Landscaping in Pine Township

Pine Township, taking in the Wexford community, is one of our steadier Allegheny County markets and one of the most heavily wooded places we work.

Properties are large and the canopy is mature, which sets the terms. Shade where grass will not establish, root competition in every bed, and a leaf load each autumn heavy enough to smother a lawn if it is left through winter.

The size of these lots is an opportunity and a trap. There is room for genuine structure — terraces, specimen planting, lighting that works at distance — and equally room to scatter beds across an acre until the whole property is something to mow around.

Deer are a constant. A bed of hostas and arborvitae is a feeding station here, so planting is chosen deliberately and anything vulnerable gets protection through its establishment years.