Water-Wise Landscape and Irrigation Professionals#

The following landscape and irrigation contractors are ready to help you achieve a water-saving landscape thanks to their in-depth knowledge of water-wise principles and City landscaping programs. The companies listed have attended a Water-Wise Professionals informational meeting and are not endorsed by the City. Participants of City of Fort Collins programs are not required to use a professional from this list to be eligible to participate.
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Waterwise Land & Waterscapes has been in the Landscape business since first opening its doors in 2001 and has over 75 years of combined experience in Landscape design, build, maintenance, construction and management. We have installed and been part of projects that range from small residential landscapes to million dollar, multi-use housing developments.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Masonry
- Irrigation auditing
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Pesticide and disease control
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
Front Range Landscape is family owned and operated. We offer landscape design, installation and maintenance services. We specialize in providing custom gardens that suit our customers' needs and wants.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Masonry
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Pesticide and disease control
- Native seeding projects
- Certified Landscape Professional
Fort Collins owned and operated, Meade Landscaping serving northern CO for all your hardscape, landscape, xeriscape & irrigation needs. From renovations, irrigation troubleshooting to design and install there is no job too small.
- ICPI certified
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Masonry
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
Common Roots is a water-wise yardscaping company building on the ethics of permaculture to grow abundance on the land through soil building, native plants, edible perennials, resilient gardening techniques, and closed loop systems.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Native seeding projects
Summit Outdoor Living is a professional design build landscape company that is known for its custom outdoor living spaces and hardscape construction tailored to your unique vision and lifestyle. We are detailed craftsmen who have been assisting our residential and commercial clients from the concept plan to the finished landscape in Northern Colorado since 1999.
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Hardscape installation
- Masonry
Wards Lawn service has been in business for 25 years. We do both residential and commercial work. Our professionals do a variety of work including Property maintenance, annual and perennial enhancement, Sod installation, Irrigation installation including Backflow Testing, Trouble shooting and maintenance, Landscape renovation, Spring and Fall cleanups, Field Mowing and snow removal.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Landscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Pesticide and disease control
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
With a multi-disciplinary approach to design issues, STUDIOPLAATS focuses on residential homes, large-scale urban master planning and design, ecological restoration, parks, plazas, squares and gardens. We also develop concepts and visions for climate forward projects, making sustainable building and ecosystem restoration priority one.
We work at all scales and would love to hear about your project.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
We provide detailed landscape designs and consultations. We specialize in low water, native designs as well as pollinator friendly designs. We also provide detailed garden maintenance and garden installations. We will oversee the installation of an entire landscape design from start to finish and then take care of it as it matures.
Other services: garden maintenance, raised garden bed design, edible gardens
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Landscape maintenance
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
Serenity Garden Design is focused on offering ecological landscape design, project management and garden consulting in northern Colorado. Using well over a decade of education and experience, we work with our clients to produce thoughtful designs that address their needs and desires along with the needs of the environment and local wildlife.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
About Thyme Permascapes, LLC works to create and maintain beautiful gardens through soil retention, watershed adjustments, and thoughtful planting. New and established areas are transformed from bland, high maintenance yards into beautifully interesting, low maintenance spaces.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Landscape installation
- Landscape maintenance
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
Confluent Design provides landscape architectural design services for property owners interested in creating native, waterwise, firewise landscapes.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
We install new irrigation systems, sprinklers and drip. We adapt existing systems to changes to your landscape. We service, repair and manage systems. We are very experienced with many different brands of smart controllers and use only the highest quality products. We warranty everything we do.
- Irrigation design
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Irrigation auditing
- Certified Landscape Professional
Maddie specializes in naturalistic, native-plant landscapes that serve people and wildlife alike. A trained botanist and teacher, she offers consulting and design services, as well as workshops on native garden installation and bare-root planting technique. She is herself a former Xeriscape Incentive Program participant (2021).
Other services offered: Workshops and education
- Landscape design
- Landscape maintenance
- Native seeding projects
All Terrain Landscaping, rooted in humble beginnings, now offers comprehensive water management solutions. With seasoned technicians and innovative techniques, they tackle even the toughest challenges, ensuring water savings and efficient irrigation. Trust them to handle any landscaping need with expertise and care. With over 100 years of combined experience, we all technicians to carry a minimum of one certification including CID, CLIA, CLIT, QWEL and be well versed in the newest water conservation technology platforms.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Masonry
- Irrigation auditing
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Pesticide and disease control
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
- Certified Landscape Professional
Your friendly local landscapers! Turf Tamers operates in Fort Collins serving residential and Commercial properties. We offer full service maintenance and Landscape installations.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Irrigation auditing
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Pesticide and disease control
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
Residential and light commercial irrigation service and repair/ renovation company with over 38 years of doing business in the Fort Collins area. Irrigation system repairs, renovation and service including backflow testing.
