Hardscape for Business Greenspaces

If you own or operate a restaurant or eatery, an outdoor kitchen can be a practical, functional, and resourceful use of space. It may also impress customers who see you utilize available space to produce fresh ingredients for your business. These are often constructed in an island configuration where guests can gather around, socialize, and even take part in the cooking experience. Common elements include a barbecue grill island with storage, a mini-fridge, a pizza oven, a flat-top grill, and a smoker.

Here are some other hardscape design options that can enhance the features and functionality of your business:

• Outdoor Fireplaces and Fire Pits: Take the party outdoors with the ambiance that only a fire can provide. A fireplace or fire pit creates an ideal atmosphere for customers or small parties to gather and converse.
• Xeriscaping: This type of hardscaping often incorporates rocks, stone, and gravel. This design reduces water usage and requires minimal maintenance while improving biodiversity, lowering pollution, and mitigating heat within urban areas. We utilize native/indigenous vegetation instead of store-bought grass and imported plants to retain water and minimize supplemental irrigation.
• Dry Creek Beds: A dry creek bed is lined with large, medium, and smaller stones and edged with plants to mimic a natural creek or riverbank. We often use dry creek beds to guide or divert rainwater to prevent erosion during runoff following heavy rainfall.
• Outcropping or Accent Stones: Accent stones can be integrated into a landscape as centerpieces, functional structure elements, or to fill gaps where plants struggle to survive. Outcropping stones are larger natural stones stacked or placed strategically within the landscape.
• Brick or Stone Borders: Defining the edges of your landscape with a brick or stone border looks beautiful. This helps to differentiate your beds from the lawn or encircle trees with a small border.
• Paver Driveways: A paver driveway enhances curb appeal, adding classic and modern aesthetics to your business’s outdoor space. Pavers are highly durable, so your driveway will hold up for decades under all the weight and wear of vehicles. These driveways significantly outlast driveways made of asphalt or concrete.
• Sitting Walls: This type of wall is usually double-sided and free-standing. We use sitting walls to help define outdoor living spaces by enhancing their geometry and design. They provide additional seating in your outdoor space as well.
• Stairs: Whether constructed using wood, natural stone, or wall stone with a paver overlay, adding structural access to your outdoor area is a functional element to your landscape.
• Pillars: Pillars are a focal point and add a vertical element to your landscape. They are often used at the end of sitting walls. They are used to welcome guests at the entrance of your business or the entrance of your parking area.
• Decks: A deck can be a gathering place for your customers or employees to enjoy special memories together. Whether you choose a natural wood or composite finish, a deck can add an aesthetic appeal to the exterior of your business.
• Patios: A patio can be for your customers and/or employees. It can also be an additional room that extends outside. The extension can be constructed of pavers or natural stone, and we can add it to your existing patio or build a new one to meet your specific needs.
• Fences & Gates: The benefits of fencing are security, screening, privacy, and peace of mind. With wood, vinyl, or aluminum options, our fences are built to last and look good, too.
• Trellis, Pergola, Pavilions: Adding structural features to provide screening, shade, or elevation to your outdoor space will enhance the aesthetics and beauty of your landscape. These are often made of wood, vinyl, or aluminum.