Landscaping in Allegheny County

Allegheny County is our southern market, and the terrain changes character as soon as you cross the line. The North Hills is genuinely hilly, and slope drives almost every decision on a property — where a patio can physically sit, how many tiers a wall needs, and where the water coming off the ground above you is going to end up.

The housing stock is mature. A lot of what we do here is renovation rather than installation: taking out foundation shrubs planted too close to the house when it was built, rebuilding timber retaining walls that have finally rotted through, and re-cutting bed lines that have crept outward for twenty years.

Tree cover is the other constant. Pine, Marshall, McCandless and Hampton carry serious canopy, which means shade where turf will not establish, root competition in every bed, and enough leaf load to kill a lawn over winter if it sits. Shade-tolerant seed blends, selective canopy work and, where grass genuinely will not grow, artificial turf all get used here.

In Sewickley, Fox Chapel and Franklin Park the finish standard is higher and the deer pressure is heavier. A beautifully planned bed of hostas and arborvitae is a feeding station in those neighbourhoods, so plant selection is deliberate and anything the deer will take gets protected through its establishment years.

We work the City of Pittsburgh itself too, mostly the northern neighbourhoods and mostly on larger projects where the travel is justified — city lots bring access limits, permits, and neighbours close enough that cleaning the site every evening is not optional.