How much does garden design cost?

Design fees are set by the size of the project and run from $85 for a small job to $3,000 for a large one. Consultations for ongoing projects, or for ideas on an existing yard, are $85 an hour. The first consultation for a new project is free: call or text 303-885-0054.

Do you build the gardens you design?

Yes. Stonegate designs, installs and maintains, so one team carries the plan from sketch to finished garden. Most hardscape installations take one to two weeks, depending on when materials are available.

Can a water-wise garden look full instead of sparse?

That is the goal of every Stonegate xeriscape. Drought-tolerant perennials, shrubs and trees are layered for color and texture through the seasons, so the yard uses less water without looking sparse.

Do you use pesticides or chemicals?

No. Stonegate is a 100 percent organic company. Crews also send plant containers and annual flats back to wholesalers for reuse and run electric blowers where they can.

Across Denver and the metro area. Gardens on this site are in City Park West, Washington Park, the Country Club area, Lowry, Cherry Creek and Heritage Hills, and long-time clients write in from Highlands Ranch, the Denver Tech Center, Observatory Park and Parker. Commercial properties too.

Yes, for homes, businesses and homeowners associations. Crews plow large paved areas, hand-shovel sidewalks, driveways, ramps and the space around fire hydrants, and use plastic shovels on stamped concrete so the finish is not scratched.

Stonegate Gardens, Denver, since 2001

Garden design for the way you live.

Stonegate Gardens designs, builds and cares for gardens across Denver. Owner and designer Leslie Ebert founded the company in 2001, and her crews care for the gardens long after they go in. Two of her designs won 2010 Excellence in Landscaping Awards from the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado.

Call or text 303-885-0054 See the gardens

Catmint in full bloom along stone pillars and a black iron rail in a Denver front garden by Stonegate — Catmint, stone pillars and iron rail

Excellence in Landscaping AwardAssociated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, 2010
Luxe MagazineStyle Makers, 2007
Denver Life Magazine“Backyard Bliss,” 2009
Published in two booksOrnamental Plants in the Landscape and Landscape Paving

Gardens Stonegate designed, built and still looks after.

Eleven portfolio gardens, from a Cherry Creek townhouse to a four-acre property, each photographed on the client’s property.

All eleven gardens

Plate I

Contemporary Courtyard

Rectangles of Elfin thyme set in a stone grid, anchored by big round boxwoods.

2010 Excellence in Landscaping Award

Plate II

Potager Garden

A formal kitchen garden edged in steel and buff flagstone, planted for two harvests a year.

2010 Excellence in Landscaping Award

Plate III

City Park West

A Savannah-style courtyard with a koi pond, built to stand up to several dogs.

Plate IV

The Natural Garden

A pool-side retreat of flagstone, moss rock and massed perennials, shaped over two decades.

Plate V

Washington Park

Three terraces of hand-chiseled Colorado buff stone in place of a lawn nobody wanted to mow.

Plate VI

Heritage Hills

A shady, linear front yard reworked into curving beds, planters and a bright entry.

One company from the first sketch to the last stone.

Stonegate plans the planting and the hardscape together, then builds both with its own crews. Most installations take one to two weeks, depending on materials.

Design and build services

Modern front walk with white planters and layered beds by Stonegate Gardens

Garden design

Designed by Leslie Ebert, from a single bed to a full property. Design fees run from $85 to $3,000, set by the size of the project.

Flagstone path with creeping groundcover and red sedum

Patios and paths

Flagstone set in grass, dry-laid patios that ride out Colorado’s temperature swings, and paver walks that give a garden direction.

Stacked stone retaining wall with a steel rail

Stone walls and steps

Moss rock, buff stone and veneered raised beds, built to hold a slope and match the stone elsewhere in the garden.

Stone outdoor fireplace under a pergola with seating

Fireplaces, fire pits and pergolas

Wood-burning stone fireplaces, gas fire pits, outdoor kitchens and pergolas stained to match the house.

Tiered stone fountain among white hydrangeas

Water features

Reflecting ponds with koi and water lilies, wall fountains and waterfalls, sized to the garden and to the sound you want.

