Landscape Architect and Design Upperville, VA

We had the opportunity to work with Ed and his team at Ed Ball Designs for a substantial renovation of our back yard. The project included adding several retaining walls to level the lot, installing a large patio with an outdoor kitchen with a built in bar, a pergola above a dining area, a lounge area around a large outdoor fireplace, along with irrigation, lighting and other accent work, as well as plant and landscaping designs. Throughout, Ed and his team were consummate professionals, taking our initial feedback as to the vision for the project and turning it into reality, overseeing not only the design of the project, but its construction and completion. We could not have imagined the degree of transformation for our home. The attention to detail on all matters, including the pairing of lighting with plants, the increase in privacy and the creation of an irrigated green wall has made the addition of the outdoor space a focal point of our house. We are incredibly pleased with the outcome and look forward to enjoying this new space in our home for years to come.

Ed and his Team did wonderful work on your home last year. We are very happy with the outcome of the project. Ed has responded personally to several follow up items since the job was completed. Very Pleased

Ed and his team completed a large and challenging landscaping project for us last year (sloped, wooded lot with erosion issues) and we’re so pleased with how everything turned out! They are attentive, responsive, and talented folks that take pride in doing skilled work and the results reflect that. Highly recommend.

very nice and informative owner, honest too. Learned a lot from talking to him, great designer.

Ed Ball Landscape Architecture and team were great to work with. From design, project initiation, all the way through clean up and project close out, Ed and his team provided frequent communication, responsive and addressed concerns in a timely manner, offered suggestions and guidance when design questions emerged, and overall were easy to work with. Highly recommend EBLA of Northern Virginia for all your landscape design/maintenance needs.

Our backyard had erosion, grading, and drainage issues, as well as, old patio/walkways that didn’t meet our family’s style or needs for activities & entertainment. We wanted to ensure our goals for each of these varying concerns was met so we chose to work with Ed as our Landscape Architect. His thorough design and construction process paired with his level of expertise and experience in the field gave us confidence in what we could expect. While working on the design, Ed guided us through decisions for our project while always keeping our goals and budget in mind. He was eager to answer all our questions as they came up. He was upfront in all the information he provided and what we could expect throughout the project’s process. His team maintained detailed and timely communication through both the design and construction phases, this included when we changed our timeline due to the pandemic. During that time we also realized we wanted to add a dry stream bed and increase the size of the patio. Ed and his team worked with us through those design changes and then any alterations that came up through construction to ensure the final product would satisfy our backyard needs. He was also very involved in the construction phases, coming by to check in on the team’s work, discuss the project with us, and answer any questions. Every team (demo/masonry/lighting etc) that worked on our project was highly skilled in their area of work. It was always clear that Ed expected high standards from anyone working on his projects. For us that ended up translating into a beautiful lighted paver patio and walkways, natural stone wall, dry stream bed with bolder steps, and surrounding sod. Our family has been thoroughly enjoying our new space especially since our drainage issues were resolved though the technical considerations Ed and his team put into each and every area of the backyard construction. Ed and his team then went on to provide communication and support beyond the end of our project to ensure followup on anything we needed once we started to see how the drainage performed. Overall, our family was so pleased and excited about our beautiful backyard upgrade and can say we truly enjoyed working with Ed and his team for this project. We would not hesitate to work with him again on another project or recommend him for your home landscape needs.

Working with Ed was a dream. The completed project exceeded all of my expectations

I am not typically a person to write reviews, but I am so beyond happy with my experiences with Ed that I feel inclined to share how positively we feel about him and his team. We have now completed 3 projects with them, two were exclusively landscaping and one added a fire pit. We have been thrilled with his process and the outcomes. Ed and his team have proven to be knowledgable, creative, flexible and reliable throughout the entirety of our projects. I would highly recommend them.

Ed Ball and his team were exceptional to work with. We were very pleased with the communication, the level of craftsmanship, and the overall product. We used him and his team for both hardscape and landscape projects, and have been very happy with all of their work.

We really liked working with Ed and his team. They were super-professional and did great work. Now our back yard is a place we want to be, the steps are gorgeous, and the plants are so pretty. We're so glad we chose to work with them.