About Sarasota Landscaping Inc.
Landscape design and installation, led by the owner.
Sarasota Landscaping Inc. is Craig Franca's company. Craig designs the landscape, from palms and planting beds to full yard redos, and stays with the job until the final walkthrough. Pavers and walls are built by the same crew, so the whole yard is planned together.
- Sarasota & Manatee County
- Free on-site estimate
- You deal with the owner
Landscapes are the work
Craig has 23 years of landscaping experience. He started Sarasota Landscaping Inc. in 2014, after a career in ad sales, to do the work he loves: designing landscapes and building them. Weekly mowing is not the business. The jobs are full residential redos, new planting design, palms, and beds built for Gulf-coast sun, salt and rain.
Every job starts with Craig on the property. He looks at the light, the drainage and how the yard is used, then lays out the beds, picks the palms and plants, and plans the edges, rock and mulch. See the privacy planting work and the before-and-after showcase.
One crew, owner-led start to finish
Craig handles the design himself and stays on the job while it is built. The same crew leader has worked with him since day one, and the same crew does the planting and the hardscape.
That is why the pavers fit the landscape instead of the other way around. When a yard needs a paver driveway, patio or walkway, pool deck or retaining wall, it is designed with the beds and palms beside it, so the details where they meet are settled before work starts.
There is no portal and no call center. You talk to Craig.
In Craig's words
In life it is nice to find and do what you really love. I did and I am. Designing landscaping and implementing my vision is what I love to do.
What we build
Landscape design and installation first, with the hardscape to match.
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Full landscape redos
Front and back yards redesigned and replanted in one job.
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Planting design
Beds, edging, rock and mulch laid out for the lot and the light.
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Palms & privacy planting
Palms, hedges and screens for Gulf-coast lots and side yards.
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Paver driveways
New drives, extensions, and matching existing pavers.
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Patios, walkways & pool decks
Paver patios, paths and pool decks tied into the planting.
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Retaining walls
Walls for grade changes and raised planting beds.
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Where we work
Sarasota County, Manatee County, and the coast in between. See the service areas.
Talk to Craig.
A full yard redo, new planting, palms, or pavers. Say what you have in mind and the city.