Landscape Design in Merion Station, PA | JHL Landscape Design

Merion Station holds a specific place on the Main Line, quieter than Ardmore to the west, more settled than the newer suburbs, with a residential character defined by established homes, mature street trees, and properties that have been carefully tended over generations. Homeowners here are served by JHL Landscape Design's Newtown Square landscape design practice, which works throughout the Main Line corridor and understands what makes each community's landscape character distinct.

Investing in the Established Landscape

Merion Station properties often have more existing landscape value than their owners fully recognize. Mature specimen trees that have been on the property for fifty years. Established perennial borders that need editing and renewal rather than removal. Stone walls and paving that have aged to a patina that new material cannot replicate. The first task of the design process here is to inventory what exists and evaluate its contribution to the design rather than treating the existing landscape as a baseline to be cleared.

Renewal and reinterpretation are often more appropriate than replacement. A deteriorated boxwood hedge at the foundation can be replaced with a fresh planting of the same species in a refined composition. An overgrown planting bed can be edited to reveal a structure that was always there but obscured. The mature tree that dominates the front yard is the design's primary asset; the design works around it.

The Merion Station Standard

The residential character of Merion Station rewards investment in quality over quantity. Well-specified plant material, hardscape in natural stone, lighting integrated from the start rather than added as an afterthought, these distinctions are visible at street level and appreciated by a community that cares about how its properties look. Our front yard landscape design service develops curb presence and entry sequence with the attention to material quality that this community expects.

For rear garden work, our backyard design service addresses the outdoor program, terrace, planting, pool where the property scale supports it,with the same design standards applied at the front.

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