Landscape Renovation in Herndon, VA

Landscape Renovation for Herndon Homes

Many Herndon properties still wear the landscaping that went in when the house was built, whether that was a 1960s split-level in Chandon, a 1970s colonial in Fox Mill Estates or a 1980s home in Franklin Farm. After decades, foundation shrubs have outgrown their space, Leyland cypress screens are thinning, callery pears are splitting and English ivy has crept through every bed. A renovation keeps what still works, such as healthy shade trees, and replaces the rest with a plan that fits how the yard is used today.

Local pros start by sorting plants into keep, prune hard and remove, then look at grading, drainage and failing hardscape. Old timber edging, sunken walks and heaved patios are often reset or replaced in the same project. Beds are cleared, the clay is amended and replanting uses tougher, deer-tolerant material such as inkberry, American holly, spirea and ornamental grasses. Where screening has failed, Green Giant arborvitae or mixed native shrubs often replace aging Leylands.

Renovation work around Herndon often means removing invasive plants that have crept in from wooded edges, including tree-of-heaven, which also draws spotted lanternfly. It has to come out roots and all, or be treated with herbicide, or it resprouts. Yards in Chandon and on older in-town streets near Elden Street often need the most clearing, since their plantings date back to the 1960s.