Landscape Design
At Jay's Yard Maintenance & Tree Service, our landscape design services are led by Lindsey Vasquez, founder of Studio L.V. and a professional landscape designer who earned a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Temple University. Having grown up in the landscaping industry and worked alongside her father from an early age, Lindsey combines lifelong hands-on experience with formal design education to create outdoor spaces that are both beautiful and practical.
Every project is thoughtfully designed around your property's unique character, your lifestyle, and your investment goals. Whether you're looking to enhance your home's curb appeal, renovate an existing landscape, or create a complete outdoor living environment, each design is customized to balance aesthetics, functionality, and long-term sustainability.
Our approach brings together more than 30 years of landscaping experience with thoughtful residential landscape design. Lindsey develops conceptual landscape designs, planting plans, material concepts, and design visualizations, while the Jay's Yard Maintenance & Tree Service team handles landscape installation, construction, and ongoing maintenance.
When a project requires services that must be performed by a licensed professional, those services are coordinated with the appropriately licensed project professional.
This collaborative approach allows us to provide a seamless experience from the initial consultation and design through installation and ongoing maintenance, giving clients the confidence of working with one trusted team throughout the entire process.
We believe great landscape design is about more than selecting plants. It is about creating outdoor spaces that enhance the beauty, function, and value of your property for years to come.
Our Landscape Design Process
Step 1: Client Consultation
During our initial visit, we discuss your goals, vision, and any practical concerns for your property in detail. This helps us understand your unique needs and preferences.
Step 2: Site Observation & Existing Conditions
We begin by reviewing the existing landscape and documenting the conditions relevant to the design.
Measurements, photographs, visible site features, architecture, circulation, vegetation, and general spatial relationships are documented to create a base drawing for conceptual landscape design.
Professional surveys, engineering, grading and drainage analysis, and other regulated site services are provided by the appropriate licensed professionals when required.
Step 3: Concept Design
We develop a conceptual landscape design that explores the overall layout, planting, outdoor spaces, materials, circulation, and character of the property.
Step 4: Design Refinement
After reviewing the initial concept with the client, the landscape design is refined to reflect the preferred layout, planting, materials, and overall design direction.
The completed conceptual landscape design communicates the intended character and arrangement of the proposed landscape improvements.
Step 5: Build
Once the conceptual landscape design is approved, the Jay's Yard Maintenance & Tree Service team coordinates the landscape installation.
Landscape design drawings, planting information, material selections, and other design-intent information may be used to help communicate the approved concept to the installation team.
When a project requires professional engineering, surveying, grading or drainage design, structural design, permit documents requiring professional certification, or other regulated professional services, those services are provided by the appropriately licensed professionals responsible for that work.
Step 6: Maintenance
As your landscape matures, ongoing care is essential. In addition to regular maintenance, we recommend semi-annual visits from our team to make adjustments, refresh planting areas, and help maintain the intended character of the landscape.