A thoughtfully designed streetscape does more than beautify the space between buildings and roadways. It can help establish identity, enhance the pedestrian experience and create a more inviting connection between people and the places they visit every day.

Landscape Concepts Management provides streetscape landscape design for urban, suburban, commercial and municipal environments. By thoughtfully integrating greenery, planting areas, hardscape elements and functional landscape design, our team creates streetscapes that enhance visual appeal while responding to the practical needs of the surrounding property.

From commercial destinations to public spaces, LCM combines creative landscape architecture with practical design expertise to turn everyday corridors into attractive, engaging environments.

What Is Streetscape Landscape Design?

Streetscape design focuses on the outdoor environment people experience along streets, sidewalks and the spaces connecting buildings, businesses and public areas.

For LCM, that means bringing greenery, hardscaping and functionality together to create a more cohesive environment. Your existing Landscape Design offering specifically identifies streetscapes as a commercial design specialty intended to beautify urban and suburban areas, enhance the pedestrian experience and support property value.

Successful streetscape design isn't about adding landscape elements wherever space allows. It's about considering how those elements work together to improve the overall experience of the place.

Thoughtful Design for Urban & Suburban Environments

Streetscapes present a different design challenge from traditional commercial landscapes.

Space can be limited. Existing architecture establishes a strong visual context. Pedestrian movement matters. Hardscape and plant material need to complement one another. And every improvement needs to make sense within the larger environment.

LCM's landscape design process is built around understanding those conditions before developing a solution.

Our team evaluates existing site conditions and applicable zoning ordinances before creating concepts that balance functionality and aesthetics. Once a concept is selected, it can be developed into a detailed plan incorporating hardscape materials and plant specifications.

Streetscape Design Elements

Planting & Greenery

Plant material can soften highly developed environments while adding color, texture and seasonal interest.

LCM approaches planting design as part of the larger streetscape composition, creating landscapes that complement surrounding architecture and hardscape rather than competing with them.

Hardscape Integration

Hardscape plays an important role in defining streetscape environments.

LCM's Landscape Construction capabilities include brick paving, concrete installation and removal, masonry, and custom boulder and outcropping walls, giving our team experience with landscape construction elements that can complement broader design projects.

Seasonal Color

Seasonal plantings can bring changing color and visual interest to highly visible streetscape environments.

LCM's Seasonal Color program incorporates vibrant colors and textures into custom flower displays designed to enhance commercial landscapes throughout the seasons.

Trees & Long-Term Landscape Structure

Trees can become defining elements within developed landscapes, providing visual structure and helping connect built and natural environments.

LCM's broader Tree Care capabilities include tree design, installation, pruning, maintenance, preservation and replacement, supported by certified arborists.

Streetscapes Designed Around the Pedestrian Experience

People experience streetscapes at a human scale.

They're walking past plantings, approaching entrances, moving between destinations and experiencing the relationship between buildings and the landscape around them.

That's why LCM's existing streetscape philosophy specifically emphasizes enhancing the pedestrian experience.

Thoughtful landscape design can help turn a utilitarian corridor into an environment that feels more intentional, attractive and connected to the surrounding property.

For retail and mixed-use destinations in particular, that experience can become an important part of how visitors perceive the overall environment.

Streetscape Design for Municipalities & Commercial Properties

LCM serves both government agencies and municipalities and retail and mixed-use properties, making streetscape design a natural intersection of our public- and commercial-landscape expertise.

For municipalities, landscape design can help enhance public spaces and contribute to a more attractive community environment.

For commercial and mixed-use properties, streetscape improvements can strengthen curb appeal and create a more inviting connection between individual properties, businesses and surrounding pedestrian areas.

In either setting, the goal is the same: create a landscape that looks intentional, functions effectively and contributes positively to its surroundings.

From Streetscape Concept to Installation

LCM offers more than conceptual landscape design.

Our documented design process can include an initial on-site consultation, concept design, design development, construction documentation and permitting, depending on the scope of the project.

LCM's in-house landscape architects and certified field professionals also allow design and installation to remain coordinated as a project moves forward.

For clients, that provides continuity between what's envisioned on the plan and what's ultimately built in the landscape.

Award-Winning Landscape Design Expertise

LCM's work has been recognized by industry organizations across numerous prominent landscapes.

Recent recognition includes the 2023 ILCA Gold Award for 900 North Michigan Shops, while LCM's documented awards also include projects along Michigan Avenue and other significant Chicagoland properties.

That experience reinforces the design philosophy behind our streetscape work: combine visual impact with practical landscape solutions that respond to the property and its surroundings.

Streetscape Landscape Design Across Chicagoland

Landscape Concepts Management provides commercial landscape services throughout Chicagoland, supported by locations in Grayslake, Aurora and Chicago, as well as a Bristol location serving Kenosha County.

Our experience serving retail and mixed-use properties, government agencies, municipalities and other commercial environments gives LCM an understanding of the different needs that shape urban and suburban landscapes.

Streetscape Design FAQs

What is streetscape design?

Streetscape design focuses on the outdoor environment surrounding streets and pedestrian areas. LCM's streetscape design offering integrates greenery, hardscaping and functionality to beautify urban and suburban environments and enhance the pedestrian experience.

Does LCM design streetscapes for municipalities?

LCM serves government agencies and municipalities and specifically includes streetscapes among its commercial landscape design specialties.

Can LCM design streetscapes for retail or mixed-use properties?

Yes. Retail and mixed-use properties are among the markets LCM serves, and LCM's Landscape Design services include both streetscapes and retail center plantings.

Does LCM handle streetscape installation as well as design?

LCM provides both Landscape Design and Landscape Construction services. Its design model uses in-house landscape architects and certified field professionals and is structured to coordinate projects from design through installation.

Can seasonal plantings be incorporated into streetscape designs?

Yes. LCM provides Seasonal Color services featuring custom flower installations that add changing color and texture to commercial landscapes.

Can LCM assist with permits for a streetscape project?

For larger landscape design projects, LCM's documented process includes construction documentation and handling necessary permits while working with local departments regarding zoning and building requirements.

Turn Everyday Corridors Into Memorable Places

Great streetscapes create more than curb appeal. They bring landscape and architecture together, enhance the pedestrian experience and help create places people remember.

Ready to reimagine an urban, suburban or commercial streetscape? Contact Landscape Concepts Management to discuss a thoughtful landscape design tailored to your property or community.