Landscaping Services in Hanover, PA
Different Properties Call for Different Plans
Hanover gives us a little bit of everything to work with. There are established homes with mature landscaping that may need to be reworked rather than replaced from scratch, along with newer properties around the Hanover area where the backyard may still be mostly open space. Those two yards shouldn’t end up with the same landscaping plan.
That’s why we start with the property itself. From the Ground Up Landscaping designs and builds patios, retaining walls, landscape renovations, water features, drainage solutions, and complete outdoor living spaces around what is already there and what you want to get out of the space.
Our Mission Statement
At From The Ground Up, our mission is to design and build outdoor living spaces that provide our customers with the atmosphere to create everlasting memories with their family
Our Landscaping & Outdoor Living Services in Hanover
We build across the full range of landscaping and hardscaping work in the Hanover area. What leads on each project depends on the property type and what the homeowner is trying to accomplish.
Custom Patios & Outdoor Entertainment Spaces
A patio should be designed around more than the amount of square footage available. We look at how you want to use it, how people will move between the house and yard, where furniture or a grill will go, and how the patio fits with the rest of the landscape. From there, we can incorporate features like seating walls, fire pits, grilling areas, pergolas, and lighting into one connected design.
Outdoor Kitchens & Living Structures
If cooking and entertaining outside are a big part of the plan, we can build those features into the space from the beginning. Our outdoor kitchens can include built-in grills, counter space, refrigeration, masonry or stone finishes, and covered dining areas. These are permanent parts of the landscape, so we build them with the same attention to structure, drainage, and long-term performance as the patio underneath them.
Landscape Renovation & Design
For older Hanover properties with overgrown foundation plantings, deteriorating beds, or a landscape that has simply stopped working with the home, we provide full renovation and redesign. This starts with an honest assessment of what is there: what to keep, what to remove, what to correct from a drainage and grade standpoint, and what the property can become. We do not template designs. We design to the home, the lot, and the aesthetic preferences of the homeowner.
Retaining Walls
While Hanover’s terrain is generally gentler than the hillside boroughs to the east, Penn Township’s rolling landscape produces grade changes that regularly call for retaining walls. A well-built retaining wall in natural stone or segmental block creates usable flat space on a rolling lot, prevents erosion on slopes, and adds a structural anchor to the surrounding landscape design. Drainage behind the wall is always part of our installation.
Water Features
Pondless waterfalls, bio ponds, and stream bed features are a natural complement to custom outdoor living spaces, particularly on Penn Township lots with enough depth to accommodate them. We design and install water features that are scaled to the property and integrated into the surrounding landscape rather than dropped in as a separate element.
Drainage Solutions
Standing water, runoff toward the house, soggy sections of lawn, and downspouts with nowhere for the water to go can all point to a larger drainage issue. Before recommending a fix, we look at how water is actually moving across the property.
Depending on what we find, the solution may involve French drains, underground downspout extensions, catch basins, or grading corrections. The goal is to address where the water is coming from and where it needs to go rather than simply moving the problem somewhere else.
“I wish I could give them 10 stars cause they are amazing! Ken is a great guy and knows alot about ag, vegetation and landscaping. The crews are quick and professional and left my driveway cleaner then the way it was. I use them for all my landscaping needs, I just wish I would have used them sooner.”
—Jon Sotak
Why Hanover Homeowners Work With From The Ground Up
We’re a design-build landscaping company, which means the person planning your outdoor space and the crew building it are working toward the same end result. That matters when a project includes more than one piece, such as a patio that needs a retaining wall, landscaping around an outdoor kitchen, or drainage work that needs to happen before anything else is built.
There isn’t a standard package we try to fit onto every Hanover property. We look at the yard, talk through what you want to change, and build the plan from there.
From the Ground Up was also named the 2025 People’s Choice Award Winner for Best Outdoor Living by the York Builders Association, recognition that reflects the level of craftsmanship we bring to outdoor living projects throughout Southern Pennsylvania.
Start Your Hanover Landscaping Project
Whether you own an established home in Hanover Borough that is ready for a landscape renovation or a newer Penn Township property where the outdoor space is still waiting to be built, From the Ground Up Landscaping has the design-build experience to make it happen. Contact us today to schedule a consultation. We will come out, assess your property, and walk you through what we can build together.