Custom Garden Design by Hanselman
Thoughtfully designed gardens for the way you live. Serving Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas
EXPLORE OUR GARDEN DESIGNS
Find a Custom Garden Design That Fits Your Space
Each garden begins with a different intention. A place to slow down, to gather, or simply to enjoy what surrounds you.
Explore our garden design styles below and follow the one that feels closest to what you have in mind.
Signature Garden Styles
INSIDE OUT GARDENS
Living art just beyond your windows. Designed to be experienced from within as much as outside, these gardens frame views, draw in light, and create a constant connection between home and landscape.
JAPANESE GARDEN DESIGN
Calm, balanced, and deeply intentional. These gardens bring together natural elements, seasonal change, and traditional principles to create spaces that feel grounded and still.
NATURAL GARDEN DESIGN
Gardens that feel as though they belong to the land itself. Rich in texture, supportive of wildlife, and designed to evolve beautifully over time.
Gardens for Living
LOW-MAINTENANCE GARDEN DESIGN
Thoughtfully designed for ease. These gardens offer lasting beauty without constant upkeep, allowing you to enjoy your space without it becoming a burden.
COURTYARD GARDEN DESIGN
Private, enclosed, and deeply personal. Courtyard gardens extend the comfort of your home into an outdoor space that feels sheltered and refined.
ROOFTOP GARDEN DESIGN
Elevated spaces that transform overlooked areas into something purposeful. Designed with structure, planting, and views in mind.
URBAN GARDEN DESIGN
A sense of calm within the city. These spaces are designed to soften their surroundings and create a quiet retreat from the pace of urban life.
Specialist and Lifestyle Garden Designs
FLOWER GARDEN DESIGN
Expressive and personal. From soft and romantic to bold and vibrant, these gardens are shaped through planting to reflect your taste and style.
WOODLAND & SHADE GARDEN DESIGN
Layered, textural, and naturally calming. Designed to thrive beneath tree cover, these gardens create a sense of quiet immersion.
CHILDREN’S GARDEN DESIGN
Spaces designed for curiosity and movement. Encouraging exploration, creativity, and a natural connection to the outdoors.
Estates and Commercial Garden Designs
FARMHOUSE AND COUNTRY LANDSCAPE
Grounded in tradition and setting. These landscapes preserve the character of the property while enhancing how it is lived in and experienced.
COMMERCIAL GARDEN DESIGN
Outdoor spaces that reflect identity and purpose. Designed to support how people move through and experience a place.
A Garden Should Be Lived In
Since 1985, Hanselman Landscape and Gardens has designed and built landscapes with a focus on beauty, longevity, and a deep sense of place.
Our work begins from within. Gardens are shaped not only to be seen, but to be experienced from the spaces you live in every day. From the view through a window to the feeling of moving through the landscape, each detail is considered.
We believe a garden should grow with you over time. Not just something to admire, but something to live in, return to, and pass on.
Testimonials
What surprised us most was how much more we love our home since Hanselman Landscape began working here! In addition to the beautiful new backyard oasis they created, they are here regularly to care for our plants, turning existing shrubs that we thought were worthless into beautiful, valuable specimens.
Our needs were to have as much privacy as possible from neighboring homes. Everything was done to perfection. This was the first time in a while (even with building a new home) that we gave the job to someone and never, ever had to go over again and again what was to be done.
Words do not serve well to express the sense of serenity and pleasure which your fine work evokes. I would liken the feeling to that of walking alone through a great museum.
I can’t even put into words how much I love my new yard. Hanselman Landscape did an outstanding job–changing an ugly piece of land into a serene and beautiful garden. The workmanship of Hanselman Landscape’s employees is of the highest quality.
Hanselman Landscape has helped us re-landscape our property over the past 3 years. James has a way of guiding you through your own garden, taking in the vantage points, and uncovering your vision (even though you didn’t know you had one)!
We liked the way James (Hanselman) explained and introduced the suggested plantings, actually showing us leaf samples. We needed and appreciated his guidance. Thanks for adding to our enjoyment of our home with your creative landscaping.
The Gardener’s Journal
- Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Resolving to stay healthy in this new year, James and I are regularly pulling on our winter boots… Read more: Walking in a Winter Wonderland - NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: We will continue to prioritize outside play!This past year, James and I had some amazing outside play opportunities in our own garden and in… Read more: NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: We will continue to prioritize outside play!
- JanuaryJanuary opensThe box of the yearAnd brings out daysThat are bright and clearAnd brings out daysThat are cold… Read more: January
Experience the Difference of Hanselman Landscape and Gardens
Founded in 1985, Hanselman Landscape & Gardens designs, builds, and nurtures a wide variety of gardens in both private and corporate settings. From our headquarters in Manheim, Pennsylvania, we serve clients throughout the region, including Philadelphia’s Main Line—and as far away as Cambridge, Massachusetts. We also cultivate unique specimen plants, which we make available to discriminating gardeners and architects.