Client Stories
What They Say
“We've lived in this house for twenty-two years, and for the first time, the garden feels like it has always been here. Elliot and his team didn't just plant — they understood the property, the light, the views we wanted to frame and the ones we wanted to screen. It's transformed how we live.”
Catherine S.
South of Broad, Charleston — Complete Property Redesign
“As an architect, I'm particular about who I recommend. Tideland is the only landscape firm I trust to match the standard we set for the architecture. Their design eye is exceptional, and their plant knowledge is encyclopedic. Every project we collaborate on elevates both the building and the land.”
James R., AIA
Daniel Island — New Build Landscape Collaboration
“We wanted something that respected the dunes and the ecology of this island. No forced gardens, no fighting the salt air. What Tideland created is a landscape that looks like it grew here naturally — sea oats, muhly grass, wax myrtles, all thriving. Our neighbors keep asking who did it.”
Anne & Richard T.
Kiawah Island — Coastal Native Planting
“Our courtyard is barely thirty by twenty feet, but Tideland turned it into a world of its own — a fountain, jasmine on the walls, a fig tree in the corner, and gardenias by the gate. I have breakfast out there every morning now, even in winter. It's the best room in the house, and it has no roof.”
Eleanor M.
French Quarter, Charleston — Courtyard Garden Restoration
“The lighting changed everything. During the day, our property is beautiful. But at night? It becomes something else entirely. The uplighting on the oaks, the path lights along the garden walk, the moonlighting through the canopy — friends come over and just stand in the driveway staring.”
Robert & Lisa W.
Mount Pleasant — Landscape Lighting Design
“We're in year three of a five-year master plan, and every phase has been more beautiful than we imagined. What I love about Tideland is that they think in decades. They planted trees we won't see fully grown for twenty years — but they showed us renderings of what it will look like, and it took our breath away. This is a garden we'll leave to our children.”
The Harrington Family
Bluffton — Multi-Phase Estate Master Plan