hardscape
Bring the indoors out by adding a patio space to your landscape.
An outdoor patio instantly creates a zone to relax, dine, play and entertain while adding value to your property. At Merrifield Garden Center, each patio project is custom designed to complement your home, personal aesthetic and existing landscape elements.
Our landscape team has designed and installed patios in every style, shape and size. Often a patio space is accented with a walkway, steps, fireplace or fire pit, water feature, retaining or seat wall, built-in kitchen or raised or in-ground planting beds. Whether you are looking to add a natural flagstone patio or completely transform your backyard with a more exotic alternative–our expert patio designers and installers can help!
Our team has experience designing and installing patios in every material:
Merrifield Garden Center is an Interlocking Concrete Paver Institute (ICPI) certified installer and a professional installer of Techo-Bloc pavers and slabs.
Naturally occurring sedimentary stone cut to a specific size and shape. Available in a wide range of colors and thicknesses. Common types include: west mountain, Pennsylvania bluestone, travertine, slate, and limestone.
Longevity: 50+ years
Durability: Highly durable
Maintenance Considerations:
Some pieces may crack over time and need to be replaced, pressure wash as needed
Holds its color and does not fade over time. Some pieces may contain iron deposits that may show over time.
Man-made, cast concrete pavers/slabs that come in a variety of colors, sizes and shapes.
Longevity: 50+ years
Durability: Lifetime warranty for the material from the manufacturer
Maintenance Considerations:
Naturally occurring sedimentary stone. Asymmetrically shaped. Available in a wide range of colors and thicknesses.
Longevity: 50+ years
Durability: Highly durable
Maintenance Considerations:
Loose aggregation of stone fragments.
Longevity: 50+ years
Durability: Moderate, susceptible to settling and sediment
Maintenance Considerations:
Fired clay
Longevity: 50+ years
Durability: Some pieces may chip or crack over time
Maintenance Considerations:
Man-made, cast concrete paver with larger joints. Comes in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors.
Longevity: 50+ years
Durability: Lifetime warranty for the material from the manufacturer.
Maintenance Considerations:
Man-made composite material of coarse and fine aggregate with cement.
Longevity: 25 – 50 years
Durability: Susceptible to cracking due to shrinkage, settlement, weather conditions and environmental factors, such as wildlife.
Maintenance Considerations:
At your scheduled appointment, one of our skilled landscape designers will meet with you to understand your project goals, design preferences and vision. The designer will collect measurements and photos of the space and take stock of all related aspects, including available space and any structural, drainage or planting considerations.
After gaining a thorough understanding of your vision, your designer will dream up a direction to accomplish your goals. After consulting with the construction manager, your designer will share a recommended approach and proposal for the project. A formal landscape design drawing can be provided for an additional fee.
Once the proposal is approved and a deposit is in place, we will schedule the job. Your designer will work hand in hand with our construction manager to source the appropriate materials to bring the outdoor patio to life. Your designer will remain with you throughout this process, and your team will come to work every day from the moment we break ground until the project is complete (barring any extreme weather scenarios).
