Landscape Architecture in Monroe
Monroe is one of Georgia's great old towns — a downtown of storefronts and steeples, a historic district of antebellum and Victorian homes, streets shaded by trees older than any of them. SPG Residential Studio designs custom landscapes for the homes and estates here, from our studio a short drive east in Watkinsville.
Landscape design for Monroe's historic and new homes
A garden in Monroe usually has a period to answer to. Around a home like the McDaniel-Tichenor House, that means boxwood parterres, brick paths, camellia and magnolia — a palette that belongs to the architecture. On a new build out toward Social Circle or Between, there's more freedom, but the same instinct holds: design that suits the house rather than competing with it. We read the home first, then the land.
Working with an old canopy
Walton County's old shade trees are a gift and a constraint at once — they decide where light falls and where roots will let you plant — so we work with them, not around them. Foundation beds that flatter a porch, gardens that hold up beneath a canopy, hardscape in brick and stone that reads as though it's always been there. The aim is a landscape that ages into the neighborhood rather than announcing itself.
For homeowners who want a garden worthy of a Monroe home — historic or brand new — we bring a designer's eye and enduring craft, from the first sketch to the season it fills in.
A few common questions
Does SPG Residential Studio work in Monroe and Walton County?
Yes. We're based a short drive away in Watkinsville and design custom landscapes throughout Monroe and Walton County — from the historic district to Social Circle and Between.
Does SPG design gardens for historic homes?
Yes — a good deal of our Monroe work is exactly that: gardens, plantings, and hardscape chosen to suit a period home and its architecture, not to overpower it.
How do we start a project?
Get in touch through our contact page and we'll talk through your home, its history if it has one, and the outdoor space that fits it.
