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.

Home & Garden Landscapes offers full-service landscape and hardscape design through Christopher Vann, including: residential design and installation for new and renovated properties; privacy screening design using specimen-quality trees and hollies; estate-scale planting plans for larger properties; swimming pool surrounds and outdoor living spaces; historic landscape restorations; and commercial and institutional landscape design. Every project — regardless of scope — is designed and overseen by Christopher from initial consultation through final installation.