We have over 50 years of experience serving the Triangle area. Renz Landscapes is a small custom landscape design and contracting business with over 35 years of experience serving the Triangle area. We are a full service company, primarily residential, with quality, artsy design, using proven, unique plants, and total owner involvement, at the heart of our services. We provide consultations, right
up to designing and installing major projects. As Joe Eck said in his book Elements of garden design “What defines a landscape is less what is grown in it than how what is grown is arranged. BIOGRAPHY
Renz Landscapes is owned and operated by Curt Renz. Born and raised in Pittsburgh PA., Curt began his career working as a laborer at Hochstetler Nursery and Landscaping at hourly rate of $1.75 per hour while in high school. After moving to Raleigh, N.C to attend college, he earned a degree in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University in 1975. While in college, he worked summer jobs at a landscape design firm in Pittsburgh, at Sanborn Western camps in Colorado, and at Tara Horse Farms in Raleigh, N.C. LANDSCAPE AWARDS
In 1989, Renz Landscapes was awarded 1st Place in the Commercial Design/Build category for a $300,000 commercial project in partnership with Wachovia Real Estate Developments. The statewide contest was sponsored by the North Carolina Landscape Contractors Association. In 1987, the company was award a contract to design a master plan for Praxis Biologics after competing against four local Landscape Architectural firms. The design eventually leads to a major contracting project. See timeline for details and photos of these projects and residential projects from 1978 to present.
