Landscapes drawn on paper. Built to outlast us.

Fernbrook is a design-and-build studio in the Hudson Valley. One team draws the plan, sets the stone, and plants the beds — so nothing gets lost between the drawing and the ground.

Recent projects in Rhinebeck, Cold Spring, Millbrook, Beacon, Garrison, and New Paltz.

Three ways we work

Most clients start with a full design-and-build. Some come to us with a plan in hand, or a finished landscape that needs a steady caretaker.

Design + Build

From the first walkthrough to the last plant in the ground. Site survey, planting plan, hardscape drawings, and construction by our own crew.

Typical scope: $60k–$400k

Build from your plan

Already working with a landscape architect? We price, sequence, and build from their drawings — and flag anything the site disagrees with before it costs you.

Typical scope: $40k–$250k

Estate care

Seasonal pruning, bed renovation, stone repair, and drainage upkeep for landscapes we built — and a few we wish we had.

Year-round, by contract

How a project runs

1

Walk the site

We meet on your property, talk through how you actually use it, and take levels, light, and drainage readings. You get honest feedback on scope and budget the same day.

2

Draw the plan

Scaled plan drawings, plant schedules, and material samples you can hold. We revise until the plan is yours, then price it line by line.

3

Build it once

Our crew builds in sequenced phases with a posted schedule. One foreman, one point of contact, no subcontractor roulette.

Recent work, as drawn

Every project starts as a plan. Here are three from the last two seasons — ask us for the full portfolio and photographs when we visit.

Millbrook terrace gardenBluestone terrace, fire circle, mixed perennial borders — 2026
Garrison hillsideThree drystone terraces, granite steps, young orchard — 2025
Rhinebeck pool + meadowPlunge pool, cedar pergola, half-acre native meadow — 2025
“The crew that drew our plan is the crew that showed up every morning. That’s why it looks like the drawing.”
Homeowner, Cold Spring — full design-and-build, 2025

Walk your property with us.

Site visits run about an hour and cost nothing. We’ll tell you what the land wants to do, what it will fight, and what it costs to do it right.

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