Landscape Development, Inc Celebrates 40 Years!

from Sunday Signal 021923

Ventura Harbor Village

2023 marks Landscape Development, Inc’s 40th year anniversary. First founded by Gary and Carrie Horton as a small family business, today, the multi-discipline firm employs a staff of 1,200 throughout California and Nevada. Working together as a unified team sharing consistently high standards, we design, build, and maintain many of the foremost landscape projects, bringing our valued customers peace of mind.

As we continue to grow into our next generation, we will always stay true to our mission: “We make our clients’ lives easier and bring them peace of mind.” Trust, dependability, quality, and beautiful aesthetics will forever remain our key values.

We thank our valued SCV clients for helping fuel our growth over these past decades, bringing LDI to our ripe age of 40! These 40 years represents tens of thousands of beautiful homes, millions of square feet of slopes and countless streetscapes and public spaces we all enjoy here in the SCV. Indeed, one can hardly turn around in the SCV without viewing the impact of work Landscape Development, Inc. and its affiliate, Enhanced Landscape Management has performed here.

Founded in 1983, this year marks a very special milestone for Landscape Development, Inc. as Founder, Gary Horton takes on the position of Executive Chairman, passing on next generation leadership to our new CEO, Mark Crutcher. Look to see Landscape Development, Inc. and Enhanced Landscape Management active in our beautiful SCV community for decades to come.

Today, Landscape Development, Inc. is a top 20 nationally ranked, industry-leading, integrated landscape services company, headquartered right here in Santa Clarita. With offices stretching from San Diego to Sacramento and to Las Vegas, our SCV headquarters leads the landscape industry, providing uniquely personal, capable solutions for leading builders and landscape maintenance customers.

Our size, strength, and diversification of services and geography all build our resiliency and momentum moving forward. Over these 40 years we’ve built a great team, capable of spanning the generations to come.

Today and in the future, Landscape Development, Inc. and Enhanced Landscape Management can be counted on to deliver the highest quality landscape industry services to SCV’s homebuilders and contractors and to our areas finest HOAs, Property Managers, and public agencies. We’ve had an impactful presence in the SCV since our earliest years and we’re committed to Santa Clarita for the long run.

Thank you to all the SCV residents who’ve built their careers with us. Thank you to all our SCV customers who’ve helped us build our company. We’re most grateful for the 40 years the SCV has been so helpful to our people and our company.

Thank you, Santa Clarita Valley!