A practitioner,
not a vendor.
Dane Hoover founded Eden & Dane to do landscape work the way he wished it had been done all along. Estate-grade design, regenerative discipline, and a relationship with the owner that lasts longer than the install.
He still designs every project personally. There are no junior associates here, no production-line drawings, no client handoffs. The work is rigorous because every Eden & Dane project is 100% bespoke.
Most landscape work treats the land as a surface. Eden & Dane treats it as a relationship.
The standard model in this industry separates beauty from biology, design from stewardship, and the designer from the gardener. The result, almost everywhere, is properties that look composed for the first season and degrade quietly for the next twenty.
We work the opposite way. Soil, hydrology, ecology, and the way the owner actually lives on the land come first. The visible design - stone, water, structure, planting - emerges from those decisions. It is the consequence, not the starting point.
This is slower work, and more demanding. It produces landscapes that are difficult to mistake for someone else's. Properties that get richer with each passing year. Land that becomes a place you cannot imagine living without.
Four braided disciplines.
Eden & Dane does not specialize in one thing. The work demands all four at once, woven together. None of them are negotiable.
Landscape Design
Estate-scale design with a quiet hand. Composition, sightlines, and a structural language that reads "intentional" rather than "wild." Drawings, renders, and documentation that survive contact with reality.
Regenerative Ecology
Soil biology, hydrology, water harvesting, and pollinator habitat. The disciplines that turn a designed landscape into a living system that gets healthier with every season rather than declining.
Stone & Structure
Cairns, dry-stack walls, basins, fountains, and accessory structures. The lasting elements that anchor a property visually and survive generations. Built by hand, designed to last as long as the land.
Land Stewardship
Multi-year care after the install. Seasonal pruning, soil amendments, succession planting, and the patient attention that turns a beautiful first year into a place that compounds in beauty over decades.
The properties I love most are the ones where the land has been allowed to know its owners. That recognition takes years, and it shows.Dane HooverFounder, Eden & Dane
A relationship, not a transaction.
Most engagements begin with a 15-minute conversation and unfold over years. Here is what working with Eden & Dane actually feels like.
Discovery
A free 15-minute call. We talk about your land, your life, and what you want the place to become. By the end, you'll have a clear sense of which engagement makes sense and what the realistic next step looks like. No pressure to commit on the call.
Site immersion
For full design engagements, we begin with an in-depth on-site walk. Soil, hydrology, microclimates, sightlines, and the way you actually live on the land. This is the most clarifying part of the engagement. Most clients tell me the conversation itself is worth the price of admission.
Concept & refinement
Initial concepts, sketches, and renders. We refine through one or two rounds of feedback. Nothing breaks ground until you are certain. The design phase is where the real thinking happens - most of the work is decided here, before a shovel touches the soil.
Build
For full-build engagements, I direct the install personally. Stone work, water features, planting, and structural elements come together over weeks or months. Direct line to me throughout. No project managers, no handoffs, no surprises.
Stewardship
Most clients keep me on a multi-year stewardship pathway. Seasonal visits, refinements, and the slow work of helping the property come into itself. This is where designed landscapes become real places.
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If your land is asking for something more,
let's talk.
A 15-minute call. No pressure, no commitment. By the end you'll have a clearer sense of what your property is capable of becoming.
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