Sarasota Landscaping Inc.
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Landscaping projects showcase

Finished work, and the befores to compare.

Front-yard redos, palms, paver paths and drives, courtyards, retaining walls, and pool-cage planting, built by one crew with Craig on the job. Drag any slider to compare the same yard before and after.

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After: the same home with palms, a rock-edged mulch bed, a shell bed and a curved paver drive
Before: a two-story white home with a wide gravel and shell area beside the paver drive

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(01)Before & after

Before and after

The same yards, photographed before the work and after. Drag the handle, or focus it and use the arrow keys.

  • After: the same waterfront home with artificial turf, a grey paver terrace, block retaining walls, a water feature and palms
    Before: waterfront home with the yard between the house and the seawall torn up to bare soil, beside the dock
    01Waterfront, full renovationBackyard: a torn-up waterfront yard becomes artificial turf, a paver terrace, block retaining walls, a water feature and palms.
  • After: grey paver walkway along a block retaining wall with built-in steps, palms and a planting bed
    Before: sloped waterfront side lawn beside boat lifts, with a small block wall and a light pole
    02Waterfront walkway and wallSide yard: a sloped lawn by the boat lifts becomes a paver walkway with a block retaining wall, built-in steps and palms.
  • After: the same home with palms, a rock-edged mulch bed, a shell bed and a curved paver drive
    Before: two-story white home with a wide gravel and shell area beside the paver drive
    03Front yard and driveFront yard: a wide gravel and shell area becomes palms, a rock-edged mulch bed, a shell bed and a curved paver drive.
  • After: curved grey paver walkway with palms, mulch beds and rock edging behind the same house
    Before: bare sand and shell lot behind a small house with a screened room
    04Paver walkway and palmsBackyard: a bare sand and shell lot becomes a curved paver walkway with palms and mulch beds.
  • After: brick paver courtyard with a fountain, palms, crotons and lush tropical beds
    Before: shady backyard of bare dirt with flags marking the layout around a fountain
    05Courtyard with fountainBackyard: bare, shady dirt becomes a brick paver courtyard with a fountain, palms and tropical beds.
  • After: the same courtyard paved in grey travertine-look pavers, with patio furniture and a kamado grill
    Before: walled yellow-stucco courtyard with a bare sand floor
    06Courtyard, sand to paversCourtyard: a bare sand floor paved in grey travertine-look pavers.
  • After: curved paver path through the same side yard, with palms, flowering beds and fresh mulch
    Before: narrow side yard of bare dirt along the house wall, with tile in the foreground
    07Side yard paver pathSide yard: bare dirt along the house becomes a curved paver path between palms and flowering beds.
  • After: the same fence line with palms, rock-edged mulch beds, a gravel sitting area with a bench and a stepping-stone path
    Before: backyard lawn along a wood fence, with stepping stones in the grass
    08Backyard tropical bedsBackyard: open lawn along the fence becomes palms, rock-edged mulch beds and a stepping-stone path.
  • After: the same patio corner with stone-edged planting beds, palms and dracaena
    Before: patio corner with bare mulch, a small paver pad and a covered grill under oaks with Spanish moss
    09Patio planting bedsPatio: bare mulch around the patio becomes stone-edged planting beds with palms.
  • After: block retaining wall holding a raised bed of palms and plants beside the same pool enclosure
    Before: strip of bare dirt beside a screened pool enclosure, with a garden hose
    10Retaining wall by the pool cageSide yard: a dirt strip beside the pool enclosure becomes a block retaining wall with palms and plants.
  • After: the same home with a grey paver driveway, fresh sod, tall palms and planted mulch beds
    Before: new two-story home with a bare, rutted front yard of sand and gravel
    11New build, paver driveFront yard: a bare, rutted lot of sand and gravel becomes a grey paver driveway, fresh sod, palms and planted mulch beds.
  • After: the same home with fresh sod, tall palms and curved mulch beds of tropical plants
    Before: front of a new two-story home with the yard torn up to bare dirt and sand
    12New build, front bedsFront yard: torn-up dirt in front of a new home becomes fresh sod, palms and curved mulch beds of tropical plants.
  • After: the same backyard with fresh sod, palms, curved tropical beds and a small paver pad by the fence
    Before: large backyard graded to bare dirt along a white vinyl fence, with a compact track loader
    13Backyard sod and tropical bedsBackyard: a graded dirt yard becomes sod, palms and curved tropical beds around a small paver pad.
  • After: the same side of the home with a row of tall palms over layered beds of tropical plants
    Before: waterfront side of a two-story home with a thin mulch strip and two small palms
    14Waterfront palms and foundation bedsSide yard: a thin mulch strip along the house becomes a row of tall palms over layered foundation beds.
  • After: the same pool enclosure bordered by a wide mulch bed of palms, shrubs and low plants
    Before: new screened pool enclosure with sod cut back to bare dirt along its base
    15Pool enclosure borderBackyard: cut sod and bare dirt around a new pool enclosure become a mulch border of palms and shrubs.
  • After: the same pool with a paver deck, palms and a river-rock border on the bay; pool water digitally added
    Before: waterfront pool under construction, an empty shell surrounded by dirt under a stormy sky
    16Waterfront pool deckPool: a bare dirt site around a new pool shell becomes a travertine paver deck with palms and a river-rock border. Water was added digitally to the after photo; the pool was still empty when it was taken.
  • After: the same home with palms, tropical foundation beds and a strip of sod along the driveway
    Before: new white two-story home with a grey paver driveway and bare dirt beds, equipment in the yard
    17New-build plantingPlanting: bare dirt beds around a new two-story home become palms and tropical foundation beds, with sod along the paver drive.
  • After: concrete stepping pads in gravel with dense tropical planting and palms along the fence
    Before: bare sand side yard between a white modern home and a wood slat fence
    18Side-yard walkwayWalkway: a bare sand side yard becomes concrete stepping pads set in gravel, with palms and tropical planting along the fence.
  • After: new lawn, a large palm and tropical beds along a brick-paver drive
    Before: front yard torn up to bare dirt beside the house
    19Front yard, from dirtCleared to bare dirt, then lawn, palms and tropical beds along a brick-paver drive.
  • After: palms and layered tropical beds on either side of the paver walk to the front door
    Before: front entry with bare beds on either side of the paver walk
    20The front entryBeds on both sides of the walk stripped back, then rebuilt with palms and layered tropicals.
  • After: a row of palms, crotons and fresh mulch beds sweeping around the lawn
    Before: front yard with the planting bed stripped to bare soil and marked with flags
    21A row of foxtailsA flagged-out bare bed becomes a sweep of palms and crotons around the lawn.
  • After: new sod, palms, flowering shrubs and a boulder in a curved bed under the same oak
    Before: bare, flagged front yard under a large oak beside a brick-paver drive
    22Under the old oakThe oak stays. New sod, palms, flowering shrubs and a boulder in a bed that follows the drive.
  • After: a gravel path edged in white stone beside the pool cage, lined with palms and red and gold tropicals
    Before: overgrown, shady strip beside a screened pool cage with a worn dirt path
    23Along the pool cageAn overgrown dirt track turned into a stone-edged gravel path under palms.
  • After: paver patio with palms in a rock-edged bed beside the same home
    Before: plain lawn beside a home with a white fence
    24Lawn to patioA plain strip of lawn becomes a paver patio with palms in a rock-edged bed.
  • After: a dense band of palms and tropical shrubs outside the pool cage
    Before: view through the pool cage to open, patchy lawn and houses beyond
    25The view from the poolPalms and shrubs planted outside the cage: open lawn becomes a green wall.
(02)Finished work

