At Seely’s, Roger Sr., the head designer, teaches all of our designers to ask many questions before the design process begins! I.e. How many folks will you be entertaining on your patio? What is the traffic flow pattern? Would you like a seating wall to accommodate 10 or 15 people without moving a chair? Does a gas burning fire pit interest you? A kitchen? A pizza oven? Do you want a blooming sequence, a fragrance sequence? All Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter color? Do you need shade? What are your colors? Do you like red and yellow together in the garden? Does a minimum maintenance garden sound good to you? Plus a myriad more of questions.
This process insures our client’s landscape fits their dream garden with beauty, minimal maintenance as well as function. We do emphasize and integrate our wide selection of plants to enhance our construction design. This process sets us apart from our competition.
To relax on the patio in the evening, and have a fire while the fragrant fringe tree, carlcephalum viburnum or Seven sons tree is in full bloom is beyond compare.
To set up an appointment for a consultation, please call: 614-771-0011
The consultation fee is $65.00-85.00 depending on designer and project distance from our facility. We design front entrances – small and large, patios, entertainment areas, and master plans. At the consultation, we will estimate the amount of hours it will take to design your project. The cost of design time is $65.00 per hour and can be applied to the cost of the installation.
Please call us when you are ready to embark on your landscape filled with beauty, fragrance and function.
For you, our many design/installation styles include:
Japanese gardens
Formal Williamsburg gardens
Knot gardens and topiaries
English Cottage gardens
Shade and/or Sun gardens
Front Entrance Welcome zones
Conifer Collector gardens
Natural gardens
Fragrance sequence gardens
Bloom sequence gardens
Fall color sequence
Landscaping for wet/dry areas
Rock gardens and Miniatures
Water gardens, Creeks and Waterfalls
New Lawns – seed or sod
Woodland and Hillside gardens
Drought tolerant landscaping
Hummingbird & Butterfly gardens
In all styles we use:
Organic soil preparation
Composted odorless horse manure
Cottonseed meal
Azomite
Soft phosphorous
Our construction expertise includes:
Concrete paver and Brick patios, walks and driveways
Cobble Stone pathways and walks
Natural Stone retaining walls
Natural Flagstone patios
Seating walls and pillars
Flagstone patios
Stepping Stone pathways
Ponds
Formal ponds and fountains
Small water features
Natural creeks
Koi ponds
Ponds from 6’x6’ to 40’ x 40’
Natural waterfalls
Dry creeks
Pond lighting
Pondless waterfalls
Planting and transplanting of big mature shade trees and evergreens (up to 12” caliper)
Scroll down to see our Project Gallery images below!
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Project 1 : New patio & retaining wall
Before picture – note table placement
starting steps & retaining wall
Walk almost done
Stone patio & table
Patio & steps
Retaining wall & landscape
Walkway through gate
Cool spot looking down from deck
Project 2 : New patio & traffic flow
Before – Notice no door in Jack & Jill garage
Excavation begins removal of old cistern – notice how small the space is
New patio showing traffic flow – 4 entrances & exits from new garage door to both house entrances
Center entrance from garage, exit to trash area
Cozy, gas operated fire pit
Completed: Seating wall to seat 10-15 people, privacy cedar fence, step into garage & shade started for west side
Project 3 : New patio, seating wall, fire pit, and privacy landscaping
Before picture
New patio & seating wall
Welcome to dinner!
Overall patio with shade for south exposure
Firepit with seating wall & stone path to new vegetable garden
Project 4 : New patio and landscaping
Patio with pillars & seating walls (she loves daisies!)
