Tahoe Landscaping

What Tahoe Landscaping does

Tahoe Landscaping is a privately held, family-owned landscape design, construction, and maintenance firm founded in 1982 and headquartered in Truckee, California, serving the Lake Tahoe and Truckee region of the High Sierra. The company provides an integrated three-part offering: design services ranging from simple sketches to multi-page plans with mockups and planting schedules; installation services covering hardscapes, boulders, soil, native plants, and irrigation, with Eric Schaefer personally overseeing every project; and ongoing maintenance for completed and existing landscapes. Its specialization is the alpine environment, with deep expertise in native plants adapted to the High Sierra, plus solutions for drainage, erosion, and slope challenges common in the region.

The underlying "technology" is domain specialization rather than software: 40+ years of accumulated local knowledge of alpine horticulture, hardscape construction techniques (rock walls, natural stone staircases, retaining walls), and specialized heavy equipment operation led by Foreman Evan Rehkop with 25 years of experience. The business model is project-based custom pricing with multi-year maintenance contracts as a recurring revenue stream. Go-to-market is relationship-driven: Eric Schaefer personally consults with each client, visits properties in advance, and produces custom proposals; lead flow comes primarily from client referrals and recommendations from architects and luxury communities such as Martis Camp. Customers are affluent residential property owners seeking premium, low-maintenance landscapes tailored to difficult alpine terrain.

The company has approximately 10-15 employees, including co-owners Eric and Ingrid Schaefer, foreman Evan Rehkop, project manager Karen Rehkop (UC Davis Landscape Architecture, UNR Forestry), and long-tenured crew members. No external funding, parent company, or institutional investors are disclosed. The firm remains entirely founder-controlled and operates as a single-region, craft-driven service business with no digital product surface, no app, and no public pricing.

Name

Tahoe Landscaping

Legal name

Tahoe Landscaping

Website

https://tahoelandscaping.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tahoe Landscaping is a family-owned landscape design, construction, and maintenance firm founded in 1982 in Truckee, California, serving high-net-worth residential clients in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee High Sierra region with alpine-native plant expertise and custom hardscape solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Design and Installation Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Landscaping Services (56173)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Erosion Control & Slope Stabilization (Softscape/Planting Solutions) (HSAIABAI), Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ), Landscape Renovation & Re-Design (Yard Makeovers) (HSAIABAC)

Keywords

• Landscape design services
• Landscape installation
• Landscape maintenance
• Native plant landscaping
• Hardscape construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Tahoe City

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 Services: Custom landscape design services ranging from simple sketches to comprehensive multi-page plans with mockups and planting schedules. Owner Eric Schaefer personally consults with clients to understand their ideas and preferences.
2. Landscape Installation: Full-service landscape construction and installation. Eric personally oversees every project from start to finish, ensuring high-quality materials including boulders, soil, native plant material, and irrigation systems.
3. Landscape Maintenance: Ongoing landscape maintenance services for completed projects and existing landscapes. Quick response to client questions and concerns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tahoe Landscaping provides integrated landscape design, installation, and maintenance services for residential properties in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee region. Design services range from simple sketches to multi-page plans with mockups and planting schedules; installation covers hardscapes, boulders, soil, native plants, and irrigation systems personally overseen by owner Eric Schaefer; maintenance ensures ongoing care to maximize the landscape's beauty over time.

Product overview

Tahoe Landscaping is a landscape design, construction, and maintenance service company offering a unified suite of services. The core offering comprises Design Services (from conceptual sketches to detailed multipage plans with mockups and planting schedules), Installation Services (hardscapes, boulders, native plants, irrigation systems, with personal oversight from owner Eric Schaefer), and Maintenance Services. The company specializes in High Sierra alpine environment landscaping with native plants and low-maintenance design. Specific landscape features include planters and boulder accents, rock stairs and steps, firepits, water features, dry creek beds, patios, walkways, and retaining walls and terraces. Project portfolios showcase completed work in Lake Tahoe and Truckee regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of satisfied clients served in Greater North Lake Tahoe and Truckee areas

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Clare Walton (Architect)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerRenowned architect Clare Walton has recommended Tahoe Landscaping to many of her clients who desired a strong interconnection between their home and outdoor space. This has led to successful landscape installations within the Martis Camp community.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• SavATree / SavaLawn: Residential-focused landscape and tree-care services firm combining design, installation, and maintenance for affluent suburban and second-home owners. Comparable because it targets a similar HNW residential customer with integrated care, recurring service contracts, and certified arborist expertise.
• Native Edge Landscape: Boutique landscape design and installation firm in the Colorado mountain region emphasizing native plants and alpine-appropriate design. Closely comparable in native-plant specialization, mountain-region domain expertise, and high-end residential customer focus.
• Lifescape Colorado: Luxury residential landscape design, build, and maintenance firm serving high-end mountain and estate properties in Colorado. Highly comparable in target customer (HNW residential in mountain resort markets), service model (design-build-maintain), and emphasis on regional specialization.
• Mountain West Landscape: Regional landscape design and installation firm serving mountain resort communities in the western U.S. Comparable in alpine terrain specialization, HNW residential customer base, and integrated design-build service offering.

Broad incumbents

• Yellowstone Landscape: Large multi-region commercial and residential landscape services provider across the Sun Belt and Southeast. Comparable in core service lines (design, install, maintenance) but serves a very different geography and customer mix than Tahoe Landscaping's concentrated High Sierra luxury focus.
• Ruppert Landscape: Mid-Atlantic commercial and high-end residential landscape services provider with design-build-maintain capability. Comparable in full-service model but operates at meaningfully larger scale and across multiple states versus Tahoe Landscaping's concentrated footprint.
• TruGreen: National residential lawn and landscape care franchise serving mass-market customers. Comparable in recurring maintenance revenue model but operates at consumer scale with limited design-build and no luxury alpine specialization.
• BrightView Landscapes: The largest U.S. commercial and residential landscape services company, offering design, installation, and maintenance at national scale. Comparable because it provides the same design-build-maintain service suite, though at a much larger, less specialized scale than Tahoe Landscaping's luxury alpine niche.

Emerging players

• LawnStarter: Tech-enabled marketplace for residential lawn and landscape services. Comparable because it competes for the same residential maintenance customer, but takes a platform/aggregator approach rather than Tahoe Landscaping's hands-on owner-operated craft model.

Regional players

• Monarch Landscape Holdings: Western U.S. landscape services provider focused on commercial and high-end residential properties in mountain and Pacific states. Comparable in regional luxury-residential focus and integrated service model, though with broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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