Yes, and it’s one of Christopher’s areas of particular expertise. His Master of Interior Architecture degree included a specialization in historic preservation, which gives him both the sensitivity and the technical knowledge to design landscapes that are appropriate to a historic property’s character and period. The firm has completed historic landscape restorations across North Carolina, working on properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places and with historically significant private estates.

Yes. Home & Garden Landscapes has an established commercial and institutional design practice serving properties throughout the Triangle region. Commercial projects are approached with the same design rigor as residential work — Christopher develops planting plans that are appropriate to the property’s scale, architectural character, and long-term maintenance requirements. Projects include corporate campuses, institutional grounds, and multi-family residential properties.

Yes. Christopher’s training in architecture gives him a strong foundation in hardscape design — patios, stone pathways, retaining walls, steps, garden structures, and the integration of hardscape with planting. He designs hardscapes as part of the overall landscape composition rather than as separate elements, which results in outdoor spaces that feel unified, purposeful, and lasting. The firm installs all hardscape work in-house with the same attention to quality as the planting work.

Landscape renovation is one of the most common project types at Home & Garden Landscapes. Whether an older privacy hedge is failing, a front yard planting has grown out of proportion, or a backyard simply hasn’t lived up to its potential, Christopher begins by assessing what can be preserved or enhanced and what needs to be replaced. Many renovation projects benefit from the firm’s specialty in mature plantings — replacing a failed hedge with specimen-quality hollies or arborvitaes, for example, delivers an immediate result rather than a multi-year wait.

Yes. Home & Garden Landscapes works regularly with homeowners in new construction and newly developed neighborhoods throughout Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and surrounding communities. New construction landscapes present unique opportunities: with a blank canvas, Christopher can design a cohesive planting plan that establishes immediate privacy, defines outdoor rooms, and creates the mature, established look that most new homeowners want from day one — rather than waiting years for plants to grow in.