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Certified Landscape Professional
ZGL is a full-service landscaping company, we specialize in providing both commercial and residential landscaping services, including design, installation, and maintenance. We make life better through landscaping.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Native seeding projects
- Certified Landscape Professional
Padden Permaculture, founded by certified permaculture designer and teacher Patrick Padden, is an ecological landscape design firm based in Fort Collins, Colorado. With over 16 years of experience, the company specializes in sustainable and regenerative land projects that integrate productive and ecologically conscious species and strategies. Services include comprehensive landscape transformations, AI and VR visualization tools, and the creation of functional, beautiful outdoor spaces that enhance local ecosystems and promote community prosperity.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Masonry
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
At Asher Architects+Engineers, we're a collective of forward-thinking collaborators who blend art and science to create water-efficient designs that are sustainable and inspiring. We understand the challenges of the region, and our landscape architects and irrigation designers work closely with you to develop solutions that are mindful of water usage and tailored to your way of life. Plus, we've got you covered if you need help navigating the City's site plan amendment process.
Other Services Offered: Site Plan Amendment and Entitlement Processes
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Native seeding projects
Our motto is "Working together to guide responsible change". That means as a team we help communities make changes to the landscape that are responsible, good for people and the environment, and are beautiful. Our work is woven into the communities we serve through parks, recreation, open space, and trail design; urban infill and redevelopment; environmental restoration; commercial, residential, and education/civic/public facilities site planning; and streetscapes, trails, and pathways design.
Other services offered: Environmental Planning and Restoration
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Native seeding projects
Apex Futures LLC is a local Fort Collins firm passionate about designing and installing engaging, water wise landscapes that benefit the entire ecological community. Leaning on xeriscape and permaculture principles, we believe nature principally inform our design.
Other services: HOA consulting, grant writing, strategic planning
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
Family owned and operated, providing consultation, design, installation, and maintenance of residential properties. Specializing in sustainable xeric landscapes. Great plant knowledge.
- Landscape design
- Landscape installation
- Landscape maintenance
- Tree/shrub pruning
Straightforward landscaping is passionate about Colorado’s ever changing landscape and the clients they service. We provide design, build, manage and maintain. We are excited to add hydroseeding as an option for our clients to help with cost and more options for landscaping. We have been apart of XIP since 2020 and also life after lawn in Weld County.
Other services: hydroseeding
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Landscape maintenance
- Masonry
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Native seeding projects
Habitat Guild is a full-service, premium residential landscape company providing design, build, and care services in Northern Colorado. We specialize in the artful craft of naturalized landscape through an ecological lens.
Other services: consultation
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Native seeding projects
Skyline Landscape and Design has 19 years of locally owned and operated, Fort Collins experience. We are a design build landscape construction company specializing in residential landscape construction. We are happy to work with the City of Fort Collins and their XIP program to transform your landscape into a beautiful, functional, xeriscape that you can enjoy, all while reducing water and maintenance costs. Please check our reviews to understand the care and quality we put into our work and email us for a free quote/consultation.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Landscape installation
We create unique, functional, and artistic landscapes that thrive in the high plains and rocky mountains. We are impassioned horticulturists, creative designers, skilled craftsmen, and patient teachers.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Masonry
- Irrigation auditing
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Pesticide and disease control
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
Offering hourly consulting to complete landscape plans plus DIY support, design on-site, Parkway Amendments, curated plant lists & plant sourcing, ecological gardening practices, native and regionally appropriate planting design, site design to marry building and landscape architecture. The best time to design for warm-season garden installation is September-April.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Native seeding projects
A love of beauty, native Colorado plants, and good design inspired Mark and Emily Maeda to found Tree of Life Landscapes in 1998. We are a design-build firm specializing in plant driven design that leverages natural systems and native and native adapted plants.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Masonry
- Native seeding projects
Oak & Stone Design is a local landscape design and construction team dedicated to designing & building enticing outdoor living spaces with the environment in mind.
