More than just a landscape company

Our services range from hardscape, masonry, retaining wall and development projects, to private waterfalls, terraced yards, pavers, sod, and irrigation.

Retaining Walls

We are often asked, “What is a retaining wall?” & “Why do we need one?” Upgrade Landscape retaining wall experts desire to fully explain retaining wall structures. The principal purpose of a retaining wall is to bind soils between two different elevations. The retaining wall structure is engineered or planned to resist lateral pressure of soil that exceeds the angle of repose when elevations are changed.

As experts, Upgrade Landscape retaining wall designers will consider proper design, necessary permits, and construction of retaining walls. Retaining wall experts will recognize the challenges of the terrain, the retaining wall materials needed, and the proper installation based on factory certification, recommendations, and expertise.

Stone Paving

Upgrade Landscaping paver installation is commonly used in exterior hardscaping such as patios, walkways, driveways, pool decks, and loading docks. The technical name is block paving, but pavers is the common name used by home and business owners. Upgrade Landscaping has installed thousands of square feet of pavers or interlocking paving stones and will be glad to price your project today.

Upgrade Landscaping paver patios, walkways, and driveways are installed according to manufacturer recommendations and certifications, but to get an idea of the process, Upgrade Landscaping paver experts will explain the process: Patios and walkways made out of pavers will be laid on top of a rock sub-base and a leveling bed of sand. Commonly known grout is not used in paver laying, but the joints are filled with either regular sand or a locking sand which acts very similar to grout. Paver patios and walkways are more flexible and resistant to cracking and environmental conditions, since their joints are more elastic than grout.

Landscaping

Deciding on a beautiful backyard landscaping installation is not hard with inspiration and consulting from the landscaping experts at Upgrade Landscaping. Our expertise includes thousands of backyard transformations in the North Georgia area, from outdoor rooms, patios, decks, water features, fire pits, fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, pools, ponds, walkways, flower beds, driveways, and much more.

When designing and installing front and back yards, expert landscapers at Upgrade Landscaping understand the value of a well thought out yard. Landscaping is a true extension of your home or business and it is always a great opportunity to provide additional outdoor living space. Whether for recreation or relaxation, front and back yards are enjoy by thousands of families every day. Upgrade Landscaping understands that a yard may and should change functionality depending on family needs, so we can re construct or transform a front and back yard at any time.

Hardscaping

Upgrade Landscaping hardscapes creates sensational outdoor rooms within a budget set by you. Our hardscaping experts understand that everyone has different budgets and ideas and it is our job to make sure that all the projects must haves be met within the customer budget.

Hardscapes include the non-plant elements of a front and backyard; concrete, stones, pavers, boulders, and other hard materials that don’t grow. Examples of hardscapes are steps design and installation, water features and lights, and all source of patios. In most cases landscaping is not completed until a focal point hardscape piece is installed.

Water Features

A well designed water feature will end up being the luxury focal point of your landscape. From grand waterfalls that mimic nature to bubbling urns set in the garden, we at Upgrade Landscaping are the experts in design and installation.

Our extensive technical knowledge in the construction industry paired with our passionate designers makes us the go-to professionals for all of your water feature desires.

We have experience in large scale waterfalls set into hillsides, pondless systems, koi ponds, decorative fountains, and ponds.

Drainage

For more than three decades Upgrade Landscaping has designed and installed thousands of drain and drainage solutions for homes and businesses. Drainage is many times overlooked when installing landscaping and that is always a cause of structural damage and dangerous soil movements. Problems such as standing water, excessive dirt movement, foundation cracking, and water penetration all are caused by poor drainage.

Examples of the drainage we install are:
Trenched Down Spouts-This consists of connecting all your gutter downspouts to underground pipes diverting all water away from the foundation of the house.
Dry Creek Beds-The installation of a soil erosion solution. dry beds carry large quantities of runoff from driveways or other impervious surfaces.
Catch Basins-This installation is mostly to divert water from a large area into a large type hole that will hold, filtrate, and transport water to desire area