Planning your perfect outdoor space transformation

Photo of a landscape design featuring a patio, elevated seating area with a fire feature flanked by a waterfall feature on each side. Designed and installed by Full Features Landscape and Garden Center, Smithville, MO.

There are many things to consider when planning your perfect outdoor space. Here at Full Features, we’ve been helping our clients create the landscape of their dreams for more than 20 years. We can’t wait to get started on the transformation project that is perfect for you. 

Below is some information about our design philosophy and process, along with a list of questions you can use to help you identify your wants and needs. Our designers will walk through the process with you to design an outdoor space that fits your lifestyle and brings you joy for years to come.

Based on your property’s natural features and your vision, we will create a design we believe will work best. We’ll present you with a thoughtfully-designed outdoor space, built specifically for your home and how your family lives.

Our Mission

We transform properties through intentional design, skilled craftsmanship, and lasting beauty. We design and build outdoor spaces that enhance your home and property’s natural character.  We create lasting spaces for families to gather, relax, and enjoy life outdoors. Our friendly professionals deliver stunning, high-quality custom designs, superior products and installation, and service that exceeds expectations. We are professionally licensed and insured, and provide professional, clear and complete contracts for every project. 

 

Our Design Philosophy

  • We design your project around your home’s architecture

  • We respect your property’s natural layout and grading, and enhance its natural beauty

  • We balance beauty with livability

  • We create spaces where families love to gather

  • We focus on timeless designs, rather than trendy

Creating your vision – Planning your perfect outdoor space

  • Do you entertain outdoors?

  • Would evening lighting change how you use the space?

  • Is privacy important?

  • Do you envision cooking outside?

  • Do kids need a dedicated activity space?

  • Would you like the space to be  usable at night?

  • Would you like to incorporate a fire feature to extend your outdoor season? 
  • Would you like to incorporate a water feature to add movement and sound to your space?
  • How do you want to feel when using this space?

  • What isn’t working in your outdoor space today?

  • Are there any drainage or other concerns that need to be addressed in the design?
  • What would make your outdoor space your favorite part of the home?

  • What type of plants, shrubs and trees would add to your enjoyment of the space?

For more visual inspiration, check out these photo galleries of completed projects.

Common landscape zones to consider when planning your perfect outdoor space

    • Arrival / Front Yard Presence
    • Outdoor Living Area

    • Dining, Cooking & Entertaining Space

    • Fire Pit or Gathering Zone

    • Kid / Activity Area

    • Privacy & Screening

    • Lighting & Evening Experience

    • Planting & Property Framing

    • Connecting Areas with Walkways, Paths or Steps

      Two photos combined with different angles of a landscaping project that includes retaining walls, bedding areas plants created by Full Features Landscape in Smithville MO

Our simple, guided process to planning
your perfect outdoor space

  1. Design Consultation
    We learn how you want to live outdoors.

  2. Custom Landscape Design
    Together we create a design tailored specifically to your family, home, property and lifestyle.

  3. Professional Installation
    Experienced crews bring the vision to life.

  4. Enjoy Your Outdoor Space
    Your family and friends enjoy your landscape for years.

Rady to take the next step?  Fill out our Landscape Inquiry Form and we’ll call you to set up your on-site design consultation and get your transformation project on our schedule.  Act now – our calendar fills quickly! 

Flowers and tree have been added to the above photos to give a complete vision of the project after plants mature.

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