your site development strategy. Our surveys document caliper, species, and condition for every protected tree on site, so your disposition plan holds up under municipal review the first time it’s submitted.
From conceptual planting design through construction-ready documentation, we create sustainable, code-compliant planting plans tailored to your project’s aesthetic and functional requirements.
We have extensive experience delivering both code-compliant planting plans and enhanced planting designs tailored to your project’s scope and budget.
Having licensed, in-house irrigation consultants sets us apart from firms that outsource this work. Our irrigation consultants engineer water-efficient systems for commercial-scale properties, with expertise spanning climate zones, and jurisdictional standards across the country. Whether you need irrigation design services for a single site or a multi-property portfolio, we deliver systems that perform.
We design pools, fitness areas, outdoor gathering spaces, and amenity packages that strengthen leasing appeal, support project entitlement narratives, and add measurable value to residential and mixed-use developments. Our amenity plans coordinate directly with your architect’s building footprint and your civil engineer’s grading plan, so pool equipment rooms, ADA routes, and drainage don’t collide during permitting.
Evergreen Design Group documents walkways, retaining walls, vehicular surfaces, and site furnishings as part of one coordinated hardscape design. Paving and jointing plans get built against the same grading and drainage base sheet as the rest of the site, so surfaces perform under vehicle and pedestrian load and hold up over time.
One Point of Contact for Your Full Design Team
Among commercial landscape architect companies operating nationally, Evergreen Design Group occupies a distinct position: with extensive experience managing complex, multi-state projects, we combine industry leadership and innovation with a structure that is genuinely responsive—without layers of corporate bureaucracy. When evaluating a landscape architecture company, it is important to review their portfolio to ensure it matches the scale, style, and complexity of your project.
One Point of Contact for Your Full Design Team We establish your project requirements, design standards, and communication protocols upfront, then operate as a reliable extension of your team. One team. One set of goals.
Multi-Jurisdiction Expertise Our landscape architects hold active licenses in 43 states. That licensure comes with working familiarity in local codes, zoning ordinances, and approval workflows, so your project moves through jurisdictional review efficiently, wherever it is located.
Cross-Time Zone Flexibility Our team spans all four continental U.S. time zones, enabling real-time coordination, flexible scheduling, and responsiveness when it matters most.
Direct Access to Decision Makers You work directly with licensed professionals and firm principals. No account managers stand between you and the people who can answer a technical question or make a decision on the spot.
Proactive Problem Solving We identify code conflicts, budget concerns, and constructability issues early, and we bring a proposed solution when we raise them. A landscape architecture firm with a strong project management discipline behind it keeps your project on schedule and inside budget.
Construction-Ready Documentation. Our plans are detailed, coordinated, and ready for permitting and construction. We build every set to the submittal standard of the jurisdiction of record, so your civil engineer and contractor aren’t coordinating around gaps we should have caught first.
Expertise and Delivery
Evergreen Design Group's value to your project comes down to three things: technical depth, reliable coordination, and documentation you can build from. Our team has spent 21 years working through the specifics of commercial landscape architecture across dozens of jurisdictions — and that experience shows up in the accuracy of our plans, the efficiency of our process, and our ability to anticipate the issues that slow projects down before they become problems. When you engage Evergreen, you're working with licensed professionals who understand what municipalities require, what contractors need in the field, and what it takes to keep complex projects moving.
National Coverage
Our registered landscape architects maintain active licensure across 40+ states and operate in accordance with the professional standards established by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
21 Years with Multi-State Licensure and Local Knowledge
Headquartered in Bluffton, South Carolina, Evergreen Design Group collaborates remotely on projects across the country. Our land planners, landscape architects, and irrigation consultants maintain active licenses in more than 40 states, including: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
What that means for your project: National reach backed by genuine familiarity with state-specific design standards, regional plant palettes, climate considerations, local review agencies, and approval processes. We’re not learning your jurisdiction on your dime—we’ve been navigating it.
Project Types We Serve:
- Commercial & Retail Retail centers, restaurants, drive-throughs, financial institutions, auto dealerships, mixed-use developments, and entertainment destinations.
