Custom Landscape and Outdoor Living Design in Duluth

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Stone steps cross a terraced backyard with green lawn areas, low walls and a raised basin with water flowing into a lower channel.

Outdoor improvements are most successful when they support the way the homeowner actually lives. A large patio may not help if it lacks shade. Beautiful planting may not solve an unusable slope. A pool area may still feel unfinished without lighting, seating, and a clear connection to the home.

Outdoor Makeover & Living Spaces helps Duluth homeowners plan the entire environment before construction begins.

Design With the Complete Property in Mind

Our team coordinates visible features with essential infrastructure so that the finished space is both attractive and functional.

Services may include:

  • Landscape design and installation
  • Patios, paths, walls, and steps
  • Outdoor kitchens and dining areas
  • Fire pits and fireplaces
  • Porches, decks, and pergolas
  • Drainage and grading
  • Outdoor lighting
  • Recreation courts and turf
  • Pool surroundings
  • Comprehensive renovations

The goal is a space that feels deliberate, balanced, and suited to your family.

Outdoor Planning for Duluth Homes

The right plan responds to lot size, neighborhood context, architecture, grade, tree cover, privacy, access, and existing improvements. It also considers how the family moves between the home, driveway, side yards, patio, lawn, and other destinations.

These practical decisions can make a significant difference in how often the outdoor space is used.

Professional Guidance at Every Stage

The Client Concierge will ask about your goals, intended use, timing, project elements, property ownership, decision-makers, and anticipated investment.

Based on that discovery, we recommend the appropriate consultation rather than asking you to select one without guidance.

OUR LANDSCAPE SERVICE OPTIONS INCLUDES

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Consult

Start with our Client Concierge to discuss your goals, property, scope and anticipated investment. We confirm service availability and recommend the appropriate paid consultation: Elevate ($99), Lifestyle ($249) or Legacy ($499).

An overhead backyard rendering shows a putting green, patio areas, planted borders and stepping stones beside the house.

Design

Elevate includes a preliminary sketch and project estimate. Lifestyle and Legacy include a 2D digital design, with one and three included revisions respectively. An optional 3D design add-on is available with Lifestyle and Legacy for an additional $500; it is not available with Elevate. Your designer confirms the scope, deliverables and timing for your property.

Compare our consultation and design options.

A long stone-clad outdoor kitchen beneath a timber frame has a countertop, grill and warm lighting beside a brick house and lawn.

Build

After you approve the design and written construction proposal, our project team coordinates the work, materials and relevant specialists. We explain project-specific timing, keep you informed and document approved scope changes as your outdoor space takes shape.

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Satisfy

At the final walkthrough, we explain the installed features and care instructions and review the applicable written warranty terms. Your project team remains your contact for follow-up questions, so you can enjoy the completed space with confidence.

Discuss Your Duluth Outdoor Vision

Speak with our Client Concierge about how you want your property to function and which changes would have the greatest impact.

Plan your Duluth outdoor makeover

Explore our Elevate, Lifestyle and Legacy Makeover tiers with your Client Concierge to find the approach that fits your goals, scope and anticipated investment. Our investment guide explains planning considerations and includes completed-project examples.

Still deciding which kind of contractor you need? Read our design-build, landscaper and pool builder comparison before choosing your team.

Confirm coverage for your property

Service coverage is based on specific ZIP codes, not city boundaries or a mileage radius. Check our service ZIP-code directory, then share your property address with our Client Concierge to confirm availability and project fit.

Our Process

Can you combine landscaping with an outdoor kitchen project?

Yes. Planting, patio space, lighting, shade, utilities, seating, and circulation should be coordinated for the best result.

Can you work with an existing pool?

Yes. Pool surroundings can be updated with hardscaping, planting, lighting, structures, cooking areas, and improved circulation.

Do you handle large multi-service projects?

Yes. Complete outdoor transformations are a central part of Outdoor Makeover’s work.

Can a project be planned around future improvements?

Yes. Future phases should be identified early so current construction does not limit later options.