Asheville · sheet 01 of 11
Datum Garden Works designs and builds Asheville yards from the grade up: stone patios and walls, drainage that sends water away from the house, native planting and the care that keeps it all tidy.
Key to the annotated photograph
These are the four things a design consultation looks at first in any yard: structure, screening, hard surfaces and planting. Each is measured before a plan is drawn.
Each service states what it covers and where its price starts. The services sheet sets out the full scope of all six.
Grades and sun measured, then a drawn plan.
$395
Spring clean-up, mulch, pruning and leaf removal.
from $540
Water zoned to the plants that need it.
from $2,400
Laid on a compacted, properly graded base.
from $28 / sq. ft.
Plants chosen for the soil and the light.
from $1,850
For yards that pond or send water at the house.
from $1,650
A project starts with a level and a tape rather than an opinion. The fall of the ground, where water collects, soil texture, sun and shade, and any utility lines are all recorded before a plan is drawn or a price is given. What follows is a written scope with an itemised figure against it, and nothing outside that scope is built without a separate approval.
Planted borders, paths and screening of the kind the firm designs and looks after. The gallery holds more.
A designer, a coordinator, a horticulturist and a build foreman share the six services. A preferred person can be named on the contact form and availability is confirmed separately.
Owner and landscape designer
Walks every new yard, records grades, drainage and sun, and draws the scaled plan that each project is built from. Her plans set out setbacks and frost depths alongside the planting, so a design survives its first winter as well as its first review.
Scheduling coordinator
Turns each enquiry into a site note covering the yard, the problem, access for machinery and any HOA deadline. He files the 811 utility locate before digging starts and keeps customers told when weather moves a build day.
Horticulturist and grounds lead
Chooses native and regional plants for the soil and light each bed actually has, then looks after them: hand pruning, mulching, spring and autumn clean-ups, and setting drip zones so new roots are watered without waste.
Hardscape and drainage foreman
Runs the build crew on patios, steps, retaining walls and drainage. He shoots grades with a laser level, excavates to depth and compacts each base in layers, so stone stays level and water runs away from the house.
Marisol measured the whole back slope and talked us through a scaled plan before quoting anything. The consultation fee was stated up front.
Bettina E.
Priya split our one sprinkler zone into lawn rotors and drip under the beds. The new shrubs came through a dry July.
Ravi P.
Every bed edged and mulched, the hydrangeas pruned by hand rather than sheared, and nothing added without asking first.
Dessa J.
Most projects start with the design consultation, which measures the yard and produces a scaled plan. If the problem is plainly standing water or an overgrown bed, the contact form can ask for that service directly.
Listed prices are starting points. Patios are priced by the square foot, and grade, access, stone and soil all move the total, so every project gets an itemised written estimate before work begins.
Photos of the wet spots or tired beds, a rough budget, any HOA rules and clear access to the yard. Mention any sprinkler lines or lighting already in the ground.
Yes. Name the preferred person on the contact form; availability is confirmed separately.
Grades, soil and sun measured in your own yard, then a scaled plan and an itemised figure before a single stone is laid.
An email when the pruning window opens or a mulch round is worth a reminder. No fixed schedule, and one link in every message removes an address from the list.