Landscape Architect Websites That Look as Good as Your Work
Custom Squarespace design for landscape architects and design-build firms whose built work has outgrown the website showing it.
Your Projects Have Grown. Has Your Website?
You started with a DIY site, and it was fine. You had a handful of projects and photos from your phone, and nobody was judging you on your website yet.
A few years in, that's changed. The projects are bigger. The photography is professional. Prospective clients ask about work you've already built, and you'd rather send them a PDF than your own site.
Is your current site:
Shrinking your best photography into cramped thumbnails and cropped galleries?
Missing the projects you're proudest of because adding one feels like a weekend chore?
Blurring the line between your design work and your build work, so clients aren't sure what you actually do?
Losing detail to heavy compression, so the craft you spent months on disappears?
Invisible when someone in your area searches for a landscape architect?
The clients you want to win are forming an opinion before they ever call. They've seen the magazine spreads. They've toured the neighbor's yard. If your website shows your work at a fraction of its real quality, they assume the work is a fraction of what it is.
You don't need a website. You need a portfolio that finally matches what you've built.
Why We Build Landscape Websites on Squarespace
Landscape firms need a platform that treats photography as the main event and is simple enough that the person who took the photos can publish them. That's why we build on Squarespace.
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Squarespace is built around large-format visuals. Full-bleed images, wide galleries, and clean layouts give your project photography the space it needs without fighting the platform.
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Finished a project last month? Upload the photos, write a few paragraphs, publish. No developer, no ticket, no waiting. Your portfolio stays as current as your project list.
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No plugins breaking, no security patches, no surprise hosting bills. Squarespace handles the infrastructure so you can spend your time on site visits, not software updates.
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Squarespace automatically serves properly sized images to every device, so your high-resolution photography looks sharp on a big monitor and still loads quickly on a client's phone in the field.
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Contact forms, project inquiry forms, press pages, blog, email marketing, and analytics are all native. No stack of third-party add-ons to manage.
Websites Built Around How Landscape Firms Actually Work
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Portfolio Photography That Breathes
Your photographer delivered images worth framing. We build layouts that show them at full scale, with galleries that respect wide shots and detail shots alike, so the quality you paid for is the quality clients see.
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Project Pages That Tell the Story
Site conditions, design response, materials, plantings, how the space changed through the seasons. We structure project pages as narratives, not spec sheets, because that story is what separates a design practice from a contractor with a camera.
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Design and Build, Clearly Positioned
If you design, build, or do both, your site needs to make that obvious in seconds. We structure your services and portfolio so clients understand exactly where you start and finish on a project.
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Portfolio Filtering by Project Type
Residential, commercial, estate, urban, hillside, xeriscape. We organize your portfolio so a prospect can find work that looks like their project instead of scrolling through everything.
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Collaborator and Press Credibility
Architects, builders, and publications you've worked with are powerful proof. We build press features, award callouts, and collaborator sections that establish credibility at a glance.
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SEO for Your Market
When someone searches "landscape architect" plus your city, you should be there. We optimize every page and every project for local search, plus AI search tools like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, so your firm shows up wherever people are looking.
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Inquiry Forms That Qualify
A contact form that asks the right questions (project location, scope, timeline, budget range) saves you from discovery calls with the wrong fit and gives you what you need to prepare for the right ones.
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Seasonal Updates Without the Hassle
Built work changes through the year. Your site is set up so you can swap in the spring bloom or the golden hour shot from last Tuesday without calling us.
From Consultation to Launch in 2–4 Weeks
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[Step 1]
Discovery Call (Free)
We talk through your practice: the work you do, the clients you want more of, how you split design and build, and what isn't working on your current site. If it's a good fit, we map out a plan.
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[Step 2]
Portfolio Strategy
Before design starts, we sort your projects. Which ones lead, which ones get full case studies, how the portfolio is categorized, and which photography is ready versus which needs a reshoot. This step shapes the whole site.
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[Step 3]
Design & Build
We design directly in Squarespace, not in a mockup tool. You see real pages with your real photography as we build. Two rounds of revisions included.
