Landscape Architect in Englewood, CO

A good landscape architect in Englewood, CO, is the person you wish you had talked to before you spent two weekends pricing materials at the hardware store.

Why an Englewood, CO Property Benefits From a Licensed Designer

Englewood sits in an interesting pocket of the metro. The older streets near Broadway carry a different kind of lot than the newer builds closer to the Tech Center, and the design questions that come up on each side of town don’t really overlap. Mature elms on one property, brand new sod on another, and somewhere in between, a homeowner trying to figure out what their yard could actually become.

Land Designs by Colton handles those questions by starting with the property itself. Before any drawings happen, we want to understand what’s there, what’s working, what’s quietly causing problems, and what the homeowner pictures when they imagine the finished space. That conversation shapes everything that follows. The design we put together is the one that fits your land and your life, not a recycled template with the address swapped out.

Years of doing this across the Denver area have taught us one thing pretty plainly. Homeowners hire us once for the design work, and they call us again because the experience felt steady, clear, and honest the first time around.

See Our Work in Englewood, CO

A short scroll through the gallery should tell you more than any paragraph could. These are properties we’ve worked on around the Denver metro, photographed after the dust settled and the homeowners moved back into their yards.

What People in Englewood, CO Say About Us

Reviews from people who’ve actually hired us tend to carry more weight than anything we could put on a page about ourselves. Take a minute with the ones below.

Rachael Sorensen

Rated 5 out of 5

Jon and Team were great to work with throughout the project. We had a few delays that Jon was more than willing to accommodate, and he was a great professional throughout. Our yard looks phenomenal and we haven’t had any follow-up issues since the installation.

Jon also went above and beyond and graveled our backup parking space because he had extra material.

The whole project was completed faster than I anticipated and completely on budget. I would HIGHLY recommend Land Designs to anyone in Denver. Great job and thank you!

Paul Bary

Rated 5 out of 5

John is a pleasure to deal with. His plant knowledge is extensive and his design eye is superb.

He has done many projects for us to include a paver patio, planting beds, garden design/planting and a French drain system, with several more projects scheduled for this Spring.

I recommend John and his company unreservedly.

How Much Does a Landscape Architect Cost in Englewood, CO?

Pricing for landscape architect services begins at $1,200 for design, and from there the total moves with the scope of what you’re building. Add-ons like 3D renderings, construction documentation, planting schedules, and permit coordination each carry their own line item. The numbers below reflect what past projects have run, but a real quote takes a real conversation about your property. Call us at (720) 580-3677 or use our contact page, and we’ll put one together.

Five factors that influence what you'll pay:

The Land Itself: Lot shape, slope, existing trees, mature root systems, hardscape that needs to come out, soil that needs work. Every one of those elements adds time to the design and the build, and properties around Englewood vary enough that no two estimates ever quite look the same.
What You're Trying to Build: A planting refresh and a complete outdoor living plan with a pergola, fire feature, and lighting design are two very different conversations. The bigger the vision, the more design hours and the more trades involved.
Visualization Tools: Some clients want to see their project rendered in 3D before construction starts, and that level of visualization is worth the spend on larger projects. It catches things on the screen rather than in the dirt, where changes get expensive fast.
The Planting Side of Things: Native Colorado species, drought-adapted perennials, mature specimen trees, sod versus xeric ground cover. Plant choices shape both the design fee and the long-term cost of maintaining the yard you end up with.
Permits and City Requirements: Anything involving grading work, drainage changes, or structural elements typically needs a permit through the City of Englewood. We handle the paperwork, but the process itself takes time and carries fees that get rolled into the project total.

Honest Numbers, Realistic Timelines

Two questions come up in nearly every first phone call we take. How much. How long. We don’t dodge either one.

A thoughtful landscape design is one of the few home investments that improves your daily quality of life and your resale value at the same time. The right design, executed once and executed well, holds up for decades. The wrong design, or worse, no design at all, tends to need correcting within a few years, which is when the math really starts going sideways for homeowners.

Our schedules are built around what a project actually takes, not what sounds good in a pitch meeting. Once we’ve agreed on a timeline, we hit it. Crews show up when they’re supposed to, communication stays steady throughout the build, and the property gets handed back to you in the condition you’d want it in.

A Look at How We Run a Project

Landscape architecture has a reputation for being a long and opaque process. The way we run it is closer to a series of clear handoffs, and homeowners tend to be surprised by how readable each phase ends up feeling. You can read more about our full approach to landscape architecture, and here are the three phases we work through:

Discover

We learn the property and the homeowner, then translate both into a design.

Craft

Construction happens with the same care that went into the drawings.

Live

The yard becomes a part of your routine, your weekends, your home.

FAQs About Landscape Architects in Englewood, CO

What separates a landscape architect from a landscape designer?

The license. Landscape architects in Colorado complete an accredited degree program, log years of supervised experience, and pass the Landscape Architect Registration Examination before they can practice. That credential carries legal weight for grading, drainage, and any structural work tied into a yard. Designers without the license can still do beautiful planting plans, but they aren’t equipped to take on the technical side of complex projects.

Will I need a permit for my project?

Depends entirely on what we’re doing. Replanting a flower bed doesn’t trigger anything. Building a retaining wall over thirty inches, reshaping grade, modifying drainage, or adding any sort of permanent structure almost always does. The City of Englewood’s Community Development office handles residential permits, and that paperwork is part of what we manage for you as the project moves forward.

How long does the entire process usually take?

Design phase runs about three to six weeks for most residential projects, sometimes longer for larger scopes. Once design is approved and any permits are in hand, construction timelines depend on what’s being built. A planting and softscape project might wrap in four to six weeks, while a full outdoor living build can stretch across a full season. We set the schedule with you at the start.

Is professional landscape design actually worth the investment?

Industry data consistently shows landscape investments returning between 100 and 215 percent of their cost in home value, with the higher figures tied to projects that include trees, hardscape, and integrated outdoor living elements. Beyond resale numbers, well-designed yards quietly improve how a home feels every single day, which is the part that doesn’t show up on a spreadsheet but tends to matter most.

Jonathan & Flavia Colton

Bring Us in Early, and We'll Make the Whole Thing Easier

The best landscape projects are the ones where the design started before anyone bought a single plant or hired a single crew. If you’re in that early thinking stage with your Englewood property, that’s the right time to call.

Reach us at (720) 580-3677 or send a note through our contact page. We’ll set up a conversation, walk through what you’re picturing, and give you a clear sense of what’s possible before any commitments are made.

Englewood is one of the older incorporated cities in the south Denver metro, with roots going back to the 1860s along the South Platte River. The city is home to the Englewood Trail along the Mary Carter Greenway, a long stretch of riverside path that runs through the heart of the community, and sits a short drive from the Hudson Gardens and Event Center, thirty acres of cultivated landscape that’s been a Denver favorite since the early nineties. Working as a landscape architect in Englewood, CO, means designing alongside a city that already has a real relationship with its outdoor spaces, and that makes the job genuinely good.