What Creation Gardens and Design does

Creation Gardens and Design is a family-owned landscaping and hardscape services firm headquartered in Lesage, West Virginia (PO Box 427, Lesage, WV 25537). The company designs, installs, and maintains outdoor residential environments, with a service catalog spanning landscape planting, hardscape construction (patios, walkways, retaining walls, fire pits), and complementary features (ponds, water features, night lighting, seeding, sodding). Service delivery is structured into four engagement models — Design-Alone, Design Build, Design Consult, and Plant Supply — that allow homeowners to select between self-implementation, guided install, or full turnkey delivery, with optional recurring maintenance and seasonal decoration under the Design Build track. The company's customer base is residential homeowners in the West Virginia service area, acquired through its website, a Facebook portfolio feed, and direct inbound contact via a website form and phone line (304-762-1234); pricing is project-quoted with no published fee schedule.

The business operates without proprietary software, APIs, or digital platforms; all design and installation work is performed using standard industry horticultural and construction methods. The principal structural differentiator is vertical supply integration: the firm is backed by its parent, G & G Nursery, a wholesale grower that has farmed over 200 acres along the Ohio River since 1985 and supplies Creation Gardens and Design with proprietary access to tree and plant stock at scale. Revenue is generated through three streams: (1) one-time project fees for landscape and hardscape design and installation, (2) recurring landscape maintenance and seasonal decoration services, and (3) plant and materials sales via the Plant Supply module with delivery. The company holds West Virginia Contractors License WV 032531, presents itself as a recognized professional landscaping firm, and operates as a private, family-owned entity with 11-50 employees and no institutional funding, no acquisitions, no public listing, and no disclosed financial metrics.

Name

Creation Gardens and Design

Legal name

Creation Gardens and Design

Website

https://creationgardensanddesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Family-owned landscaping and hardscape firm serving residential homeowners in West Virginia with landscape design, hardscape installation, ongoing maintenance, and plant supply services, vertically integrated with parent G & G Nursery's 200+ acre wholesale growing operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscaping and Hardscape Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Installation (Plants, Sod & Soil) (HSAIABAB), Landscape Design, Build & Installation (Hardscapes/Softscapes) (BPABADAF)

Keywords

• Landscape design services
• Hardscape installation
• Residential landscaping
• Outdoor living spaces
• Plant nursery supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Lesage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Landscape Design and Installation Services: Project-based fees for custom landscape design and installation services, including patios, walkways, retaining walls, water features, and night lighting. Services are quoted per project based on scope and customer-selected engagement model (Design-Alone, Design-Build, or Design-Consult).
2. Landscape Maintenance Services: Ongoing landscape maintenance services offered to customers who want continued care for their landscapes throughout the year, including seasonal decorations and holiday installations.
3. Plant and Materials Supply: Sale of plants, trees, and landscape materials with delivery services. The company leverages its relationship with G & G Nursery to supply a wide variety of quality plant stock directly to customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Creation Gardens and Design provides residential landscape design, hardscape installation, and ongoing landscape maintenance services to homeowners in West Virginia. The company offers four engagement models (Design-Alone, Design Build, Design Consult, and Plant Supply) along with supporting services such as patios, walkways, retaining walls, water features, night lighting, seeding, sodding, and renovation. Plant material is supplied through its affiliation with G & G Nursery, a wholesale grower operating over 200 acres along the Ohio River.

Product overview

Creation Gardens and Design is a family-owned landscaping and hardscape business offering a unified service portfolio centered on residential and commercial outdoor environments. The company provides core landscape design and installation services (featuring trees, shrubs, and flowers) and hardscape services (patios, walkways, walls, and fire-pits). Service delivery is structured through four modular engagement models: Design-Alone (DIY plans), Design Build (full-service installation with optional maintenance), Design Consult (guided self-installation), and Plant Supply (design with materials delivery). Supporting services include retaining walls, patios, walkways, ponds, water features, night lighting, seeding, sodding, and ongoing renovation and maintenance. The company is backed by G & G Nursery, providing direct access to quality plant stock from over 200 acres of growing operations along the Ohio River.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscapes Landscape design and installation featuring trees, shrubs, and flowers coordinated to create inviting entryways or backyard escapes for residential homeowners.
• Hardscapes Hardscape elements including patios, walkways, rocks, walls, and fire-pits that add depth and character to residential landscape designs.
• Design-Alone Service Professional landscape design service providing scaled drawings that residential customers can implement and install themselves.
• Design Build Service Full-service design and installation of residential landscapes with optional ongoing maintenance throughout the year, including holiday decorating and seasonal color additions.
• Design Consult Service Professional design with construction oversight and guidance for customers who prefer to install their own landscape, including maintenance sheets for fertilizing and pruning.
• Plant Supply Service Professional landscape design with delivery of all materials and plants, featuring the largest selection of plants in the area, complete with labels and maintenance sheets.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Davey Tree Expert Company: A large, established North American provider of tree care, environmental consulting, and landscape services for residential and commercial clients. Comparable in plant-care expertise and residential service delivery, particularly relevant given Creation Gardens' depth in plantings and horticultural care content.
• TruGreen: The largest U.S. residential lawn care franchise network delivering fertilization, weed control, and maintenance. Comparable in serving the same residential homeowner base with recurring care services, though narrower in scope (no design/build).
• BrightView Landscapes: The largest U.S. commercial landscape services company, also serving high-end residential through maintenance and tree care. Comparable as the scale ceiling for what a landscaping company can become, with overlapping capabilities in landscape installation, maintenance, and design — though primarily commercial-focused.

Direct peers

• Ruppert Landscape: A mid-Atlantic residential and commercial design/build landscaper with landscape construction, installation, and maintenance capabilities. Highly comparable to Creation Gardens because both compete in residential design-build with full hardscape + softscape scopes in the same regional footprint (Maryland/Virginia vs. West Virginia for Creation Gardens).
• Level Green Landscaping: A mid-Atlantic landscape contractor providing design, installation, and maintenance for commercial and residential clients. Comparable in geographic proximity, service mix (design-build-maintenance), and customer orientation including residential homeowners in overlapping regional markets.
• Mariani Landscape: A residential-focused design/build landscape firm serving high-end homeowners with landscape architecture, installation, and maintenance. Comparable in that both deliver architect-led residential landscape design with construction and aftercare, operating similarly at the residential rather than commercial scale.

Emerging players

• Bartlett Tree Experts: A residential and commercial tree-care and arboriculture firm with growing landscape services. Comparable as a plant-and-tree-care specialist serving residential customers, intersecting with Creation Gardens' horticultural depth but more narrowly focused on tree health.

Regional players

• Yellowstone Landscape: A large regional landscape services firm operating across the Southeast U.S. with installation, maintenance, and irrigation services. Comparable in full-service landscape scope and recurring maintenance revenue model, though primarily serving commercial clients in different geographies.
• Landscape Design & Construction (regional WV/KY/OH independents): Aggregated set of small residential design/build landscapers in the Tri-State area competing for the same homeowner projects. Comparable as direct local competitors who lack Creation Gardens' nursery backing, often competing on price rather than plant quality and selection.

Others

• G & G Nursery: The wholesale parent nursery itself, supplying Creation Gardens and other landscapers with plant material from 200+ acres along the Ohio River. Included as an ecosystem participant and key supplier rather than a competitor — its health directly determines Creation Gardens' access to differentiated plant inventory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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