McHale Landscape Design

Thoughtful Design, Expert Craftsmanship, and Professional Maintenance
Across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC

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One Team. Your Vision.

Your Landscape,
Start to Finish

At McHale Landscape Design, you gain a single trusted partner for every aspect of your outdoor spaces. As a family-owned company, we take pride in building lasting relationships with our clients and treating every property with the same care and attention we would give our own. From landscape design and construction to ongoing maintenance, one experienced team guides every phase of your project, providing consistency, craftsmanship, and a relationship you can rely on for years to come.

450

+
Award-Winning Projects Completed

45

Over 45 Years of Service

35

Privately Owned 35-Acre Nursery

Our Services

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Landscape
Architecture

Design
& Build

Pools
& Spas

Outdoor
Living

Waterfront
Property

Landscape
Design

Carpentry
Builds

Masonry
Builds

Why Choose Us?

One Team From Concept to Care

From the first design sketches to construction and ongoing landscape maintenance, McHale provides every related service under one roof, giving you one trusted partner, seamless communication, and lasting accountability throughout your property’s evolution.

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Designed Around the Way You Live

Every landscape is thoughtfully customized to complement your home’s unique architecture, surrounding environment, and lifestyle, creating beautiful outdoor spaces that remain functional, inviting, and enduring for years to come.

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Why Choose Us?

450+ Award-Winning Projects Since 1981

With more than 450 award-winning residential landscapes completed since 1981, McHale brings decades of proven experience creating exceptional outdoor environments tailored to distinctive homes, properties, and the families who enjoy them.

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Built by Dedicated In-House Craftsmen

Your project is completed by McHale’s own landscape architects, carpenters, masons, horticultural specialists, and construction professionals, ensuring exceptional craftsmanship, consistent quality, and careful attention to every detail from beginning to end.

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Your Vision, Fully Realized

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Design & Build

Landscape Architecture

Thoughtful landscape architecture establishes the vision for your entire property. Our registered landscape architects develop comprehensive plans that balance aesthetics, functionality, and your lifestyle, creating outdoor environments that feel cohesive, purposeful, and timeless.

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Design & Build

The Design-Build Method

McHale manages your project from initial concepts through final construction. This integrated design-build approach ensures efficient coordination, clear communication, exceptional craftsmanship, and a finished landscape that reflects your original vision.

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Design & Build

Pools & Spas

Transform your backyard into a private retreat with custom pools and spas designed around your home and lifestyle. Every element is carefully integrated into the surrounding landscape, creating a seamless outdoor destination for relaxation, recreation, and entertaining.

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Design & Build

Outdoor Living

Expand your home’s living space outdoors with thoughtfully designed gathering areas tailored to how you entertain and unwind. From outdoor kitchens and fireplaces to inviting seating spaces, we create environments that encourage year-round enjoyment with family and friends.

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Design & Build

Waterfront Property

Waterfront landscapes require specialized planning and construction techniques that respect both the property and its natural surroundings. McHale designs elegant outdoor spaces that maximize views, improve accessibility, and enhance the beauty of your waterfront setting.

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Design & Build

Landscape Design

Every successful landscape begins with a design. We carefully consider your home’s architecture, property’s character, and long-term goals to create a customized outdoor environment that is beautiful, practical, and designed to flourish through every season.

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Design & Build

Carpentry

Our in-house carpentry team crafts custom structures that add beauty, function, and lasting value to your property. From arbors and pergolas to decks, fences, screened porches, green roofs, and additions, every feature is built with exceptional attention to detail.

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Featured Work

Portfolio

Every landscape tells a different story. Explore McHale’s portfolio to see how thoughtful design, expert craftsmanship, and decades of experience have shaped award-winning outdoor environments across waterfront estates, manor homes, private retreats, and distinctive residential properties.

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Avenel Residence

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Cathedral View

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Evermore Farm

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Peninsula Point

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Maintenance

Garden Care

Healthy gardens thrive with consistent attention. McHale provides expert garden care tailored to your property’s unique planting palette, ensuring trees, shrubs, perennials, and ornamental beds remain vibrant, balanced, and beautiful throughout every season.

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Maintenance

Seasonal Blooms

Refresh your landscape with professionally designed seasonal flower displays that bring vibrant color and year-round interest. Our team selects, installs, and maintains plantings that complement your home’s architecture while keeping your gardens looking fresh.

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Maintenance

Pest Management

Protect your landscape with proactive pest management to preserve plant health and long-term vitality. Our horticultural specialists identify potential issues early and implement targeted treatments that help your gardens flourish with minimal disruption.

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Maintenance

Turf Management

A lush, healthy lawn begins with expert turf management. McHale develops customized care programs that promote strong root systems, rich color, and resilient growth through strategic fertilization, weed control, disease prevention, and ongoing monitoring.

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Maintenance

Special Event Landscaping

Prepare your property for life’s memorable occasions with landscape enhancements that showcase your home at its very best. Whether hosting a celebration or welcoming guests, we ensure your outdoor spaces look polished, vibrant, and ready to impress.

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Vision to Reality

Areas Served

Wherever you call home, McHale brings decades of residential landscape expertise to your property. We proudly design, build, and maintain landscapes throughout Maryland & Virginia

Whether you are enhancing a longtime family home or developing a newly acquired property, you’ll work with one experienced team that understands how to create outdoor environments tailored to your home, lifestyle, and long-term vision.

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Our Clients

Homeowners Seeking a Complete Transformation

If you’re ready to reimagine your entire property, McHale provides a seamless design-build experience that guides you from the concept through construction and ongoing maintenance, giving you one trusted partner for every phase.

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Luxury Homeowners

Your home deserves an outdoor environment that complements its craftsmanship. We create refined landscapes, outdoor living spaces, pools, and custom features that elevate your property’s beauty while supporting the way you live and entertain.

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Waterfront Property Owners

Waterfront landscapes require specialized planning, construction, and horticultural expertise. Our team designs and maintains outdoor spaces that embrace your property’s natural setting while enhancing views and long-term performance in challenging environments.

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Clients Seeking Lifelong Landscape Care

If you’re looking for more than a one-time project, McHale provides comprehensive maintenance services that protect your investment and keep your landscape thriving, allowing you to enjoy the same trusted team for years to come.

What Our Clients Say

This firm is outstanding

From design to build, the ability to listen and translate your vision into something beyond what you could ever imagine. The designers are top-notch, on top of all the newest materials and approaches to both landscape and building – in our case, a large, three-season porch…

-D.N.

McHale Landscape Design has done a wonderful job

Their response was fair and they did excellent work. Emily Pike and her team are outstanding, respectful, and neat. I highly recommend this company!!!

-K.C.

McHale Landscape provides quality service

From the initial contact to the final result, McHale Landscape makes you feel as if you are a part of their family. You can’t go wrong with McHale…

-H.H.

Best landscaping company in the metro area.

They are great with pools and any major landscaping jobs. We used them and very satisfied…

-R.C.

There's no better company than McHale

Excellent in all their work. The landscaping, and especially waterfall construction…

-A.V.

McHale Landscape Design is the best company

I recommend them. For people who need landscaping work…

-A.C.

Crafted From the Ground Up

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McHale Landscape Design is your single-source partner for residential landscape architecture, design, construction, and ongoing maintenance. As a family-owned company built on decades of experience, expert craftsmanship, and deep horticultural knowledge, we are committed to creating outdoor spaces that enrich the way you live while building relationships that last for years. Contact McHale today to schedule your consultation and discover how one trusted team can bring your vision to life.

A Finished Landscape
That Reflects You

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Contact Us (301) 599-8300