Ave Maria Landscaping,
Beyond Builder-Basic
Packages from $1,500 · Free 3D design on qualifying projects
Ave Maria yards start as blank, sun-blasted builder packages — a few small shrubs and sod on open former farmland. We design and install landscapes that handle the inland heat and wind, with a free photorealistic 3D render before a single plant goes in.
From Builder Package to Finished Landscape
Ave Maria has been one of the fastest-selling master-planned communities in the country for years running, and the landscaping story on every new street is identical: fresh sod, a code tree, a strip of 3-gallon shrubs against the foundation, and a whole lot of open sky. The builders did their job — now the yard needs someone to do its job.
We install in Ave Maria and Del Webb Naples regularly, and inland Collier is genuinely different work than the coast. Full-day summer sun with no sea breeze, winter nights cold enough to burn tender tropicals, and wind that rakes across open farmland until the community's trees grow up. The packages below are designed around those realities, at published rates.
Wondering what the builder was actually required to plant? Our landscaping code requirements guide explains FL Grade #1 standards, tree minimums, and exactly where code-minimum packages stop.
Three Packages, Published Ranges
Same ranges as our sitewide published pricing — the community changes the plant list, not the honesty of the number.
Code-Plus Front Yard
Full Property Package
Resort Backyard
Book rates inside every tier: sod $1.25/sq ft installed · curbing $10/LF · pavers from $8/sq ft. Every quote itemized in writing after a free property walk.
What the Builder Package Left Out
The standard Ave Maria builder yard is engineered to pass closing, not to live with: minimum-size plants spaced to look adequate for the model-home photo, turf across the entire back, and no screening between your lanai and three neighbors'. On the deep lots common out here, the back half of the property is usually just... grass, waiting for a plan.
New-construction lots are the cheapest canvas we work on — no demo, fresh grade, irrigation stubbed in. The money goes into plant mass and design instead of tear-out. Concrete curbing and defined beds early on also mean you're not fighting St. Augustine runners out of the mulch for the next decade.
Designing for Ave Maria Specifically
Inland Collier heat is a different animal from coastal heat: afternoons run hotter, there's no salt to worry about, and winter radiational cooling on clear nights dips noticeably below what Naples proper sees — a rare freeze warning out here is real. We spec accordingly: heat-proof workhorses for the open sun, cold-tolerant palms over the most tender species for prominent placements, and real shade trees positioned to cut the western exposure your electric bill notices.
Soil on these lots is deep sandy fill over former agricultural land, typically alkaline, so planting holes get amended and plant choices respect the pH instead of fighting it. Ave Maria's master association and the neighborhood sub-associations (including Del Webb) run architectural review for landscape changes — our 3D render and plant schedule are built to be the submittal package, so approval is usually one cycle, not three.
Ave Maria Landscaping Questions
How much does it cost to landscape a new construction home in Ave Maria?
Three published tiers: $1,500–$4,500 for a proper front-yard rework, $5,000–$18,000 for a full front-and-back package designed in 3D, and $15,000–$40,000+ for a resort-style backyard. Book rates run throughout — sod $1.25/sq ft installed, concrete curbing $10/linear foot, pavers from $8/sq ft — itemized in writing after a free property walk.
Does landscaping in Ave Maria need HOA approval?
Yes — landscape changes go through architectural review with the master association and, in neighborhoods like Del Webb Naples, the sub-association as well. We handle the submittal: the photorealistic 3D render we produce free on qualifying projects, plus a plant schedule, is exactly the package review committees approve fastest.
Which plants actually survive Ave Maria's inland heat and cold snaps?
The winners are the proven inland performers: green island ficus, clusia and podocarpus for screening, dwarf firebush and thryallis for color, and cold-hardier palms in prime spots — a freeze-tender coconut in the front yard is a coastal luxury that inland Collier winters occasionally punish. We'll tell you honestly which showpiece tropicals are worth the risk and which belong in pots you can protect.
Can you add shade to a brand-new Ave Maria lot that has none?
That's the most valuable upgrade on these lots. We install real canopy trees — live oaks and other proven species — at sizes that matter now, placed to shade the western wall and the lanai. Larger container and field-grown trees cost more up front but buy you five years of growing time, and on an open former-farmland lot, shade is the difference between using the backyard in summer and looking at it through a window.
Get Your Ave Maria Landscape Quote
Free property walk, written itemized quote at published rates, and a free photorealistic 3D design on qualifying projects — HOA-submittal ready.
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Free property walk, published rates, and a 3D design you approve before we plant.