- Hospitality Hotels, resorts, conference centers, country clubs, and full-service hospitality properties requiring amenity-level landscape and hardscape programs.
- Residential Communities Single-family subdivisions, multifamily apartments, build-to-rent communities, master-planned developments, student housing, and age-restricted and senior living communities.
- Healthcare & Medical Hospitals, medical office buildings, outpatient surgery centers, behavioral health facilities, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs).
- Industrial & Corporate Manufacturing facilities, distribution and logistics centers, corporate headquarters, data centers, and business parks.
- Civic & Institutional Municipal parks, government facilities, libraries, public plazas, transit corridors, and streetscape improvement projects.
- Education K–12 campuses, colleges and universities, early childhood centers, and private academy developments.
- Religious & Faith-Based Church campuses, houses of worship, faith-based community centers, and multi-building religious campus master plans.
- …and more. If your project type isn’t listed, reach out — our team has worked across virtually every commercial development category over 21 years of national practice.
Our projects range from code-compliant plans, to enhanced developments with amenities and hardscape elements.
Evergreen Design Group utilizes advanced technologies, including 3D modeling and digital renderings, to aid in planning and design—helping clients visualize their projects before construction begins.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work with homeowners?
No. Evergreen Design Group works exclusively with commercial development professionals—land planners, civil engineers, architects, and design-build contractors. We do not provide services for individual homeowners.
What states are you licensed in?
Our team holds active landscape architecture licenses in 43 states. Visit our Areas We Serve page for the complete state list and license numbers..
What is a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA)?
A Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) is a landscape architecture professional who has met all state-mandated requirements for licensure and is legally authorized to practice landscape architecture in that jurisdiction.
Evergreen Design Group’s team includes registered landscape architects licensed in 40+ states, authorized to seal and submit permit-ready construction documents across jurisdictions nationwide.
What is CLARB?
Answer: CLARB stands for the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards. It is the national organization that coordinates landscape architect licensure across all U.S. states and territories.
Several of Evergreen Design Group’s registered landscape architects also participate with CLARB.
What makes Evergreen Design Group different from other commercial landscape architect companies?
Our exclusive commercial focus, national licensing coverage, and in-house multi-disciplinary team, land planning, landscape architecture, and irrigation design under one roof, set us apart. You work directly with senior-level, licensed professionals rather than being routed through account managers.
Do your land planning services include entitlement support?
Yes. Our land planning services are designed to support the full development process, including site layout, zoning analysis, and preparation of materials that support entitlement and approval.
Do you offer irrigation design services as a standalone scope?
Yes. Our irrigation design services can be engaged on their own or as part of a broader landscape architecture and land planning scope. That scope covers full system design, specifications, and construction documentation, produced by licensed, in-house irrigation consultants rather than an outside subconsultant.
What is your typical project timeline?
Most standard commercial landscape packages run 2–4 weeks for initial deliverables, with full construction documentation timelines established during project kickoff.
Do you work on multi-state or portfolio-scale projects?
Yes. Our program management capabilities are specifically structured for clients managing projects across multiple states or multiple sites simultaneously. We maintain consistent documentation standards, centralized communication, and scalable capacity across your full pipeline.
Can you integrate with our existing project team?
Yes. We adapt to your communication protocols, CAD standards, and project management systems rather than asking your team to adapt to ours. We are one of a small number of landscape architecture firms operating across 43 states, and integrating with an existing project team is routine work for us, not an exception.
Is Evergreen Design Group a design-build contractor, or do you work independently of the contractor on our project?
We work independently. Evergreen Design Group is a landscape architecture, land planning, and irrigation design firm, not a contractor, and we regularly serve as a subconsultant to design-build contractors, general contractors, and civil engineering firms rather than competing with them for the construction scope.
How do we get started on a new project?
Send us your site location, project type, and available base drawings through our Contact page or Request for Proposal page. A licensed professional reviews the information and follows up directly, not through an intake queue, to scope the project and confirm which service lines it needs.
Ready to Partner on Your Next Project?
Whether you have a single site or a national program of work, Evergreen Design Group has the experience, the licensing, and the capacity to support your team.
Get in Touch with Us
Contact our team to scope your next commercial landscape architecture project — from a single site to a multi-state program.