Accurate site information forms the foundation of successful landscape design. Survey data provides the essential framework from which thoughtful site planning emerges.

DELA works closely with surveyors to translate topographic information, tree locations, and property boundaries into buildable landscape strategies.

Survey coordination often supports:

• Existing tree tagging, documentation and preservation planning
• Tree protection zones during construction
• Site grading coordination
• Precise placement of landscape features and structures

Through this collaboration, survey data becomes a tool for design rather than simply documentation.

Landscape architecture strengthens architectural work by extending spatial thinking beyond the building envelope into the surrounding landscape.

Through careful site planning, grading strategy, and planting design, DELA helps architects shape cohesive environments where building and landscape are experienced as one integrated composition.

Our collaboration can assist architects by:

• Translating architectural concepts into cohesive outdoor spaces
• Developing planting frameworks that reinforce architectural structure
• Resolving grading, circulation, and site transitions
• Preparing landscape permit plans and planting documentation
• Addressing tree protection, preservation, and replacement requirements during development

By integrating landscape architecture early in the design process, architects are able to deliver projects that feel more complete, contextual, and enduring.

Many landscape contractors encounter clients who desire a comprehensive vision for their property before installation begins. Professional landscape design allows contractors to present a clear plan, refine scope, and pursue more ambitious work.

DELA partners with contractors to provide design services that support successful construction, including:

• Landscape master planning for residential and commercial properties
• Detailed planting plans and garden compositions
• Outdoor living environments and garden structures
• Drainage and site strategy concepts
• Plant procurement and installation coordination

When design is established early, contractors can confidently pursue larger projects, communicate scope clearly, and deliver landscapes that perform beautifully over time.

Tree professionals are often the first to recognize when a property requires thoughtful landscape planning following tree removal, storm damage, or construction impacts.

As both a landscape architecture studio and arborist-led practice, DELA frequently works with tree companies to guide responsible site restoration and replanting.

Services often include:

• Tree risk and preservation consulting
• Tree prescriptions for municipal permitting
• Tree replacement plans required by local ordinances
• Restoration planting plans following removals or development
• Long-term planting strategies that protect soil health and canopy growth

These collaborations help tree companies provide clients with a complete path forward—from removal or risk mitigation to thoughtful landscape renewal.

Landscape architecture plays an essential role in shaping how engineered sites function and are experienced.

DELA works with civil engineers to coordinate landscape systems with grading, drainage, and site infrastructure. Planting strategies can support stormwater performance, stabilize soils, and soften the visual impact of engineered solutions.

Through collaboration with engineers, we assist projects by:

• Integrating planting with stormwater and drainage strategies
• Developing landscape plans required for development approvals
• Coordinating site grading with landscape spaces and circulation
• Designing planting buffers and streetscape environments

This coordination allows infrastructure and landscape to function as a unified system.

Accurate site information forms the foundation of successful landscape design. Survey data provides the essential framework from which thoughtful site planning emerges.

DELA works closely with surveyors to translate topographic information, tree locations, and property boundaries into buildable landscape strategies.

Survey coordination often supports:

• Existing tree tagging, documentation and preservation planning
• Tree protection zones during construction
• Site grading coordination
• Precise placement of landscape features and structures

Through this collaboration, survey data becomes a tool for design rather than simply documentation.