Florida & Georgia · Design-Build
Every evening feels like a resort you never have to leave. And if you host, it is the listing photo that books itself. We design it, build it, and hand you the keys, with one crew and one honest price.
One day in your new backyard
Scroll through one real day, first light to last embers, and watch the light shift the way it will over your own yard. Every hour below is something we design, pour, plant and hand over.
Chapter one · Dawn
07:00 First lap
Twenty slow laps, then coffee on the warm coping while the whole yard is still yours alone.
This is the photo your guests screenshot.
Chapter two · Mid morning
10:00 Pickleball
First serve of the day. The score matters less than the rally, but you still keep score.
Sport & Pickleball Courts
Chapter three · Afternoon
16:00 Short game
Eight feet of true-rolling green between you and the family bragging rights.
Putting Greens & Turf
Chapter four · Golden hour
18:30 Golden hour
Golden hour lands on the court and the whole yard turns amber. Last game before dinner, the sun handling the lighting.
The five-star review writes itself here.
Chapter five · Night
21:00 Embers
The fire pit holds the conversation long after the phones have given up, string lights doing the rest.
Full Backyard RetreatsReal photographs, real GR builds
Every "after" is an unretouched photograph of a backyard we actually built. Drag to reveal the Day 0 view of the exact same lot, from the exact same camera, before we broke ground. No staging, no borrowed properties, no stock.
Real builds, real lots
Recent GR backyards across the Tampa Bay area and beyond. Drone and ground shots, straight off the job, the day we handed over the keys.
Every image on this page is a backyard our own crew designed and built. No stock photography, anywhere.
Start yoursThe GR design studio
Before a single blade of turf is cut, your yard is drawn to scale, rendered in 3D, and priced to the line item. You approve the plan. Then, and only then, we break ground.
The Retreat Builder
Toggle the elements you are dreaming about. The plan updates live with an honest planning band and a realistic build window, ready to send straight to our team.
Great outdoor living is not bought off a shelf, it is engineered. Follow the momentum from first idea to keys-in-hand, and watch the numbers that keep every project honest.
We walk your property, listen to how you actually live outside, and translate it into a clear scope and honest budget. No pressure, no cookie-cutter packages, just a plan that fits your lot and your life.
You see it before we pour it. Photoreal renders, real material samples, and a fixed itemized proposal. We refine layout, sightlines, drainage, and lighting until the plan is unmistakably yours.
Our own crews break ground with a locked schedule and a single point of contact. Permits, base prep, pavers, courts, water, and finish carpentry, all sequenced so momentum never stalls.
We walk every detail with you, hand over care guides and warranties, and stay a phone call away. The retreat is done when you say it is, and we back the craftsmanship long after the last light is set.
The visit is free, the quote is fixed, and the design is yours to keep.
Now booking Q4 2026 build windows, 3 slots leftWhat our clients say
Our clients do not buy landscaping. They buy revenue and evenings.
Real clients, in their own words.
The new pool and lanai reset our whole listing. Our nightly rate is up 38 percent and the calendar has barely had a gap since GR handed it over. The build ran on the schedule they posted, to the day.
We added the sport court in the spring and the place books out every weekend since March. Families search for it. GR nailed the lines, the lighting, the whole thing.
I did not know how much I needed a place to sit outside until it was there. Now the fire pit is where every night ends. Best money we have spent on the house.
One crew, one number to call, and they picked up every time. The putting green and turf turned a tired yard into the reason the kids stay home on weekends.
The tiki bar and pavers gave our lake house a second act. Guests book the extra night just to catch golden hour back there. The quote we signed was the price we paid.
For hosts and homeowners alike
A resort-grade backyard is the rare upgrade that pays you twice: better nights for your family, better numbers on your listing. Here is what GR clients tell us happens.
Pools, courts and fire features are the exact amenities travelers filter by. GR hosts tell us the right backyard pulls their listing to the top of the results and keeps it booked.
A finished retreat lets you charge like a resort, not a rental. Our hosts report higher nightly rates and longer stays once the backyard becomes the reason people book.
The hero shot does the selling. A GR backyard is the image guests screenshot and homeowners frame, the single photo that turns a scroll into a booking.
48-hour turnaround. No obligation. The build window calendar is first come, first served.
A GR builder calls you within one business day to schedule your free site visit.