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Maffei Landscape Design, LLC Maffei Landscape Design, based in Kennett Square, PA, provides expert landscape design and architecture, along with project management services.

I provide landscape vision, leadership and project realization to residential, commercial and institutional clients.

As the sun sets earlier and the evenings begin to cool, thoughtful lighting and fire features can change how a garden is...
10/21/2026

As the sun sets earlier and the evenings begin to cool, thoughtful lighting and fire features can change how a garden is experienced.

Carefully placed lights help guide the way, draw attention to the textures of the landscape, and make paths and gathering areas feel welcoming after dark. A fire feature gives people a natural place to settle in and enjoy the outdoors a little longer.

Every garden has its own character, so these elements should feel connected to the space around them. Together, they help outdoor places stay inviting as the seasons change.

A small garden with a story to tell. 🌿 The second picture is where it began.At Rooted, a shop celebrating local makers ...
10/08/2026

A small garden with a story to tell. 🌿 The second picture is where it began.

At Rooted, a shop celebrating local makers and artisans in New London, Pennsylvania, a narrow strip of lawn offered an opportunity to bring the creativity inside the shop out into the garden.

Our planting design brings together generous white hydrangea blooms, fine grasses, and layers of contrasting foliage, creating a welcoming foreground for the historic brick building and handcrafted sign. Seasonal flowers give way to seed heads and dried blooms, allowing the garden to tell a different story as the year unfolds.

With our planting plan as their guide, the owner and her staff could install the garden themselves, which is a fitting approach for a place built around resourcefulness and things made by hand.

Explore the full Rooted project on our website: https://maffeilandscapedesign.com/rooted/

10/02/2026

We’re taking another look behind the scenes at Valley View 🌳

As site work begins, we’re tagging trees for protection and taking a closer look at the health of the existing woodland. A mature tulip poplar, a healthy oak, native dogwoods, and viburnums are among the trees and shrubs we’re working to preserve.

These decisions began early in the design process, when we worked with the architect and civil engineer to position the house, driveway and parking with existing trees in mind. Now, we’re walking the site to identify what needs protection, what needs room to thrive, and what needs to be removed because of declining health or the planned construction.

Thoughtful landscape design starts with understanding what’s already growing. Continue following along as Valley View takes shape.

09/18/2026

We are honored to share that Puddock Hill has received a Silver Award in the 2026 APLD International Landscape Design Awards.

Created to transform a conventional suburban lawn into an immersive, ecologically rich landscape, Puddock Hill brings together native planting, natural stone and carefully considered gathering spaces. The resulting garden supports both human use and local wildlife while offering beauty and seasonal interest throughout the year.

The judges recognized the project as “an example of masterful design,” praising its environmental responsibility, cohesive ex*****on and the way its spaces flow together, both to experience within the garden and to enjoy from the home.

We are grateful to our clients for entrusting us with this special landscape and to the Association of Professional Landscape Designers for this recognition.

09/01/2026

A wall for a lifetime, and why your "well-built" wall failed.

Everyone has seen a wall that failed. Leaning, weeping, shedding its cap. Built to last a lifetime, undone in a decade. Often among the largest lines in a landscape budget, spent, essentially, on substrate.

A retaining wall is one of the most substantial impositions we make on the landscape, holding back material and stormwater to create a developed and inhabitable space. It is a prominent representation of form as function. Walls impart a sense of permanence by necessity, constructed of heavy stone or block. Available materials have long dictated an aesthetic the rest of the site must harmonize with or respond to, and as such, they're expected to last a lifetime. And then they often don't.

What separates the wall that fails from the wall that endures is everything you never see: engineered footings, reinforced structure, gravel and drainage giving water somewhere to go besides through.

Modern construction techniques relieve both premature failure and aesthetic constraints. Precise calculation of load, and often building code, enable a choice of finished materials unavailable in times past, and allow these structural elements to marry cohesively with the emotional tone of the design.

The finished wall looks beautifully simple. What makes that possible is anything but.

In landscape design, “circulation” refers to how people move through a space. How do you arrive? Where do you go after y...
08/31/2026

In landscape design, “circulation” refers to how people move through a space. How do you arrive? Where do you go after you park? How do you approach the house, move between gathering areas, or discover a more secluded part of the garden? Where are you naturally being led?

Thoughtfully designed pathways do more than connect one destination to another. Their placement, materials, width, and rhythm help establish a sense of arrival, guide the pace of movement, and reveal the landscape in a deliberate sequence.

When circulation feels effortless, it can be easy to overlook, but that ease is the result of thoughtful and precise planning. Every path helps shape how the landscape is experienced.

At Rooted, a retail shop devoted to local makers and artisans, the garden needed to feel as distinctive and handcrafted ...
08/26/2026

At Rooted, a retail shop devoted to local makers and artisans, the garden needed to feel as distinctive and handcrafted as the goods inside.

Working within a small terraced area between the street and the porch, we replaced a difficult-to-maintain lawn with an unconventional planting palette designed around color, seasonal succession, and natural form. Spring and late-summer blooms create moments of strong floral impact, while seed heads, dried hydrangea flowers, and ornamental grasses carry texture and structure through the quieter months.

Because Rooted’s owner is resourceful and hands-on, we developed a planting plan that she and her staff could install themselves. The result is a small garden that tells a much larger story: rooted in place, unpolished in all the right ways, and always changing with the seasons.

Click here to read more about the Rooted project: https://bit.ly/3SpN8Yo

08/19/2026

Puddock Hill was designed around a simple principle: work with the land rather than in opposition to it.

Set on a historic 12-acre property, the landscape brings together native plantings, pollinator habitat, natural stone, gathering spaces and thoughtful stormwater management. Each element was designed to support the homeowners’ conservationist values while creating a place for everyday life outdoors.

We are honored that Puddock Hill has received a 2026 Landscape Design Award of Merit from the Perennial Plant Association. Many thanks to the homeowners, our collaborators, and the Perennial Plant Association for this recognition.

Learn more about the project here: https://bit.ly/4x5kdaZ

The best gardens don't show you everything at once. Layered planting — canopy, understory, shrubs, perennials, groundcov...
08/12/2026

The best gardens don't show you everything at once.

Layered planting — canopy, understory, shrubs, perennials, groundcover — does more than fill space. It creates revelations: a water feature glimpsed through grasses, a reading nook tucked behind tall perennials, a path that draws you around one more corner.

When layers do the work, every turn offers a small discovery, whether the property is a compact cottage lot or a sprawling estate. That's the difference between a yard you look at and a landscape you experience. Gather experiences, not things.

Late summer is the most honest season in the garden. Spring flatters everything. By August, a landscape shows you what i...
08/10/2026

Late summer is the most honest season in the garden. Spring flatters everything. By August, a landscape shows you what it's really made of.

This is when structure earns its keep: stone walls, pathways, and mature trees hold the composition while early bloomers fade. It's also when the gaps appear. That bare stretch by the walk? A note for fall planting. And it's when seasonal succession pays off: grasses, late perennials, and seed heads stepping forward as others step back.

Walk your landscape this week and take inventory. What's holding strong, and what's gone quiet? That's your design roadmap.

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120 E State Street, Kennett Square
Kennett Square, PA
19348

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(610) 357-9700

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