Xeriscape front yard with river rock, catmint and ornamental grasses

Water-wise gardens

Xeriscapes of drought-tolerant perennials, shrubs and trees that look full and planned, never sparse.

Black-eyed Susans, lamb's ear and flagstone in a garden kept by Stonegate

Garden care

Kept the way it was designed.

Stonegate looks after the gardens it builds, and existing gardens too. Crews work a monthly schedule and look for anything out of the ordinary: branches broken in a windstorm, aphids on the foliage, a dry spot from a broken sprinkler head. A supervisor checks each property routinely.

Weeding, mulching and pruning
Fertilizing, watering and deadheading
Seasonal annuals and signature planters
Spring bulbs and pansies
Fall clean-up
Snow plowing and hand shoveling

Stonegate is a 100 percent organic company and uses no pesticides or chemicals.

Garden care in detail

Same gardens, years later.

Because Stonegate keeps caring for what it builds, its photographs follow the same gardens for years. These pairs are from Stonegate’s own project files.

More before and after

A modern front walk, before and after the new beds and planters.

New front steps in 2012, and the same Victorian entry today.

A bench garden with stone and turf, then and now.

The koi channel and pergola garden, then and now.

Boulder and drought-tolerant planting in a recent Stonegate garden

How a project runs

From the start, we ask questions.

What colors, textures and styles are on your wish list? Will children be running through the garden? Is a water feature, a patio or a bench part of the picture? Is the space for relaxing, for entertaining, or for bringing an old landscape back to life?

01
Free consultation
Call or text 303-885-0054 to set up a free site visit to look at the space and talk through your goals.
02
Design
A plan drawn for your yard. The fee is set by project size, from $85 to $3,000.
03
Build
Stonegate crews install the stone, structures and plants. Most hardscape jobs take one to two weeks.
04
Care
Monthly maintenance keeps the garden on plan, season after season.

Clients who stay for years.

Some have worked with Stonegate since the company began. These are their words.

A garden designer who started as an artist.

A Colorado native, Leslie studied art and graphic design at the University of Southern Colorado, where her illustrations won awards. A summer job with a Denver landscaping company turned into five years in the field, and in 2001 she started Stonegate Gardens.

She still takes a hands-on approach to every design, works in the field with her crews and photographs the gardens herself. She drew the hares in the Stonegate emblem, too.

About Leslie and the press

Questions people ask before they call.

Straight answers on fees, timing and how Stonegate works. Anything else, Leslie will answer by phone or text.

How much does garden design cost?: Design fees are set by the size of the project and run from $85 for a small job to $3,000 for a large one. Consultations for ongoing projects, or for ideas on an existing yard, are $85 an hour. The first consultation for a new project is free: call or text 303-885-0054.
Do you build the gardens you design?: Yes. Stonegate designs, installs and maintains, so one team carries the plan from sketch to finished garden. Most hardscape installations take one to two weeks, depending on when materials are available.
Can a water-wise garden look full instead of sparse?: That is the goal of every Stonegate xeriscape. Drought-tolerant perennials, shrubs and trees are layered for color and texture through the seasons, so the yard uses less water without looking sparse.
Do you use pesticides or chemicals?: No. Stonegate is a 100 percent organic company. Crews also send plant containers and annual flats back to wholesalers for reuse and run electric blowers where they can.
Where do you work?: Across Denver and the metro area. Gardens on this site are in City Park West, Washington Park, the Country Club area, Lowry, Cherry Creek and Heritage Hills, and long-time clients write in from Highlands Ranch, the Denver Tech Center, Observatory Park and Parker. Commercial properties too.
Do you remove snow?: Yes, for homes, businesses and homeowners associations. Crews plow large paved areas, hand-shovel sidewalks, driveways, ramps and the space around fire hydrants, and use plastic shovels on stamped concrete so the finish is not scratched.

Call or text for a free consultation.

Tell Leslie what you have and what you would like the garden to do. She works across Denver and the metro area, for homes and commercial properties.

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