Luxury amenity center pool at sunset framed by palms — Boca RoyalePrivate residential pool and spa at night with grotto, palms, and string lightsCouple seated under a grand live oak draped in Spanish moss with sword fern gardenOpen-air pavilion at blue hour overlooking the resort pool — Canoe Creek Amenity Center
What We Do

Let's Build Your (Worry-Free) Landscape.

From indulgent resorts to amenity centers, private homes and even gas stations, our landscape architecture services across Florida are proven, thoughtful, and built to last.

Canoe Creek amenity center aerial with resort-style pool, cabanas, and clubhouse
Master-Planned Communities

Master-Planned Community Landscapes

Master-planned communities is where SWSLA began and they're some of our favorite projects to this day. From entry features to amenity centers, model home parks to streetscapes — we've designed the front doors and shared backyards for some of Florida's most successful developments.

We work shoulder-to-shoulder with developers, civil engineers, and builders to deliver landscapes that sell homes on day one and look even better in year ten. No fragile show-pieces. Just thriving, native-leaning palettes that survive Florida and reward the residents who live there.

The Westin Sarasota — luxury bayfront tower with curated coastal landscape and palm-lined approach
Resort & Hospitality

Resort & Hospitality Landscapes

From The Westin Sarasota to Zota Beach Resort, we design grounds that match the brand standard guests pay for. The arrival sequence, the pool deck, the moment between the lobby and the water — every step is intentional.

We balance the operator's maintenance reality with the guest's first impression. The result is a property that photographs beautifully, performs in storm season, and ages into the place people come back to.

Commercial entry plaza with mature sabal palms, layered understory, and paver walkway
Commercial & Mixed-Use

Commercial & Mixed-Use Landscapes

Office parks, medical campuses, retail centers, and yes — even gas stations. The same principles apply: a first impression that lifts the asset, a planting plan that survives the parking-lot heat island, and an irrigation strategy that doesn't blow up the operating budget.

We've quietly raised the bar on what commercial landscape can be in southwest Florida. Approving municipalities, leasing agents, and tenants all notice.

SWS For Project Success

Infinite Possibility. One Proven Process

Multi-family courtyard with shaded pergola, paver paths, and blooming garden beds
Multi-Family & Assisted Living

Multi-Family & Assisted Living

Apartment communities, condominiums, age-restricted living, and assisted living campuses all share the same need: shared outdoor space that genuinely gets used. Shaded courtyards, pickleball and bocce, dog runs, garden paths, gathering plazas.

We design for the resident who walks the property every morning and the operator who has to maintain it forever. The landscape becomes part of the lease-up story and the renewal story.

Aerial of private Florida estate with pool, lake feature, and circular drive framed by mature landscape
Private Residential

Private Residential Estates

A handful of private estates each year. That's the cap. When a homeowner trusts us with the grounds, they get the full attention of the partners — site analysis, planting design, hardscape, water features, lighting, the whole envelope.

Pool decks that invite barefoot use. Front yards that announce arrival without shouting. Back yards that disappear into the lake or the preserve. Pure Florida, made personal.

Community amenity bocce courts with shaded pavilion at Milano
Landscape Architect of Record

Landscape Architect of Record & Maintenance Consulting

We've held the AOR seat for some of the most discerning communities in the region — from the Sanderling Club on Siesta Key to Country Club East in Lakewood Ranch and beyond.

Don't guess. Don't run into trouble managing down-line support teams. Offload that responsibility to the pros who know just what to do — and more importantly, how to do it right. From new construction approvals to sitewalks, CAM support, dispute resolutions, and contractor accountability, we control this environment so you can just enjoy it.

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You don't have to guess. We can do it. We have for over three decades.