Services & Expertise
A full spectrum of landscape architecture, planning, and environmental design services — shaped by decades of practice and direct land stewardship.
From first sketch
to final site
Every Tjaden project moves through a rigorous progression — conceptual sketching, technical documentation, and collaborative refinement — before a single stone is placed.
Comprehensive landscape design for residential, commercial, and institutional properties. Every project begins with a thorough site analysis and ecological inventory, ensuring designs that are both beautiful and site-appropriate.
- Master planning & concept design
- Planting design with native species emphasis
- Hardscape & amenity design
- Construction documents & specifications
- Construction administration
Responsible land development that balances client objectives with sound environmental stewardship. We navigate the full regulatory environment and coordinate with engineers, architects, and municipalities.
- Site feasibility & due diligence
- Grading & drainage design
- Stormwater management planning
- Permit coordination & agency review
- Erosion & sediment control
Practical, productive farmstead planning grounded in regenerative principles. Our recommendations come directly from personal experience — we manage Bluebird Farmstead using the same methods we recommend to clients.
- Cover crop & rotation planning
- Herbicide-free management strategies
- Orchard & food forest design
- Integrated livestock planning
- Mushroom & specialty crop siting
Restoration of degraded landscapes through ecological planting, invasive species management, and habitat structure development for native birds, pollinators, and other wildlife.
- Native meadow establishment
- Woodland restoration & understory management
- Riparian buffer design
- Invasive species management plans
- Wildlife corridor & habitat structure
- Forest conservation planning
- Natural resources inventories
Larger rural properties demand a different kind of thinking — one that integrates working land use, recreational amenity, ecological stewardship, and aesthetic vision across tens or hundreds of acres. Tjaden Design Associates has particular depth in this project type, from gentleman farms to conservation easements to multi-generational estates.
- Commercial & institutional site design
- HOA & community landscape planning
- Streetscape & civic space design
- Post-occupancy evaluation & plant maintenance planning
- Expert witness & consulting services