LANDSCAPE DESIGNER · BEL AIR & HARFORD COUNTY, MD
Landscaping Built on Quality, Trust, and Local Expertise
Designed by Eric, our founder and lead designer, and installed by our own crew. Every plan is built for how your landscape will look in ten years, not just on planting day.
- Rated 5.0 on Google
- Over 10 years
- One team, no subcontracted crews
A recent Oakfield project. See more in the portfolio
Services
What We Design, Build and Care For
Landscape Design & Installation
Custom plans drawn by Eric and installed by the same crew that walked your property, with plants matched to your yard’s sun, soil and upkeep.
Luxury & Estate Landscaping
Estate-level planting, privacy and structure for larger properties, planned for how the landscape will mature.
Landscape Lighting
Layered path, accent and ambient light, designed with the landscape so the yard works after dark.
Garden & Planting Design
Planting plans for beds, native and pollinator gardens, privacy screens and specimen trees, chosen for your soil, light and deer.
Landscape Renovation
A fresh design for overgrown or outdated yards, keeping what’s worth keeping.
Water Features
Waterfalls and fountains scaled to the garden, with stone and planting that make them look like they were always there.
Drainage Solutions
Wet corners and heavy clay diagnosed first, then fixed with grading, drains or a rain garden.
Landscape design
Designed for Year Ten, Not Day One
Eric spaces every plant for its adult size, so a new bed looks a little open on planting day. Tap through the years and seasons, then tap a numbered plant to see why it’s there.
Year 1 · Spring
Planted at the spacing each plant needs as an adult, so day one looks a little sparse. That’s on purpose.
Spring: the serviceberry opens clusters of white flowers before its leaves.
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AI-generated illustration of a sample yard, not an Oakfield project; growth varies by site. The plant notes come from the Oakfield journal.
The six plants behind this yard
Every plant in the sample yard was chosen for Maryland conditions and spaced for its adult size. Here is what each one does and why it earns its place.
Red maple
Acer rubrum · canopy tree
A native shade tree that grows faster than oak, handles wet and dry soil and turns brilliant red in fall.
River birch
Betula nigra · canopy tree for a rain garden
It prefers moist soil and handles clay better than almost any tree, so it anchors the rain garden where the downspout drains.
Downy serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea · understory tree
A Maryland native with white flowers before the leaves, then June berries the birds strip within days. It tolerates shade, wet soil and clay.
Mixed evergreen screen
Green Giant arborvitae with American holly · privacy layer
Fast Green Giant gives meaningful screening in two to three growing seasons while slower American holly fills in, so one pest cannot open a gap.
Inkberry holly
Ilex glabra · foundation shrub
A native alternative to boxwood: evergreen, compact and free of the blight affecting boxwoods across Maryland.
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium · native grass
Blue-green in summer and copper-red in fall, it holds its color through winter and is on the deer-resistant list for Bel Air conditions.
Our approach
A Design-Build Approach That Protects Quality, Budget and Timeline
Eric designs your landscape and our own crew installs it, so one team is accountable from the first walk of your property to the final walkthrough. That means clearer communication, a budget built from the actual plan and an installation that follows the design.
Designed for how you live outdoors
We start with how you will actually use the yard: morning coffee on a quiet terrace, gatherings under mature trees, separate spaces for different moods. Paths connect those spaces, layered plantings add privacy where you need it and lighting extends the evening.
Plants chosen for Maryland
Years of work in Maryland show us what thrives here. We choose plants for your soil, light and deer pressure and space them for their adult size, so the landscape grows into its design instead of outgrowing it.
A transparent process
From the first consultation through the final walkthrough, you get clear communication, detailed documentation and realistic timelines, with no subcontracted crews to coordinate.
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The winter landscape plan: a 10-point yard walk and the brief to design it.
A 10-page printable to plan your yard this winter: a 10-point walk of your property, a wish list sorted from must-have to someday, and a month-by-month timeline from first meeting to final walkthrough.
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Eric walks your property himself. He looks at the soil, sun, drainage and what’s already growing, and listens to how you want to use the space before recommending anything.
One designer, one crew, four steps
- Consultation & site analysisEric walks the property with you and learns how you want to use it.
- Planning & budgetA design and a plan shaped around your priorities.
- InstallationOur own crew installs the plan. No subcontractors.
- Final walkthroughWe walk the finished work together and go over its care.
Serving Harford & Baltimore County
Oakfield is based in Pylesville and designs and installs landscapes across Harford County, from Bel Air, Fallston and Forest Hill to Jarrettsville, Abingdon and Whiteford, and into northern Baltimore County around Monkton and Parkton. Keeping our work within this area means every project gets Eric’s attention from the first consultation through final installation.
- Visit
- Oakfield Landscaping, 2 Constitution Rd, Pylesville, MD 21132
- Call
- (443) 794-8108
- eric@oakfieldlandscaping.com
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 8–7:30 · Sat 9–3 · Sun 11–3
Tell us about your project
We’ll get back to you to set up a time for Eric to walk the property.
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