Father Nature Landscapes · Tacoma
Composite deck with black metal railings overlooking Commencement Bay and the Tacoma waterfront — Father Nature outdoor carpentry
Outdoor Carpentry — Since 2006

Outdoor structures, built to last.

Outdoor kitchens · pergolas · retaining walls · covered patios

001 — Outdoor Carpentry

Built once. Built to last 50 years.

Outdoor kitchens, pergolas and covered patios, retaining and seat walls, gazebos, and fencing. The built structures that give a yard its shape and turn it into rooms you actually use.

Outdoor kitchens are where we do our most detailed work. A grill, side burner, and smoker built in, counters and storage sized to how you cook, and the gas, power, and drainage run properly the first time. Set under cover and into the surrounding deck or patio, so the whole thing reads as one room instead of an appliance parked on a slab.

Pergolas and covered patios stretch the season and pull the house outward. Retaining and seat walls hold a slope and give you somewhere to sit. All of it built by our own crew, to the same materials-first standard we bring to a deck.

Chris Scheer, Outdoor Living Specialist
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002 — How the build works

Design, build,
then walkthrough.

  1. I.

    Design + materials

    The structure sized to the space and how you use it: an outdoor kitchen laid out around how you cook, a pergola scaled to the patio, a wall set to the grade. Materials chosen for exposure, budget, and a long life.

  2. II.

    Build

    Foundation, framing, surfaces, and finish work, plus the gas, power, water, and drainage a kitchen or covered structure needs, run right the first time. Same crew on site every day, on a schedule confirmed at the kitchen table before the contract.

  3. III.

    Walkthrough + care plan

    A final walkthrough with the homeowner, then we hand off the care guide: what to do, what not to do, and what to expect after the first PNW winter. Most clients roll into a maintenance contract from here.

005 — How it actually goes

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Begin

Start with a site walk.

We visit the property, look at the kitchen, pergola, or structure you're imagining, and decide together whether the fit is right. We take on a limited number of builds each season.

Request a site walk