Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Tree
Zones 3–9
Full Sun / Part Sun
Medium water
40–60 ft tall
Bloom: Red · Spring
Foliage: Brilliant red fall color
Fast-growing shade tree with reliable fall color. Great street or specimen tree.
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Kelty Designs
Kelty Designs is a new kind of landscape design platform — a curated marketplace of independent designers, a full Materials Library of plants and hardscape, and an AI Studio that helps you visualize ideas before a single plan is drawn.
Pick a designer for plans only, or pair them with Kelty Lawn Care — a River Forest, IL local installation company — for a fully managed design + build. Outside our install area? We'll help you source a trusted local installer to bring the plan to life.
Two ways to work with our designers
Plan only, or plan and build
Every designer on our roster can take your project from idea to plan. From there, you choose how it gets built.
Design + Kelty installation
Your designer creates the plan, and Kelty Lawn Care — a River Forest, IL local company — brings it to life with our own installation crews. One team accountable from first sketch to final walk-through, with 40+ years of local install experience.
Start a full projectDesign only
Hire a designer for plans, renderings, and a planting list you can take to any contractor — or build yourself. Great if you already have a crew you trust, or just want professional direction for your space.
Browse the marketplaceDesign + Build, under one roof
Kelty Lawn Care streamlines the build for you.
Once your design is approved, you don't have to chase down contractors, juggle quotes, or coordinate trades. Kelty Lawn Care — our River Forest, IL based installation company — takes the plan straight from paper to property. One local team handles permits, materials, hardscape, planting, and cleanup, with the same crews who helped shape the design in the first place.
That means faster timelines, fewer surprises, and a finished space that matches the renderings — because the people who built it already knew the vision.
Outside our install area? No problem. We'll help you source a vetted local installer who can execute your Kelty Designs plan, so you still get a builder-ready package even if Kelty Lawn Care can't roll a crew to your property.
Materials Library
An all-encompassing library of plants and hardscape
Browse a reference catalog our designers draw from — perennials, shrubs, trees, grasses, and groundcovers alongside pavers, natural stone, walls, edging, gravels, and decorative aggregates. It's one source of inspiration; your designer will spec whatever materials are appropriate for your site and region, whether they live in this library or not.
Searchable by USDA zone, sun and moisture conditions, color, and material family — and tightly integrated with the AI Studio and your designer's plan, so anything you fall in love with can drop straight into your project.
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Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Tree
Zones 5–9
Part Sun / Part Shade
Medium water
15–25 ft tall
Bloom: White/Pink · Spring
Iconic understory ornamental. Layered branching and red berries in fall.
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River Birch
Betula nigra
Tree
Zones 4–9
Full Sun / Part Sun
High water
40–70 ft tall
Foliage: Exfoliating cinnamon bark
Tolerates wet sites; striking peeling bark for winter interest.
Native
Shademaster Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Shademaster'
Tree
Zones 4–9
Full Sun
Low water
50–70 ft tall
Foliage: Fine, dappled canopy
Tough urban shade tree; thornless and seedless cultivar.
Green Giant Arborvitae
Thuja 'Green Giant'
Evergreen
Zones 5–8
Full Sun / Part Sun
Medium water
40–60 ft tall
Fast-growing privacy screen. Pyramidal habit; deer-resistant.
Deer-resistant
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca 'Conica'
Evergreen
Zones 3–8
Full Sun
Medium water
6–10 ft tall
Tight pyramidal accent for entries and containers.
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