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Southwick Landscape Architects (SLA) is dedicated to bringing its clients nothing other than the best from the world of Landscape Architecture.  By carrying landscape architectural registrations and licenses in Nevada, Arizona, Utah and California; and being CLARB certified, SLA has the capabilities to meet the needs of each client.  Our total staff of eleven, including two licensed landscape architects, provides each client the most professional landscape design available.  Mr. Southwick, SLA’s Principal Landscape Architect, has been practicing in the Las Vegas Valley since 1986 and has become familiar with the unique landscape needs of our Southern Nevada environment and community. We strive to provide versatile designs integrating drought tolerant plant material, creative hardscape and efficient irrigation designs.  Other design elements that we use when needed include playground areas, plazas, trails and trailheads and other artistic elements.  One of our main goals is to provide low maintenance, water efficient and functional designs that are desired by our clients and essential in our Desert Southwest environment.  We are members of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) providing energy efficient, sustainable, green designs to our clients.  We strive for LEED design standards whether or not certification is requested by the owner. Our office stays up to date on the new products and services available to the landscape architecture industry.  We use state-of-the-art computer systems to complete our designs.  These systems help us finish our designs quickly, at a reasonable cost and within the desired budget limitations of our clients.  Our experience, attention to detail, and personalized designs offer our clients fresh, new and innovative landscape solutions.