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[Step 4]
Project Pages & SEO
We build out your project pages, optimize every page and image for search, set up your inquiry form and analytics, and make sure everything performs well on mobile.
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[Step 5]
Launch & Training
We launch and walk your team through adding new projects, swapping photography, and making routine updates, so your portfolio keeps growing after we hand it off.
Transparent Pricing. Built for Growing Firms.
Every landscape project is scoped around the size of your portfolio and how much of the story you want to tell. Most landscape firm websites fall within our standard packages, and larger firms with extensive portfolios get a custom scope.
Need ongoing support? Monthly retainers for SEO, content, and site updates are available for firms that would rather we handle new project pages for them.
Payment plans available.
We Work With Landscape Firms Ready to Show Their Best Work
Our landscape clients aren't looking for a template with their logo on it. They're firms whose work has earned a better showcase:
Landscape Architecture Firms - Design practices that need to communicate design thinking, process, and the finished result to residential and commercial clients
Design-Build Landscape Studios - Firms that carry projects from concept through construction and need a site that shows both halves of what they do
Landscape Construction Firms - High-end builders who execute complex designs and want their craftsmanship recognized, not lumped in with maintenance crews
Garden & Planting Designers - Specialists whose work lives in texture, color, and seasonal change, and needs photography presented with care
Outdoor Living Specialists - Firms focused on patios, outdoor kitchens, pools, and hardscape that need to sell a finished lifestyle, not a list of materials
Not Just a Web Designer. A Squarespace Specialist Who Understands Landscape Work.
10+ years. One platform. Over 100 websites launched.
Most web designers treat a landscape firm like any other small business: a home page, a services page, a gallery. That misses the point. Your website is your portfolio, and your portfolio is how you win work.
Circle Member Certified. Part of Squarespace's official expert community, with early access to new features and platform knowledge generalist agencies don't have.
We've built across the landscape spectrum. Pure design practices, design-build studios, and construction-focused firms. We understand how each one sells, and why the same site structure doesn't work for all three.
We know how to handle photography. Large files, wide compositions, seasonal series, before-and-after sets. We build layouts around your images instead of forcing your images into a layout.
SEO and AI optimization are standard. Every project page is optimized for search, not just your home page. Your portfolio becomes one of your strongest ranking assets.
Built to grow with you. Your site is set up so adding your next project takes minutes, not a developer.
Recent Landscape Design & Build Websites
We've built for pure design practices, design-build studios, and landscape construction firms across Colorado. Each one had a different story to tell, and each site was built around showing the work the way it deserves to be seen.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. That's one of the biggest reasons we build on Squarespace. Adding a project is uploading photos, writing a description, and publishing. We train your team at launch so you're comfortable doing it on your own.
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Squarespace accepts image files up to 20MB and automatically serves resized versions to each device, so your images stay sharp without slowing the site down. We'll show you the ideal export settings during training so every upload looks its best.
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We structure your services and portfolio so both are clear. Projects can be tagged by scope, and your service pages explain where you start and finish, so clients know exactly what to expect.
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We help you choose which projects lead, which get full case studies, and how to categorize the rest. Most firms don't need every project online. They need their best, most representative work presented well.
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That's common. We'll help you prioritize which projects to feature now and which to add once they're photographed. Launching with fewer, stronger projects beats launching with everything at mixed quality.
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Yes. We optimize each page and project for local search terms like "landscape architect" plus your city and service area, and we set up the site so every new project you add strengthens your search presence.
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We do that regularly. If your content is solid but the design no longer matches your work, we can rebuild within your existing account.
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Yes. Monthly retainers cover SEO, new project pages, and site updates for firms that would rather have us handle it.
Reviews From Google
Ready for a Website That Does Your Work Justice
You've built work worth showing. Your website should show it at full scale, tell the story behind it, and bring you the clients who value that craft.
Colorado Design Build is an owner-led luxury landscape construction company in the Denver metro. We designed a custom Squarespace website and SEO strategy that puts their project work front and center.