Circular steps
Step out & pillars with spiral topiary
Table & 4 chairs & pillar pots
Colorful Garden
Steping stone path through garden
Along the way Hakonechloa
Around the corner to the hosta garden
Sun dial & 7 Sons tree in the hostas, roses & dwarf cone flower
Looking back to the patio – not many flowers but very colorful
Project 5 : Outdoor entertainment room
Before shot showing no steps
Digging deep for foundation of seating wall
Straight wall along the creek done & patio laid
Curved wall very close along creek & new steps
Notice the large tree for shade from evening sun
Curved wall next to creek for privacy screening
Seating wall for fire pit on top of retaining wall & shade for all
New step out, patio, fire pit & privacy screen
Fire pit, seating wall, shade & privacy screen
Stone Block Walkway Landscape Video
Project 6 : New front entrance
New entrance with tapestry stripe
Planting showing Yin & Yang curve of walk
Colorful planting along the curve of walk
Very dwarf boxwood and space for annuals & bulbs
Pink roses will bloom under hydrangea standard
New stoop & step with tapestry stripe
More annuals & new Thai elephant ear
Close-up of exotic Thai elephant ear
New entrance framed by hydrangea tree & roses
Project 7 : Dry stream, front planting, & bench
Warm & welcoming front entrance garden
Pretty & practical. A dry creek surrounded by flowers & fragrance (lilac standard)
Big rocks, medium rocks, little rocks just like in nature. with reed like plantings, evergreens & summer color
Fragrant fringe tree on the corner, roses & evergreen boxwood
Walk thru from the porch to the bench area
Yellow thread cypress tree for evergreen privacy
Resting area for morning coffee
Shade for bench with fragrant purple sandcherry; tree form
More privacy with thread cypress & summer color with daylilies & Incrediball Hydrangea
Project 8 : Resurrection of an old patio
Before shot – old bricks & ivy gone wild
Wavy old bricks, metal pond to be reconstituted & more wild ivy
Start of new patio with tapestry stripe
Finish patio with stepping stone entrance to bedroom
Patio close-up
New entrance to living room
New planting of very dwarf Skeeters Broom Japanese maple & very dwarf boxwood, and… new old stone bench
Planting & new fountain
Close-up of soothing fountain & colorful begonias
A great place to read, paint, or be creative. 200 tiny yellow winter aconites come up in March in the cracks
Project 9 : Rock garden around hot tub
A pleasant experience, soothing hot tub & dwarf plants with character
Colorful conifers to help create “happy & warm” feelings
Project 10 : Visit our Youtube channel for VIDEOS of many finished projects!
Natural Waterfall Landscape Video
Natural Pond Landscape Video
Project 11 : Conifer & Dwarf Conifer Garden
Before – tree in foreground left & lavender plant in background
Main part of new conifer garden
Garden building
Soil preparation & large rock placement (notice tree)
Path placement & garden building
More path placement & garden building
Finished project:
dwarf conifer and miniature plant collection
(notice lavender plant in background)
Tree trunk in first before picture
See the lavender in the background, entrance by garden building
Many colorful dwarf conifers
Project 12 : Small spaces can be beautiful
Mazas reptans blooming under pink dogwood at the front entrance
Bluestone stepping stones thru mazas leading to the backyard
From back to front showing the 7 Sons tree in the mazas
Thunderbolt hosta greet you as you stroll by
Small spaces can be beautiful
Project 13 : English Garden
Entrance to garden with dwarf blue & yellow spruce, lavender & chocolate armeria
Daisies, upright blue spruce, roses, pink bee balm, and…
Strolling along pathway with Blue Star creeper, lavender & daisies
Okame cherry blooms pink very early for more color
Daisies, daylilies, bee balm, cone flower, and the yellow foliage of the Full Moon maple
Close-up of the same & showing blue balloon flower
Daylilies, coreopsis, hydrangea, roses, daisies, and stepping stones engulfed by Blue Star creeper
May Night salvia, roses & triple trunk of 7 Sons tree
Stepping along with fall flowering Sedum cauticola
Blue Star creeper getting ready to bloom & daisies
Blue Star creeper in full bloom
Weigelia ‘Wine & Roses’ with Hot Pink Knock Out roses & Blue Star creeper
Yellow Knock Out rose with lavender & Blue Star creeper
7 Sons tree, roses, and Blue Star creeper
What a wonderful path to walk along!
Links to materials and products we use in our landscapes:
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