Other services: landscape lighting and planters
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Irrigation auditing
Linden Leaf Landscapes is a small Fort Collins business specializing in xeriscape, flagstone, and garden installation. Our single crew is passionate about bringing personal and professional support to our community.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Masonry
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
Horsetooth Nursery is a small grower specializing in local native plants and other xeric, pollinator-friendly species.
Other services: native plants
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Masonry
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
Chickadee Pine Designs LLC, is an ecological landscape design company specializing in pollinator and bird friendly landscape habitats. We also specialize in facilitating community landscape design workshops, interpretive graphic design, and garden coaching. We design with our clients, teach what we know, and help guide installation to create habitat for all. We only provide landscape design services and can plan workshops to help you install your own landscape with friends and family. If you want someone else to install your landscape then we can refer you to an installation company.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Native seeding projects
We transform landscapes into beautiful, functional spaces inspired by Colorado's surroundings. With a passion for building backyard memories, our team delivers seamless projects that bring your vision to life. We create sustainable environments that connect people and communities, ensuring each project enhances the spaces we call home.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
Based in Fort Collins, CSU graduate offering landscape and home exterior design services along the Front Range with a network of contractors for installation. Consultations provided for tree care and landscape maintenance as well.
Other services: maintenance and tree care consultations
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
At Earthborn Landscape Design, we work in close partnership with our clients to create water-wise landscape designs that are beautiful, functional, and sustainable. We specialize in designing low-water landscapes with a strong focus on native plants.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
Our residential landscape installation services and maintenance services are available to properties in Fort Collins (east of Horsetooth Reservoir), Loveland (east of Co Rd 23), Timnath, Wellington, Windsor, and northern Johnstown. Our landscape installation services and maintenance services for commercial properties are available for all of Northern Colorado.
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Landscape installation
- Hardscape installation
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Landscape maintenance
- Masonry
- Irrigation auditing
- Tree/shrub pruning
- Hauling and debris removal/recycling
- Pesticide and disease control
- Sod cut and haul-off only projects
- Native seeding projects
- Certified Landscape Professional
Urban Ecology Studio provides Landscape Design services with the intent of creating meaningful spaces that also serve as examples of careful stewardship of water and habitat. Fred Haberecht, the owner of Urban Ecology Studio, has 40 years of experience in designing and managing landscapes in the arid west. Fred Haberecht is a Licensed Landscape Architect with 40 years of substantial and varied design experience, 20 of which were at Colorado State University first as the Campus Landscape Architect and later as the Campus Planner.
Other services: plant health care recommendations
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
Norris Design offers planning, landscape architecture, irrigation design, and branding services. Our integrated approach brings individual disciplines together to design places that get built. We believe in the power of place and the ability of our environments to inspire us all.
Other services: planning & zoning entitlements, site plan amendments
- Landscape design
- Irrigation design
- Hardscape design
- Native seeding projects
- Certified Landscape Professional
Rewilding landscapes. Small design company focused on bringing nature to your yard. We rely on many native and adaptable plants that provide year-round interest, insect and pollinator habitats, pops of color and texture, while keeping it as low maintenance and water wise as possible. We work hand in hand with landscape installers to ensure your vision comes to life.
- Landscape design
- Hardscape design
- Patio design
- Native seeding projects
ET Irrigation's focus is anything irrigation related with core business being Irrigation Management. (Assess, Design, Manage, repair, consult, Startup and winterization)
Other services: turf to native grass conversions
- Irrigation design
- Irrigation installation, repairs, maintenance
- Irrigation auditing
- Native seeding projects
Sundrops & Starflowers specializes in landscape design for the do-it-yourself homeowner. A yard that is truly lovely is one that is loved by the owner. Large or small projects welcome.
- Landscape design
Earth Love Gardens (ELG) creates native plant, pollinator & bird-friendly and edible Landscape Designs. ELG also offers Project Management to install projects for non-profit organizations. ELG is partners with the Audubon Rockies and the Pollinator Partnership.
Other services: project management of installations for non-profit organizations
- Landscape design
Did You Know?
In warm seasons at night (when temperatures are cooler), open windows when you feel comfortable doing so (i.e. in calm weather condition, with a window stopper in place, during clean air days, etc).
Stormwater Master Planning helps protect people, property and the environment against flooding, erosion and water quality problems caused by runoff.
Running the dishwasher only when it's full can save water and money. Do small loads by hand.