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Green Hills sits on Nashville’s rolling, tree-covered hillsides, a few minutes from the Mall and the Bluebird Cafe and a world away from a flat suburban lot. The landscaping here reflects the streets: mid-century brick ranches on generous lots, grand early-1900s homes, and a wave of new custom builds filling in between them. That mix means two very different jobs, refreshing a mature landscape under old oaks and pines, or establishing a brand-new one on a graded infill lot. We read the slope and the drainage first, because these hillsides move water fast, then build the finished landscape on groundwork that holds. From a full sod install to a stone terrace or a complete outdoor living space, one in-house crew runs the entire project.
Green Hills lots roll, and the ones that ignore that grade show it after the first hard rain. We start with how water moves across your yard, cutting the slope and adding drainage where a hillside sheds toward the house, then we design and plant on ground that holds. Under the neighborhood’s mature oaks and pines, we set shade-tolerant beds of perennials, native grasses, and seasonal color that hold interest through the year even in dappled light. On the sloped front yards Green Hills is known for, we keep clean lines and layered plantings that read as intentional from the street. When the job is a new-construction infill lot with bare graded clay, we establish the entire landscape from scratch and match it to the established look of the block, so a new home never stands out as the raw one on the street.
These hillsides were built for stone, and stone is what makes a sloped Green Hills lot usable. We construct natural-stone and paver terraces that step down a grade and turn an unusable slope into level, planted outdoor rooms, plus walkways that connect split-level yards and courtyards tucked privately behind the house. Our material choices suit the range of homes here, from flagstone and limestone on a grand early-1900s property to clean pavers and block on a mid-century ranch or a new custom build. Retaining walls do the heavy structural work on these lots, so we set a proper footing and full drainage behind every wall, and we tier taller runs where the grade demands it. Built that way, a wall holds through Middle Tennessee’s freeze-thaw winters and heavy spring rain instead of bowing or sliding the way an under-built one does.
Green Hills homeowners want their lots to live larger than the square footage suggests, and the slope and tree cover here make that possible. We build outdoor kitchens, fire pits and fireplaces, patios, pergolas, and pool surrounds set into the grade and screened by the existing tree line, so the space feels private even on a close-in street. Every build starts with two questions: how the ground drains, and how the area connects back to the house and the rest of the yard. We handle the grading, the base, the hardscape, and the finish details like lighting and built-in seating as one project, with our own crew. The finished space should feel original to the property, designed with the house rather than added on years later.
Green Hills earned its name honestly. The neighborhood’s first homes went up on large, gently rolling lots shaded by mature oaks and pines, and that leafy character is still what sets it apart. It took shape in the 1930s and filled in quickly after World War II, when Nashvillians went looking for a green place to settle that stayed close to downtown.
Today it’s one of the city’s most established and sought-after addresses — six miles southwest of downtown, tucked between Belle Meade and 12 South. The Mall at Green Hills, open since 1955, anchors the shopping district, and the Bluebird Cafe has launched country songwriters from a tiny strip-mall stage since 1982. The homes range from classic early-20th-century builds to new custom estates, most of them on the big, tree-covered lots that gave the area its name.
Those mature lots are exactly what make landscaping here its own discipline. Decades-old root systems, heavy shade, and high expectations mean the work has to be precise — and that’s where we start on a Green Hills property: protecting what’s already established while designing grounds that match the home.
Yes. Green Hills lots roll, so we grade for drainage first and use retaining walls where needed to turn a slope into level, usable yard before any planting or hardscape goes in.
Yes. We establish the full landscape from a bare graded lot, correcting the builder's grade and drainage, then laying sod and building beds that match the established look of the street.
We do. We build patios, outdoor kitchens, fire features, and pergolas set into the slope and screened for privacy, each planned around how the ground drains.
Shaded lots do best with a tall fescue blend, while sunnier yards suit warm-season grasses. We match the grass to your lot's light and slope during the estimate.
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6620 Oak Ridge Hwy #102
Knoxville, TN 37931
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179 Belle Forest Cir Ste 103C
Nashville, TN 37221
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402 N B St
Lenoir City, TN 37771
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