Why Architects, Civil Engineers,
and Developers Choose Evergreen Design Group

Founded in 2005, Evergreen Design Group has spent over two decades delivering landscape architectural services on projects of every scale — from straightforward permit-level planting plans to complex site designs involving hardscape, grading coordination, community amenities, and full irrigation design systems. Our experience spans all U.S. climate regions, site conditions, and regulatory environments.

Our experience as a national landscape architecture firm includes creating high-performance landscapes that celebrate beauty, placemaking, and enhance community spaces. We use creative collaboration to foster community-building and deliver meaningful design solutions. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in our emphasis on native ecosystems and resiliency to benefit communities.

This means you get a firm that has seen your problem before and knows how to solve it efficiently.

We treat your deadlines like our own. Throughout the life of your project, our landscape architects respond promptly to questions, RFIs, plan revisions, and agency comment letters. We understand that delays in landscape architecture deliverables can cascade across an entire project schedule, and we take that responsibility seriously.

Whether you're a civil engineer needing a quick turnaround on a planting plan or a developer under entitlement pressure, you'll always have a direct line to someone who knows your project.

Evergreen Design Group operates with a lean, agile management structure. There are no layers of bureaucracy between you and the people doing the work. You're not passed from account manager to project manager to designer and back again.

This structure means faster communication, faster revisions, and a partner who is always focused on your project — not on internal approval chains.

One of the most common challenges for architects and developers working across state lines is finding a qualified, licensed landscape architect in each jurisdiction. Evergreen Design Group eliminates that problem.

We are currently licensed to practice landscape architecture in: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.— with the ability to obtain additional state registrations as needed.

To become a licensed landscape architect, candidates must complete an accredited bachelor's or master's degree in landscape architecture, gain supervised professional experience under a licensed landscape architect, and pass the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (L.A.R.E.), which tests the knowledge and skills needed to practice safely and effectively. After meeting these requirements, candidates must apply for licensure through their state licensing board. Transferring a landscape architecture license from one state to another typically involves using CLARB certification, and some states require supplemental exams for licensure. Most states also require licensed landscape architects to complete continuing education and pay annual dues to maintain their license. Licensed landscape architects play a critical role in designing, planning, and managing outdoor spaces that protect the public's health, safety, and welfare.

If you manage a national development program or work across multiple regions, Evergreen Design Group is the single-source landscape architecture partner you’ve been looking for.

Our firm is structured intentionally to keep overhead costs low — and we pass those savings directly to you through competitive design fees. You get experienced, licensed landscape architects and high-quality deliverables without paying for the overhead of a large corporate firm.

For developers, contractors, and project teams managing tight pro formas, this matters.

Landscape architecture doesn't happen in a vacuum. We stay current with zoning trends, land development regulations, sustainability requirements, and construction cost realities in markets across the country. We understand the specific pressures faced by residential developers, commercial property developers, civil engineering firms, architects, and design-build contractors.

This cross-market knowledge allows us to make design decisions that are not just code-compliant and aesthetically appropriate — but also constructable and budget-conscious.

We don't just design to code and call it done. Our landscape architects actively evaluate designs from a commercial landscape contractor's perspective, looking for opportunities to reduce construction costs, simplify installation sequencing, and minimize long-term maintenance expenses.

This approach protects your client's budget and builds trust with the contractors who bid and build your projects.