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Exscape Designs spent two decades building its client base in communities like Gates Mills, and Exscape Group’s Cleveland East branch carries that work forward. Estate properties near the village get landscape design, patios and walkways, pavilions and pergolas, fire features, outdoor kitchens, pools, lighting, lawn care, irrigation, and ongoing grounds maintenance from one team. Commercial properties nearby are covered too.

Estate Landscape Design for Larger Properties

A larger lot means more decisions: sight lines from the house, how guests arrive, where the lawn ends and the planted areas begin, and how the outdoor rooms connect.

Design near Gates Mills starts with a walk of the full property and a written scope, then a plan that places every element before installation begins. Many estate plans include a natural pond or stream feature set into the planting beds.

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Pavilions, Pergolas, and Covered Outdoor Rooms

A pavilion gives a property a true outdoor room, with a roof over the dining table or lounge and space overhead for lighting.

Pergolas work at the edge of a patio or over a walkway, adding shade and structure without closing the space in. Both are scaled to the house so they read as part of the original architecture.

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Patios, Walkways, and Grade Work

Natural stone and paver surfaces are installed over a compacted, graded base with drainage built into the layout, which keeps them flat and free of standing water.

On sloped ground, terraced retaining walls create level areas for seating, gardens, or a lawn panel, and stone steps connect the levels.

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Fire Features and Outdoor Kitchens

Rustic stone fire pits, gas-burning designs, and integrated outdoor fireplaces give the patio a gathering point into late fall.

Next to them, custom outdoor kitchen design brings grill stations, full cooking areas, or bar setups outside, laid out for how you host.

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Custom Pools near Gates Mills

Pools near Gates Mills are designed by Exscape Group’s in-house pool team, while the landscape designers handle the decking, plantings, and screening around them.

Built-in seating, spillover spas, and high-end finishes are specified on one plan, and access for equipment is mapped before construction to protect the lawn and drive.

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Landscape Lighting

Lighting on a larger property has a long way to travel.

Fixtures mark the drive and walkways, wash across stone walls and the house front, and pick out specimen trees, so the property reads clearly at night from the road and from the terrace.

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Grounds Care Through Every Season

Estate grounds need a regular crew more than a one-time install.

Mowing, fertilization, aeration, and seeding keep the turf even, and lawn and turf programs are adjusted each year. Irrigation management and repair keeps beds and lawn watered as plantings fill in, and full property maintenance covers pruning, mulching, and seasonal cleanups.

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Commercial Landscape Maintenance and Snow Removal

Office buildings, HOAs, and healthcare facilities near Gates Mills can set up year-round maintenance plans and winter service with the same branch.

Available services include landscape maintenance for commercial properties, commercial plowing and deicing, sprinkler service for commercial grounds, commercial landscape design and installation, grounds enhancement work, and seasonal annual color.

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About Gates Mills, OH

Gates Mills is a village in the Chagrin Valley in eastern Cuyahoga County, covering about 9 square miles with roughly 2,260 residents and the 44040 ZIP code.

Holsey Gates founded the settlement in 1826 on land along the Chagrin River, where he ran a sawmill, and the village incorporated in 1920. St. Christopher’s-by-the-River, built in 1853 on Old Mill Road off U.S. Route 322, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The North Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks serves the community, and Gilmour Academy is located in the village. The village is part of the Mayfield City School District, and Gates Mills Elementary sits within it. The village has kept its residential, New England character, and properties here call for landscapes that fit it.

Nearby Communities

The Cleveland East branch also works on properties across Chagrin Falls, near Moreland Hills, and in Pepper Pike, as well as around Orange Village.

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Cleveland East Branch • Estate Landscapes, Pavilions & Grounds Care • Gates Mills, OH

Estate Landscape Design near Gates Mills, OH