meet the designers

Meet the McDonald Landscape Designers

At McDonald Landscapes, we have the local experts designing and installing your landscape. Whether it is the renovation of an existing landscape or the design of something new, this award-winning landscape team can create a landscape design that cultivates your garden visions.

Tami Eilers
HOMETOWN: Virginia Beach, VA

BACKGROUND: Tami has 20+ years of Residential Design, is a Certified Landscape Specialist from The George Washington University, and a Master Gardener and a Virginia Certified Horticulturist.

DESIGN TIP: "Put your house in a complimentary setting. Define your focal points and keep the grass green and the mulch brown with well-defined bed lines. Walks are best curving and wide."

WHAT PLANT WOULD YOU BE? "I would be a hydrangea because they love the summer."

Mary Ann Newton
HOMETOWN: Yorktown, VA

BACKGROUND: Bachelor of Science from Christopher Newport University in Horticulture; Landscape Designer for McDonald Garden Center for 10 years; Virginia Certified Horticulturist; Member of HRNLA (Hampton Roads Nursery & Landscape Association)

DESIGN TIP: "Keep bed lines smooth with long curves. Soften the corners of the house with evergreen plantings and use a plant pallet that allows for color year round. Always make sure the plan fits your lifestyle and need."

WHAT PLANT WOULD YOU BE? "I would be a Live Oak, because it grows slowly, surely, and beautifully for hundreds of years."

To schedule an appointment and discuss your project with a Landscape Designer, or to learn more about our services, please call:

757.722.3125 (ext. 312) Peninsula
757.421.9405 Southside
Or email us at landscape@mcdonaldgardencenter.com