Highlighting the unique identity of your home

Home and garden

Every great community consists of neighborhoods and homes with history, context, and character.

Your home and landscape should be beautiful, functional, and an expression of your identity. It should facilitate your lifestyle and provide a place of respite and refuge. Your front yard has the potential to foster neighborhood pride and facilitate a strong sense of community.

Foster neighborhood pride and a sense of community

Landscape and Architectural Services

At Io LandArch, we specialize in the following types of residential design projects.

Please choose the project type below that most closely matches your project to read more.

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Landscape Services

Do you want to go beyond traditional landscaping to create outdoor living spaces for your home that express your personal identity and facilitate your lifestyle? Our Home & Garden landscape architecture services include hardscaping (patios, pathways, etc.), decks, pools, landscape structures, outdoor kitchens, and recreational/play spaces, as well as planting and irrigation.

Do you dream of a landscape that compliments the unique history and style of your historic home? From preservation of historic site features and period appropriate plantings to the sensitive integration of contemporary additions such as pools and patios, we specialize in gardens and landscapes for historic homes.

Whether you are installing a new landscape or converting an existing yard to xeriscape, our planting design services focus on the design of plants and irrigation systems to meet your water-wise and maintenance goals.

Architectural Services

Do you want to create a great first impression of your home, conveying your personality and style while increasing its value? Our curb appeal design services incorporate landscape, hardscape, as well as the architecture of your home’s facade to create an integrated design for great first impressions.

Do you want to add a detached garage, workshop, accessory dwelling unit or other small scale new structure to your site? Our sister company, Storied Design + Build, plans and designs accessory buildings which complement your home, optimize the site, and meet municipal zoning requirements.

Do you have a historic home that you want to document, preserve, restore, or renovate? Together with our sister company, Storied Design + Build, our team of designers can help you with everything from historic research and documentation to specific design and treatment strategies to preserve the historic character of your home while also adapting it to fit your lifestyle.

Our Design Process

“One does not simply walk into Mordor.”

— Boromir, Lord of the Rings

Embarking on a major construction or renovation project can feel like an exciting adventure, filled with opportunity, but also potential pitfalls and challenges. Our Design Quest process guides you through the intricacies of planning, design, communication, and construction – to reach the pinnacle of success for your project.

What's Next?

Find out more about our process, how to work with us, and what the next steps are.

What Clients are Saying...

It was such a great pleasure working with Shalae and Io LandArch on not only one but two Extreme Makeover: Home Edition builds. She was able to listen, and hear, our needs as the client, quickly turn around a clear, cohesive plan, and execute that plan and vision during the install of the landscape. The final landscaping product truly complemented the architecture of the house and successfully blended traditional garden motifs with contemporary styling and modern amenities.
Andy Monaco
A big thank you to you and your team. Our yard is exploding with plant growth, all the grasses and sages are so happy. Zack, who wanted to sell the house before because he hated the maintenance now loves sitting in his little private grass zone and watching the bees. This yard is already bringing us so much happiness.
Lauren Weiss
Working with Io LandArch was incredible. Their team is dedicated and highly responsive. When I emailed Sydney with a list of questions, she took the time to call me and talk through everything. The designers listened to our wishes, respected our budget (they didn't present options that weren't realistic!), and delivered a beautiful design. We are so excited for our new backyard!
Flo Bravo
Natalie at Io LandArch was the perfect partner for my landscape design project. The home I purchased had never had a proper landscape design done and was over 50 years old so really needed some help. Natalie spent tons of time with me, understanding what I wanted and changing things as I changed my mind. She also helped manage the bid process and the construction, offering expert advice along the way. I highly recommend her and the team!
Emily Lippincott
Io LandArch worked with me over the course of a winter to develop the ideas I had for my yard and the vision I had for living in it. They added artistic and historical elements that are appropriate for the style and time period of my house. I appreciate their monitoring of the installation process so that the end product was as successful as the exciting plans suggested it would be. I am really happy with the results!
Amelia Jones