Innovative landscape thinking and craftsmanship, meshed with quality customer service, is the promise of the Willow Branch Landscapes' team. Russell Marino Jr., Willow Branch owner and president, says they've already been busy this spring executing creative approaches in home landscaping and outdoor living.
"We design projects that capture each of our customers' personalities, while complimenting the interior design, exterior style and overall character of homes as well as their neighborhood settings. We create beautiful, inviting and functional outdoor living areas," Russell says.
Willow Branch Landscapes is a full-service design and landscape construction company serving Brentwood and Middle Tennessee, confirms Russell. Since the business was founded more than a decade ago, he says they've shared tips with customers based on their continuing education and love for the outdoors.
The company presently handles a robust spectrum of landscape, outdoor living, irrigation and lighting projects.
Aaron Gunter, Willow Branch chief operating officer, says they've currently noticed the following handful of trends in outdoor living and landscape designs within requests from their clients:
- More classic landscapes, intentionally done in green and white colors via plants and florals. "Clients recently are preferring clean, fresh looks."
- Low maintenance landscaping that still yields contemporary, simplistic clean lines, paired with earthy tones in the hardscape elements.
- Particularly with new construction, custom landscapes that match well with the elevations of houses. "New build sites are blank canvases, and we have a full design department with specialists who can provide 3D renderings and other unique styles that benefit each client."
- In hardscaping, such as for pavers and patios, really large stones are popular. "Custom bluestones or flagstones as big as 3-by-5 feet are being requested and applied."
- Likely to be a shift away from the type of landscaping plants that got flash-frozen in December 2022's frigid winter storm to more hardy plant and tree selections. "We've never seen anything in our market before like what happened right before Christmas, when the temperature suddenly dropped from the low 50s to subzero temps, all within 8 to 10 hours. Many established landscapes got burned back and died. I think the damaging results of that particular storm weather will have impacts on how we design landscapes this year and what clients will want to have."
Aaron says more than 80% of the vegetation, trees, shrubs and plants they incorporate into their designs is grown and sourced from regional nurseries. "We're fortunate that our area has so many great nurseries," he adds, given that climate and soil conditions typically combine to offer near-perfect growing environments in neighboring Tennessee counties.
This landscape company also gives back to local communities in a variety of ways. For the second year in a row, the Willow Branch Landscaping team designed and installed the landscaping for the "I Am Home" giveaway/raffle house built and donated by Willow Branch Homes. Proceeds from the tickets sold for chances to win this beautiful home in the Canterbury community of Thompsons Station benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The winner of the house is scheduled to be announced on April 14.
Last year's ticket sales for this generous fundraiser raised more than $650,000.
Additionally, the Willow Branch Landscapes' team is donating the landscaping to the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, a community service project to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. That house, built by Signature Homes in College Grove, will be given away on June 25. This is the 19th Annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Nashville.
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Spring is here -- it's a perfect time to consult with, or get irrigation start-ups handled by, this full-service landscaping company based from Spring Hill. They build outdoor kitchens, patios and pavers, too.