Outdoor rooms, built for PNW weather.
A design-build firm in Tacoma, Washington
We design and build outdoor rooms across the South Sound. Your home's best room has no walls.
A patio that drains where the rain actually falls. A pergola sized to the way light moves across your lot in July. Plants chosen for clay soil and grey skies, not the catalog. One team, accountable from the first conversation to the final walkthrough, and through the years of maintenance after.
Since 2006. The same crew on every project — design, build, and the years after.
Projects from $25K · PNW design-build since 2006
Three disciplines.
One continuous crew.
The same Father Nature team carries each project from the first site walk through seasonal care, and our own crew builds it start to finish.
- I.
Design
See your yard before we touch a shovel. Every project begins with conceptual landscape design — the layout, materials, and a clear cost estimate worked out at the kitchen table, not vague quotes.
- II.
Build
Hardscape, decks, water features, outdoor kitchens, pergolas, drainage, irrigation, lighting. Our own crew builds it, start to finish.
- III.
Maintain
Year-round care calibrated to PNW seasons — pruning windows, mulch cycles, irrigation tuning, winter prep. The system stays the system.
Twenty years of Pacific Northwest properties.
From the first site walk
to seasonal care.
- 01
Site walk
We walk the property, listen to how you use it, and decide together whether the fit is right.
- 02
Conceptual design
Site plan, materials palette, planting scheme, and a conceptual landscape design you can see before you commit.
- 03
Scope + estimate
A detailed estimate sets the scope and the range. From there the work runs on time and materials — you pay for the actual hours and materials, not a padded guess.
- 04
Build
Same crew the entire build. Hardscape, structure, irrigation, lighting, planting — one team, from foundation to walkthrough.
- 05
Seasonal care
Pruning, mulch, irrigation tuning, winter prep — calibrated to PNW seasons so the system stays the system.
What the build looks like
from your side.
Most of our buyers have been burned before — by a quick-quote contractor, a vague estimate, a crew that vanished. Here's what to expect, step by step.
- I.
The first meeting
Chris or Cameron shows up. It's not a sales pitch — it's both sides deciding whether the fit is right. Bring your questions. We'll bring ours. If it's a fit, we keep going. If not, you've lost nothing.
- II.
See it before the shovel
Your conceptual landscape design is a real plan — materials, layout, planting, lighting, and a clear cost estimate — worked out at the kitchen table before the first day of work. No lowball quotes that balloon later. You see the project, then decide.
- III.
Real numbers, walked through line by line
No off-the-hip estimates. We sit with you and explain what each line item buys and where the cost comes from. From there the work runs on time and materials — you pay for the actual hours on your property and the actual materials used, never a guess that balloons later. It's the fairest model for both sides.
- IV.
Same crew, every week
The same crew builds your project start to finish. Same names on site through the whole build. Changes aren't arguments — they're conversations, talked through and approved before anyone swings a tool.
- V.
We don't disappear at the end
Walkthrough, punch-out, follow-up. Many projects roll naturally into a maintenance contract because the team you've worked with for weeks is the same team you'll see next spring. Most of our clients come back for a second or third project.
We were blown away with all of the materials, precision, and dedication to hardscape our backyard. I am a Realtor, and I will recommend Father Nature to all of my clients looking for landscaping and design.
Not ready to talk? Start with the guide.
See how Father Nature designs a backyard around all five senses, with decks, lighting, water features, and outdoor living, so it becomes the best room in the house.
Get the free guideStart with a site walk.
The first step is a site walk — we visit the property, listen to how you use it, and decide together whether the fit is right. From there, a six-week design conversation moves a project from concept to fixed scope before any commitment. We take on a small number of projects each season.
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