Specialties
Specializing in full outdoor living space transformations, including custom pavers, travertine, artificial turf, irrigation systems, shade structures, and outdoor kitchens, with a specialty in natural-looking water features and ponds. Every project starts with 3D design so you know exactly what you're getting before construction begins. Licensed and bonded (ROC #214701).
History
Established in 2021.
Fernweh Outdoor was founded to bring premium, design-forward landscape design and construction to Gilbert and the East Valley. Our roots go back more than 25 years to a family-owned landscaping company founded in Yuma, Arizona in 1999. I grew up in the business and joined full-time in 2010, spending 15 years in the field, the last 7 of those leading crews, managing projects, and running day-to-day operations. Fernweh Outdoor was created to bring that same depth of field experience, craftsmanship, and design-build discipline to the East Valley, with a focus on distinctive outdoor living spaces, custom water features, hardscapes, and complete backyard transformations.
Fernweh" is a German word for the ache of longing to be somewhere far away. We build backyards that bring that feeling home.
Meet the Business Owner: Jr R.
I grew up in this industry, my dad started our family's landscaping company in Yuma back in 1999, and I've been full-time in the business for 15 years, starting on the tools installing paver patios and water features, and spending the last 7 years in a leadership role running day-to-day operations. I started Fernweh Outdoor to bring that same standard of design and craftsmanship to the East Valley, with an emphasis on what I love building most: incorporating a water feature into a newly installed outdoor living space. There's a life it brings to a backyard that no other single element can match: the movement, the sound, the way it turns a space you walk through into a space you actually want to sit in. That feeling, watching a client experience their backyard for the first time after we're done, is why I do this.