Alder & Stone
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Services

What we build

Every project is drawn, priced in writing and built by one crew. Most combine two or three of these.

Dark bluestone patio at dusk with a curved stone seat wall, a round stone fire bowl and teak chairs under string lights
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Patios & terraces

Bluestone, limestone and paver terraces sized for how you actually use the yard.

What’s included

  • Layout and grading plan
  • Compacted aggregate base sized to soil conditions
  • Natural stone or concrete paver surface
  • Seat walls, fire features and steps as needed

Most terraces are built in one to three weeks once materials arrive.

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Two tiers of fieldstone retaining walls with lavender and small evergreens planted on each level and stone steps through the middle
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Retaining walls & steps

Fieldstone and block walls that hold a slope and turn it into usable, planted terraces.

What’s included

  • Slope and drainage assessment
  • Engineered or dry-laid wall construction
  • Drainage aggregate and outlets behind every wall
  • Integrated stone steps and caps

Walls over four feet may need engineering and a permit; we coordinate both.

Request an estimate for retaining walls & steps
Layered perennial border of coneflowers, salvia, black-eyed Susans and tall ornamental grass glowing in late light against a dark hedge
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Planting design

Layered, four-season planting chosen for your light, soil and maintenance appetite.

What’s included

  • Planting plan with species and quantities
  • Soil preparation and amendment
  • Installation, mulch and first watering
  • Written care notes for the first two seasons

Spring and fall are the best planting windows; we schedule around both.

Request an estimate for planting design
Stone garden steps at night lit by small warm step lights, with an uplit Japanese maple and grasses beside a house entry
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Landscape lighting

Warm, low-glare light on steps, paths and trees so the garden works after dark.

What’s included

  • Night walk-through and lighting plan
  • Low-voltage LED fixtures and transformer
  • Path, step, wall and tree lighting
  • Timer or smart-control setup

Lighting can be added to an existing landscape or built into a new one.

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Granite cobble front walk leading to a bluestone landing and two stone steps at a dark green front door, edged with boxwood and white astilbe
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Walkways & entries

Front walks, landings and driveway borders that make the approach to the house feel considered.

What’s included

  • Walk, landing and step layout
  • Granite, bluestone or paver surfaces
  • Belgian block and steel edging
  • Foundation planting refresh

Front-of-house work is usually finished within two weeks.

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Dry creek bed of rounded river stone and boulders winding through ferns and sedges, crossed by a flat stone slab
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Grading & drainage

Regrading, dry creek beds and drains that move water away from the house and out of the lawn.

What’s included

  • Site walk during or after rain where possible
  • Regrading and swales
  • Dry creek beds, French drains and catch basins
  • Downspout tie-ins and outlets

Drainage is often the first phase of a larger project, and the most important.

Request an estimate for grading & drainage

Tell us about the yard.

Send a few lines and some phone photos. We reply within one business day.

Request an estimate or call (856) 555-0142