Who We Are

ARCHITECTS OF THE LANDSCAPE

J.Kest and Company is an award-winning boutique landscape architecture firm providing luxury custom landscape design services to homeowners, architects, engineers, real estate developers and municipalities. We specialize in large scale residential design, creative commercial planning and design, and impactful municipal design projects.

CREATING ONE OF A KIND LUXURIOUS SPACES

We look to partner with discerning clientele looking for world-class design and will allow us to dream big, sparing no expense on the details. We love to dream and explore the true potential of a property. Our team creates outdoor spaces that add value, mature over time and provide the setting for experiences to be enjoyed at your home, your work, and in your community.

FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY

We are tenacious problem solvers and creative critical thinkers. We offer award-winning creative conceptual design, and have earned a niche with with our years of building experience, giving us the know how to sort out the details and manage the trades to bring concept to reality. Our specialty is creating one of a kind luxurious spaces with grace, overcoming difficult conditions such as steep slopes, strict impervious coverage ordinances, restrictive covenants, project constraining building setbacks and the like to achieve desired outcome. We have years of proven experience with clients with long wish lists and properties that have unique challenges.

FOR INCREDIBLE CUSTOMERS

We seek to work with great people. Landscape Architecture, although it can take a similar path to Building Architecture, has many more variables that brick and mortar building does not, and requires patience, trust, flexibility and proper care. We are honest and transparent through the process, taking the role of an advisor, and keeping fees and costs as clear as possible through the process for the best outcome.

WITH TALENTED PARTNERS AND TEAM

We seek to work with partners and vendors committed to quality. Our relationships consist of carefully selected professionals and tradesmen who are best in class to bring the design to life. When applicable, we love to collaborate with talented and respected architects, from the commencement of schematic design for ultimate synergy in the relationship between the indoors and out.

HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND AROUND THE WORLD

Our work, although often in our backyard, is not limited to our neighborhood. We have been on teams designing snow-topped mountain mansion hide-aways, to resort pool design on sun-kissed beaches, roof-top pools and amenity decks on high-rise buildings in urban centers, and mixed-use residential communities for work and play. We can’t wait to see what fun project is next.