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Our StorySince the marsh was the backyard

Made forCharleston.

The faded sage Marsh & Mane pickup parked on an oyster-shell lane under live oaks, turf rolls and plants in the bed, the M&M mark on the door.

Fig. 1 — The company truck, Johns Island

Old soul. Modern experience.

Chapter 01 — The place

We grew up where the yard runs into the marsh and the oaks are older than the houses.

Pluff mud, sandy soil, salt air, August heat and afternoon storms that drop two inches in an hour. Lowcountry yards are beautiful and hard on grass. Marsh & Mane exists to build outdoor spaces that love this place back.

Lowcountry salt marsh at sunrise with a tidal creek and a great blue heron.

Chapter 02 — The craft

Base first. Always.

Anyone can roll out turf. What makes a yard last is underneath: excavation, compacted stone graded to drain, edges tucked and seams hidden by hand. It’s slow, unglamorous work — and it’s the part we’re proudest of.

  • A plate compactor and wheelbarrow of crushed stone on a prepared yard.

    Fig. 2 — Compacting the stone base

  • Two crew members in sage shirts rolling out turf.

    Fig. 3 — Rolling out fresh turf

  • Gloved hands seaming turf with a knife.

    Fig. 4 — Hand-cut seams

Chapter 03 — What we stand on

Our values

  1. 01CraftsmanshipBase first. Seams hidden. Edges tucked. The parts you never see are the parts we obsess over.
  2. 02Local KnowledgePluff mud, sandy soil, salt air and August heat — we build for the Lowcountry, not a catalog.
  3. 03DesignEvery yard is drawn around the house, the light and the way you actually live outside.
  4. 04QualityPremium turf, real stone and native plants. Nothing that will look tired in three summers.
  5. 05HospitalityClear plans, a clean site and a crew that treats your yard like their own front porch.
A finished Lowcountry landscape bed with palmettos and pink muhly grass along a turf path.

Chapter 04 — The crew

Local hands. Good people.

  • Yard Design & Planning

    The Design Desk

    Measures, sketches and plans every yard around the house and the people in it.

  • Base, Turf & Hardscape

    The Install Crew

    Lowcountry locals who grade, compact, seam and finish every job by hand.

  • Client Care

    The Front Porch

    Your first call, your last walkthrough and every question in between.

“Less mowing. More living.” It started as a joke on the truck. Now it’s the whole idea.

Marsh & Mane — Turf & Landscape Design

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Good turf. Good times.