Our Services

Our Specialties

Embark on a journey from dream to reality with our Sustainable Landscape Architecture services! From the initial spark of consulting and master planning to the detailed craft of construction documents and vigilant construction administration, we're here to transform your vision into a thriving, successful project. Let's cultivate greatness together!

We are a full-service Landscape Architecture firm and we specialize in residential, commercial, multi-family, parkland and playground design, facilitating consensus building public workshops, and master plan design and marketing illustrations. This focus within our firm makes us well suited to successfully and efficiently provide the quality landscape architecture services that you and your projects deserve.

Our eco-conscious clients and projects span beyond our local Bozeman and Big Sky area, and encompass locations throughout the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. Furthermore, we are a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and open to teaming with Architecture and Engineering firms on local, state, and federal projects.

Residential Design: Elegance Meets Sustainability

At inContour, we craft stunning, creative, sustainable outdoor spaces that elevate your home’s elegance and your lifestyle. Our expert team of landscape architects and designers focuses on creating bespoke, environmentally friendly designs that align perfectly with your vision.

From serene retreats to vibrant entertainment areas, our designs not only captivate visually but are also built for longevity with minimal maintenance needs. We embrace eco-friendly practices, from using locally sourced materials, to installing water-efficient systems, and supporting native pollinators. Ensuring your landscape not only looks exceptional but also supports a healthier environment.

Curate your property with inContour – where luxury, sustainability, and personalization blend seamlessly.

Commercial Development & Multi-Family: On Time and On Budget

We excel in creating cost-effective, sustainable outdoor spaces for commercial properties. Our team specialize in designs that not only elevate aesthetic appeal but also minimize long-term maintenance costs and adhere to legal standards for public safety and liability.

Our approach blends innovative techniques and the latest technologies to deliver quality landscapes on time and within budget, aiding in the efficient progression of your development timeline.

We prioritize sustainability, using materials and native plants that lower maintenance and water needs, aligning with your fiscal goals. Partner with inContour for landscapes that are not just visually impressive to your tenants and customers, but also environmentally responsible and economically smart for your commercial development.

When designing parklands and playgrounds we design for universal use and incorporate traditional play equipment and furnishings with eco-friendly elements that seamlessly integrate with nature, providing safe, fun, and engaging spaces for increased community enjoyment. We create outdoor spaces that are accessible, inclusive, and usable by all people, regardless of age, ability, or status in life. Our designs aim to provide an equitable, flexible, and intuitive environment that can be enjoyed by a person with a disability, families with young children, elderly visitors, and everyone in between, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

Additionally, we feel it is integral to all contemporary playgrounds to incorporate at least in-part a natural playground, which uses elements like rocks, logs, and plants to foster an increase in active, imaginative, and social play for children. That in concert with traditional playground elements, skate parks, climbing boulders, and sport courts allow children's imaginations and creativity to bloom.

Parklands & Playgrounds: Universal, Sustainable, Low-Maintenance

Public Workshops: Consensus Building for Community Support

Our consensus-building public workshops are a collaborative engagement process that involves a wide range of stakeholders, including community members, park users, local government officials, neighborhood associations, and other interested parties. The primary goal of these workshops is to bring community members together, gather diverse perspectives, needs, and ideas and to find common ground and arrive at a consensus. The resulting data is then used to inform the development of a comprehensive, inclusive master plan. This plan aims to outline the future development, management, and maintenance of the parkland to ensure it meets the community's current needs and future aspirations.

Often our workshops contain hands-on design elements and can be run as an in person and/or remote design charrette or workshop. These techniques may include surveys, mapping exercises, design charrettes, priority voting, and open forums. During this process we also collect demographic data which our clients find helpful to guide future decisions. The outcome of this process is a set of agreed-upon principles and elements that reflect the community's collective vision for the parkland. This will help in creating a master plan that is not only practical and sustainable but also beloved and supported by the community. As a result, the final master plan is more likely to succeed in its implementation and achieve long-term positive impacts for your community.

Master Planning: Your Blueprint to the Future

Illustrative Plans: Market Your Project

Our master plans are comprehensive documents that outline the vision, goals, strategies, and implementation framework for the development, renovation, and long-term management of a development, subdivision, ranch, parkland, or a network of parks. It serves as a road map for transforming these green spaces in a way that meets landowner or community needs, ecological requirements, and sustainability goals over a specific period, often spanning several years or even decades. Incorporating our proprietary hand drawn pen and ink and watercolor rendering techniques, the illustrative plans we create are visionary blueprints brought to life. The result is a plan that is beautiful, informative, and excellent for planning, marketing, and educational purposes.

Our illustrative drawing services offer visionary blueprints brought to life. Through meticulous attention to detail and artistic expertise, we transform concepts into captivating visual representations. Each drawing embodies the essence of our clients' aspirations, seamlessly blending functionality with aesthetic appeal. We use a combination of hand drawn pen and ink and watercolor techniques to create immersive landscapes that inspire and inform. Whether conceptualizing vibrant community spaces or envisioning developments that are going to market, our drawings serve as invaluable tools for communication, planning, decision-making, marketing and fundraising. Elevate your project with our illustrative drawings and unlock the potential of your project!