Westchester: yards
with room to breathe.
MintScapes designs and builds outdoor living across Westchester County — Scarsdale, Bronxville, Rye, Larchmont, Chappaqua, Bedford. Full landscape design, pool surrounds, outdoor kitchens, pergolas, planting. NYC-grade execution at suburban scale.
Westchester is showing the clearest NYC-migration signal in the tri-state. The $5M+ residential bracket is up 88% year-over-year heading into 2026 — buyers who started shopping the suburbs in 2020 and 2021 are now in their houses, finished with the interior, and ready to build the outdoor side. Houlihan Lawrence and Compass Westchester are sourcing that flow.
The typical Westchester project is a full landscape — hardscape, planting, lighting, irrigation, often a pool surround, usually an outdoor kitchen, sometimes a pool house or substantial pergola. Pool builders Neave Group and Designscapes dominate the pool install market here; we coordinate alongside them on the rest of the project.
The local constraints are real. Scarsdale has bedrock in places that drives excavation costs higher. Bedford, Pound Ridge, Armonk, and Chappaqua have wetlands buffer rules that shape design footprints. Coastal Rye and Larchmont require salt-tolerant planting and wind-rated structures. We design within the constraints, not around them.
What changes town to town.
Westchester is bigger than people think. Each cluster has its own constraints.
Scarsdale
Top-tier luxury. Older estates with mature plantings. Bedrock in places, which affects excavation cost.
Bronxville
Walkable village with substantial single-family homes. Smaller lots than Scarsdale, more design constraint.
Rye
Coastal exposure. Salt-tolerant planting, wind-rated structures, hurricane-conscious design.
Larchmont / Mamaroneck
Mix of coastal and inland. Pool surrounds and entertaining spaces dominate the typical project.
Chappaqua / Pleasantville
Larger inland lots, more naturalistic landscape design opportunities. Strong school-district demographic.
Bedford / Pound Ridge / Armonk
Estate-scale lots. Wetlands buffer rules matter. Higher project size; longer design timelines.
Full landscape, executed once.
Outdoor kitchens
Built-in grills, refrigeration, prep counters, gas and electric routed under the slab.
See the servicePergolas & shade
Often the project that defines the outdoor room. Cedar, IPE, steel, or louvered aluminum.
See the servicePorcelain pavers
The modern pool-deck and patio standard. Freeze-safe, UV-stable, slip-rated.
See the service- Why is Westchester such an active market right now?
- $5M+ residential sales in Westchester were up 88% year-over-year heading into 2026 — the clearest migration-money signal in the tri-state. NYC buyers who started shopping the suburbs in 2020 are now ready to invest in their outdoor space. Pool installations, full landscape redesigns, and outdoor kitchens are all up significantly.
- What's typical Westchester project size?
- $300K–$500K for a full landscape with pool surround, outdoor kitchen, pergolas, planting, and lighting in the Scarsdale/Bronxville/Rye/Larchmont cluster. Bedford/Pound Ridge estate work routinely runs $500K+. Single-element projects (just a kitchen, just a pergola) are commonly $80K–$200K.
- Do you work with Westchester wetlands rules?
- Many Westchester towns have wetlands buffer requirements (typically 100 feet from a wetland or watercourse). Bedford, Pound Ridge, Armonk, and Chappaqua are the towns where this comes up most often. We design within the buffer rules and handle the local wetlands board review process when needed.
- How far north do you go?
- Comfortably to Mount Kisco, Katonah, and Bedford. Past Armonk and into Putnam County we case-by-case it. Westchester crew dispatch from NYC takes 45–75 minutes depending on traffic, which works for most projects.