From the showcase

Photos from the original Sarasota Landscaping Inc. showcase. Tap any photo to see it larger.

  • 01Finished tropical front yard: tall palms over curved beds edged in pavers, mulch, a boulder accent and blue and yellow ground-cover
  • 02Two-story home framed by newly planted palms and layered tropical beds
  • 03Sweeping brick-paver driveway curving in front of a two-story home with a tile roof
  • 04Paver courtyard leading past palms and new beds to a screened pool area
  • 05Paver path and palms along a privacy fence
  • 06Coconut palms in a curved mulched bed beside a brick-paver driveway
  • 07Side yard paver path with palms and fresh mulch
  • 08New plantings along the outside of a screened pool cage
  • 09Foxtail palm being set into place with a machine during an install
  • 10Finished landscape bed with palms and tropical plantings in front of a Florida home
  • 11Commercial palm planting with fresh beds
  • 12Block retaining wall holding a raised bed of tropical plants above a gravel strip
(03)More projects

Drives, patios, walls, and pool decks

More of Craig’s own project photos. Tap any photo to see it larger.

  • 01Waterfront pool deck with a sunken fire pit and foxtail palms.
  • 02Front yard: palms, rock-edged beds, and a curved paver drive.
  • 03Paver patio beside a raised block planter with palms.
  • 04Walled courtyard paved in grey travertine-look pavers.
  • 05Side lawn with a curbed bed edge, a palm, and tropical shrubs.
  • 06Paver walkway and block retaining wall with built-in steps.
(04)Services

The work behind the photos

Each service page covers what the job involves, materials, and common questions.

(05)Free on-site estimate

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