Landscape Design in North Georgia

A family of five sitting together outdoors on a porch, laughing and enjoying each other's company with a green backyard and pond in the background.

Lydia Nicole Landscape Design creates beautiful, customized outdoor spaces for homeowners throughout North Georgia. Based in Cleveland, Georgia, we provide landscape design, planting plans, photo renderings, and landscape installation for new construction homes, lake homes, and existing properties.

Serving Cleveland, Helen, Clarkesville, Dahlonega, Sautee Nacoochee and surrounding North Georgia Communities.

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What We Offer

Full Design Service

Front view of a white house with a porch, surrounded by green trees, with purple flowers in the foreground.

Initial Consultation

Collaborative Planning

Customized Design Plans

Photo Renderings

Recommended Plant List

Landscape Installation

*Now serving North Georgia within a 50 mile radius from Cleveland, Georgia

Modern Lake House Gets Updated Yard

  • Under construction house with a beige exterior, black-framed windows, a covered porch with wooden columns, a stone pathway, and a part of the surrounding wooded area.

    Before

    A remodeled lake house in Cleveland needed a tranquil and natural front yard to match their aesthetic.

  • View of a backyard patio area with a covered porch supported by wooden posts, a large rock, a potted plant, and a fenced yard with trees and a blue sky with some clouds.

    After

    This low maintenance yard is all the family wanted for their new home.

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  • A two-story house with gray siding, multiple windows, and a porch with outdoor lighting, surrounded by green trees and a landscaped yard.

    Sautee Home Gets a Facelift

    The family wanted a clean look and simple plant scheme.

  • The image shows a modern two-story house with a large porch, surrounded by trees and a well-maintained green lawn. The house features gray siding, black window frames, and warm lighting on the porch. There are potted plants and shrubbery near the stairs leading to the porch.

    Front Porch Re-do

    We enclosed the porch, added white plank boards, and updated the walkway.

  • A front porch with hanging flower baskets, potted plants, outdoor chairs, and a garden bed with blooming flowers.

    New Construction Home

    This beautiful new home in Clarkesville, Georgia now looks amazing with its layers of wildflowers and evergreens.

  • A white house with black shutters, large windows, and a porch with wooden columns, surrounded by a well-maintained lawn with flower baskets and shrubs. The sky is overcast.

    Neighborhood Drop-by

    The couple desired their home to be a place of rest and yet, inviting to their neighbors. We incorporated flowers, added comfy front porch furniture, and topped it off with gorgeous hanging baskets.

“Lydia is the absolute best!! She is so easy to work with and listens to what you want as client! I could never have done it without her and her beautiful design!”

– The Millers

“Lydia is great to work with!!! She gets to know you and helps form a vision based on your needs and wishes. I love that Lydia comes up with ideas that we would never think of. She is not pushy and works well within your budget! We highly recommend her!”

– The Adams

“Lydia was very easy to work with and was very punctual with answering messages and showing up when she said she would! She listened to my concerns, needs, and wants for flowers! We have been pleased with all the flowers and have enjoyed watching the flowers grow this year!”

– The Barretts

“Lydia was great to work with. She listened to what we had in mind and helped us develop a plan that was in our budget and met our expectations. She even was able to produce a rendering of what our plan would look like once brought to life. Her turn around time was very quick which helped a lot!”

– The Boggs

“Lydia was so friendly and had wonderful ideas that we used when we constructed a waterfall in our front yard.”

– The Wilbanks

“I asked Lydia to draw my landscape design. I needed something simple, low maintenance and deer resistant. Lydia delivered a beautiful plan within 24 hours of viewing our yard. I hope to implement the plan this fall. Lydia’s landscape designs are awesome. I highly recommend her.”

– The Nix’s

“Had a great experience! Lydia was so knowledgeable and did a beautiful job designing and transforming my front yard. I highly recommend!!”

– The Kisers

“If looking for curb appeal, Lydia Kinsella Slaton is your person! She makes the process easy, affordable, and most of all enjoyable! She really listens to your likes and dislikes. What really impressed me is she takes what already exists and adds to it or rearranges it else where to a more appealing place. What are you waiting for? Reach out to her today! Not only will your home be blessed but you will too!”

– The Sills

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Since we are located in Cleveland, Georgia our service area is anywhere within a 50 mile radius. If you live further, please contact us and we will quote you for an additional travel fee or you can book an online consultation instead.

  • It depends on what you are wanting and how large of an area that needs a design. Typically, if you want a front yard design including flowers, trees, mulch, and a stone pathway that would take between 3-6 hours to design. It is $50/hr so estimated cost would be $150-$300.

  • We recommend planting during spring or fall. It tends to be rainier and the roots have a better time developing. However, we have clients all the time needing full yards redone in summer and winter. So we carefully choose plants and grass that will grow at those times.

  • This is where we shine. During our initial on-site or online consultation, we figure out your style, desires, and level of maintenance your yard will require. Then we use our design software to create renderings to show you just what it will look like. We have worked with a plethora of clients including modern, country, minimalist, victorian, cottage, and mountain styles. Our goal is for you to be 100% happy!

  • Absolutely, you can choose to install all the plants and design ideas yourself. Typically, our clients choose us to install the designs since we have a very fast turnaround rate and get it accomplished within your budget.

  • We have a huge range of experience and will work with a client for any outside area. This may include improving storefront entrances for a business, creating an etheral feel at a wedding venue, redesigning a home’s backyard entertainment area, or devoloping a landscape plan for a new build.

  • Item dThis is unique to each client however, we typically will create a design plan within a week from the consultation, install plants and hardscape ideas within two weeks, and have it finished in a week. So from start to finish within three to four weeks you will have a new yard.escription

  • We are based in Cleveland, Georgia in White County, just 10 minutes from Helen, Georgia and about an hour from Atlanta. We consult with clients out of our office on the Cleveland Square: The Artistic Box.