Patio Design & Hardscape Contractor in Medford

American Elm Landscape is a Medford-based hardscape contractor and landscaper — building paver patios, retaining walls, walkways, and drainage across Medford since 1989, and one of the area's few NDS Certified drainage contractors. If you're looking for a hardscape contractor or landscaper in Medford, start here.

Medford gives us a little more room to work than the city neighborhoods — a mix of Victorians, capes, and two-families with real backyards — but the goal is the same: a patio built right and built to last through New England winters. We've been building here for over 37 years.

From sloped lots that need grading to wetter yards that pool after a storm, Medford projects often come down to doing the unseen work properly: excavation, base, and drainage. That's exactly the part we don't cut corners on.

Where we work in Medford

All over town — Medford Square, West Medford, Wellington, the Hillside, and the neighborhoods near Tufts, the Mystic River, and the edge of the Middlesex Fells.

What we build in Medford

• Paver and bluestone patios for entertaining and everyday use
• Fire pits, seating walls, and full outdoor living spaces
• Walkways, steps, and retaining walls for sloped lots
• Grading and drainage that move water away from the house
• Synthetic turf and low-maintenance family yards

On a recent West Medford project, we regraded a backyard that flooded every spring and built a large paver patio with a fire pit — dry, level, and ready for summer.

Your Medford Hardscape & Landscape Design Company

A lot of folks find us searching for a hardscape company or landscape design in Medford, MA — and that’s us, under one roof. Our shop is right on Rivers Edge Drive, so when a Medford homeowner calls, they’re not getting a crew trucking in from two counties away. We’ve been the local landscapers here since 1989.

Landscape design and hardscape aren’t separate jobs to us. The patio, the walls, the grading, the plantings around the edges, the lighting that keeps it usable after dinner — we design and build all of it as one plan. And because Allan is an NDS Certified Professional Drainage Contractor (rare among Medford landscapers), every design starts with the question most companies skip: where is the water going to go?

From a customer

“Allan and his crew are awesome! He helped us with an extensive backyard project — installing our large outdoor patio, creating a dog run, and lots of planting. Allan also came through in a pinch when we were out of town during the first big storm this year. Love this crew!” — Andrea D.

Common questions

What parts of Medford do you serve?

Medford Square, West Medford, Wellington, the Hillside, and the neighborhoods around Tufts and the Mystic River.

My Medford yard floods or slopes toward the house — can you fix that?

Yes. Grading and drainage are half of a patio done right — we pitch the site and build the base so water moves away from your foundation instead of pooling under the pavers. For a yard that floods on its own, see our yard drainage and French drain work.

Do you do landscape design too, or just patios?

We do full landscape design in Medford — planting plans, lighting, synthetic turf, and grading — alongside the hardscape work. Most projects mix both: a paver patio with new plantings and drainage, designed as one plan and built by one crew.

How long does a Medford patio take to build?

Most projects run 3–7 days depending on size and access.

American Elm Landscape also builds across the area — see our permeable pavers & patios in Somerville and patio design in Cambridge.