Pools set into the grade
Freeform or geometric water that follows the land, with coping and walls that make the slope look intended.
New Castle County · Delaware
Hockessin land has a slope. The design should use it.
Piedmont grade, woods, and drainage come first. Then the pool, fire, and kitchen can sit like they were always part of the lot.
Outdoor living in Hockessin
Luxury pools and landscapes for Hockessin, DE.
Hockessin sits at the edge of rolling Chester County terrain. A backyard plan here has to respect slope, clay, and the way the sun moves across a wooded lot. The homeowners who call us want a landscape that feels native to the Piedmont — not a catalog pool dropped on a pad.
If you flatten a Hockessin yard to make construction easy, you lose the thing that made the property worth owning. We treat grading as design. Steps, walls, and the water are placed so the finished yard feels inevitable.
Circulation matters as much as the swim. How you walk from the kitchen to the terrace, where children cut across the lawn, where a truck can work without wrecking the drive — those decisions are the difference between a photograph and a place you live in.
Wooded lots also ask for restraint. We keep the canopy you love, light the paths you use, and let the dark do the rest.
What this lot usually needs
The work we bring to a Hockessin backyard.
Stone that holds the hill
Steps, retaining, and natural rock that turn a grade change into a room instead of a problem.
Woodland planting
Layers that belong under a Piedmont canopy — not a sun-garden palette forced into shade.
Hockessin clients regularly ask for a pool that sits quietly in the trees, a fire they will use in October, and a landscape that still looks structured when the leaves drop.
The work
Actual Field of Dreams projects — the standard we bring to New Castle County.
These are yards Marc’s crew has already built. We do not drop the same kit on every town. We do bring this level of stone, water, and planting to every Hockessin lot we take on.
The plan
Visualize it. Walk the Hockessin lot. We build it.
01
Sketch the backyard
Send a photo of the yard. Choose the water, the room, and the stone. You will see a first composition on your lot before anyone breaks ground.
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Walk it with Marc’s team
We come to the Hockessin property, listen, and turn the wish list into a plan that respects the house, the grade, and New Castle County conditions.
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One crew finishes the room
The same people stay on the job. Your yard stays orderly. The finished space works in daylight and after dark.
“We partnered with Field of Dreams in conjunction with Clark's Pools, and it transformed our vision for a modern pool area into an amazing reality. Marc guided every material choice — including porcelain tile — and the crew's craftsmanship far exceeded our expectations.”
Nearby towns
Also in our Delaware service area.
Questions
Before you spend another summer waiting in Hockessin.
Can you build a pool on a sloped Hockessin lot?
Yes. Slope is often the best thing the lot has. We design walls, steps, and the water so the grade becomes the architecture.
Will you keep our trees?
Whenever the trees are healthy and the design can honor them, we plan around the canopy. Removal is a last decision, not a first convenience.
Do you handle drainage and permits?
Drainage is part of the design. We plan the work for New Castle County conditions and walk you through the sequence before anyone breaks ground.
How do we begin?
Use the backyard planner or call. We walk the property, listen, and return a plan that respects this hill — not a flat-lot template.
Tell us about the Hockessin property.
A free, personalized consult. We will meet you on the lot in New Castle County.
Design a Hockessin backyard worth living in.
Sketch the yard, or call Marc and his team and we will walk the Hockessin property with you.