Custom estate home with landscape lighting at dusk in Great Falls, Virginia

Landscape Services in Great Falls

Great Falls properties operate at a different scale than most of Northern Virginia, and our landscape work matches that scale. From estate properties in Falcon Ridge and Holly Knoll to riverfront homes near Riverbend and equestrian properties around Brooks Farm and Springvale, Great Falls has long been one of the most demanding — and rewarding — markets we serve. The area's rolling topography, mature woodlands, and large lot sizes create real design opportunities: full-property masterplans, expansive hardscape installations, formal gardens, layered lighting systems, and water features that take advantage of natural slope. Great Falls soils vary widely across the area, from clay-heavy lots near Difficult Run to better-drained gravelly soils on higher ground, which means every project starts with careful site analysis. Sunrise Landscape & Design has been Great Falls' trusted landscape design partner for decades, delivering the level of craftsmanship and ongoing care that estate properties require. We'd welcome the chance to walk your property.

Services in Great Falls

Hardscape patio and stonework installation in Northern Virginia

Hardscape Design Services

Custom landscape design project in Northern Virginia

Landscape Design Services

Professional landscape lighting design for outdoor spaces

Landscape Lighting Services

Custom pond and water feature installation in Northern Virginia

Ponds & Water Features

Drainage solution and erosion control landscaping in Northern Virginia

Drainage & Erosion Control

Stone pathway flanked by green hedges leading to a grassy backyard with trees and a fence.

Landscape Maintenance Services

Gray building with white double doors and red trim, surrounded by neatly trimmed bushes and green trees under a clear blue sky.

Commercial Landscaping

Neighborhoods We Serve

Falcon Ridge, Holly Knoll, Riverbend, Brooks Farm, Springvale

Acreage, Deer, and Design That Handles Both

Great Falls properties give a designer room to think in zones: arrival, entertaining, garden, and the wilder edges toward the trees. Two local realities shape every plan. First, scale, because plantings that look right against an estate home are bought in quantities that reward good planning. Second, deer, which treat unfenced hostas as a salad course. We design with deer-resistant structure, boxwood, ferns, ornamental grasses, and protect the exceptions.

Our recent pool and hardscape work in Great Falls, including the stone surrounds from the Katie Bird project set, shows the standard: masonry and planting finished as one composition.

Also serving: Forestville, the Seneca corridor, and river-adjacent estates.

Pool, spa, and stone patio hardscape built by Sunrise Landscape in Great Falls, VA

Common Questions

Boxwood, ferns, grasses, hellebores, and aromatic herbs form the reliable backbone. Anything deer love gets fencing, repellent rotation, or a spot close to the house.

Pool surrounds are a specialty: stone decks, privacy planting, and lighting designed with the pool, so the finished space reads as one project rather than two.

In masses, not ones and twos. Big properties need bold drifts and repeated structure to read from the distances involved.

Yes, and estate plantings deserve it. Our garden care teams keep the design intent intact instead of shearing it into meatballs.

Many Great Falls projects add water. See what we build: Ponds and Water Features