Our Story
Rooted in craft since 2008
What began as one designer, one mason and a borrowed truck is now Fairfield County's most decorated landscape studio, still small enough to care about every square foot.
How We Began
Two trades. One obsession.
Sage & Stone Landscape Co. was founded by a landscape designer and a third-generation stonemason who kept getting hired for the same projects, and kept arguing about which mattered more, the planting or the stone. The answer, of course, was the conversation between them.
Eighteen years later, that conversation is our entire philosophy: living material and built material, designed as one. Our studio now includes degreed designers, master masons, horticulturists and a full estate-care division, every one of them on our payroll, never subcontracted.
What We Believe
Four values, non-negotiable
Design First
Nothing gets built that hasn't been drawn, questioned and improved. Paper is cheaper than regret.
Built In-House
Our own crews, our own standards. We never hand your property to a subcontractor we can't vouch for.
Honest Numbers
Fixed proposals, line-item pricing, zero surprise invoices. If scope changes, you approve it first.
Long Stewardship
A landscape is a relationship. Most clients have been with us five years or more, many since day one.
The People
Meet the studio
Marcus Hale
Co-Founder · Landscape Designer
Tomas Ferreira
Co-Founder · Master Mason
Dr. Lena Okonkwo
Head of Horticulture
Sarah Brennan
Client DirectorMilestones
Eighteen years, still growing
A few markers along the way, though our favorite milestone is always the next project.
Founded in a Westport garage
Marcus and Tomas take on their first full-property design-build: a quarter-acre cottage garden that still stops traffic.
Estate Care division launches
Clients kept asking us to stay after the build. We formalized year-round stewardship programs.
First CLCA Grand Award
The Hillcrest Estate project wins statewide recognition, the first of twelve industry awards.
The studio opens
A converted riverside mill becomes our design studio, materials library and client meeting space.
640 projects strong
A 42-person team, a five-year hardscape warranty, and a client retention rate we're fiercely proud of.