All services
Landscape design and build across Chicagoland — eight service lines, one team.
Architecture, design, install, and seasonal care — for residential properties in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties since 1959.
Capabilities
What we build
Each line below is a single team — designed, built, and (where the homeowner asks) maintained by the same firm.
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Landscape Architecture & Design
Master-plans for full-property outdoor living: site analysis, hardscape layout, planting plan, lighting, water, drainage. The design-build entry that scopes every other line below.
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Landscape Maintenance
Recurring care from April through November: mowing, bed care, fertilization, seasonal cleanup, estate-grade upkeep. The line that keeps an installed landscape looking installed.
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Outdoor Living
Custom pergolas, hot-tub surrounds, fire features, and built-out structures that turn a yard into rooms. Built integrated with the planting and hardscape plan, not bolted on.
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Outdoor Kitchens · Masonry · Firepits
Full outdoor kitchens with built-in appliances, stone-veneer hearths, and dining terraces. Our Outdoor Chef's Dream Kitchen project earned ILCA Silver in 2022.
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Landscape Lighting
Low-voltage path, wash, and uplight zoning designed alongside the planting and hardscape plan. Brass and die-cast aluminum housings rated for Chicagoland winters.
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Plantings
Trees, shrubs, perennials, and seasonal color matched to your microclimate, soil, and exposure. Backed by our 1-year planting warranty.
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Water Features
Recirculating ponds, streams, and naturalistic basins built with skimmer, autofill, and winterization protocols designed for the Chicagoland freeze cycle.
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Drainage
Yard regrading, drain-tile installs, downspout extensions, and discharge-to-grade routing for properties that pond, soften, or push water at the foundation.
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What sets us apart
Why Kings
- Craft-tier execution
- Named species, named stone, full design-through-install responsibility under one roof — handed back complete, not as a punch list.
- Three generations · since 1959
- Same family-owned firm designs your project, builds it, and maintains it for the years that follow.
- ILCA Silver 2022
- Peer-reviewed recognition from the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association for our Outdoor Chef's Dream Kitchen project — earned by craft, not bought.
For property managers
We also work with property managers and commercial properties on select projects — contact us to discuss scope.
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