Locally based

A studio based in
Great Falls.

Eden & Dane was founded in Great Falls and the majority of our completed work sits within a fifteen-minute drive of the studio. We know which slopes hold water, which microclimates suit which plant communities, and which native palettes thrive on the specific soils of the Piedmont.

Most Great Falls estates sit on two to ten acres, often with mature canopy, varied topography, and the kind of long-horizon ownership that rewards landscapes designed for the next quarter century rather than the next listing photo.

Our work in Great Falls integrates the architectural language of the area's homes - traditional, transitional, occasionally modern farmhouse - with the native plant communities that belonged here before the suburbs arrived and that thrive when given back their place.

We design. We install with our trusted local crews. We are usually onsite ourselves through key install milestones. For Great Falls clients, this is the highest-touch engagement Eden & Dane offers.

How we design here

Four things we understand about Great Falls.

01  The Piedmont microclimate

Hot summers, real winters.

Great Falls sits in a transition zone. Plants that thrive in Maryland may struggle here. Plants that work in Charlottesville may not survive. We design with palettes proven across multiple Great Falls sites through full seasonal cycles.

02  Native palette

Plants that belonged here first.

Eastern redbud, flowering dogwood, American beech, native viburnums, oakleaf hydrangea, wild ginger, native ferns. The plants that built the Piedmont before development. Designed back into estate gardens, they belong instantly.

03  Privacy + screening

Composed, not just dense.

Most Great Falls estates need screening - from the road, from neighbors, from the angle that nobody planned for when the house went in. We design screening as composition, not as a wall of leyland cypresses.

04  Pond + water features

Working with the topography.

Great Falls topography invites water features. Existing ponds renovated. New ones sited where the topography wants them. Stream restoration where the property's hydrology has been disrupted by upstream development.

We grew up in this corner of Virginia. The land speaks a particular dialect here, and the gardens that belong here speak it back.
Dane Hoover, Founder
Why Great Falls clients work with us

Three reasons it fits.

i  Studio nearby

We are 15 minutes from you.

Site visits during install are not a logistics exercise. We can stop in to inspect a phase, walk a question through with the crew, or check the angle a fence is being set. Distance does not work against the project.

ii  Regional reference

A decade of local projects.

We can point to completed estates within driving distance from your property. You can stand in a finished Great Falls garden we designed before committing to your own. Few designers in the region can offer that.

iii  Native to the region

We know where the bees go.

Where the deer pressure is heaviest. Which side of the road floods. Which slopes hold morning fog. The knowledge that comes from working a region for years rather than reading about it in a regional plant guide.

Begin

A landscape designed for
Great Falls.

Begin with a 15-minute discovery call. We will discuss your property, your goals, and how Great Falls land specifically wants to be designed.

Book your discovery call