Southern Trillium, LLC

A little ChatGPT fun today for Halloween.

Low voltage lighting creates a magical winter wonderland when it snows. Enjoy a few photos from owner Lyle Collins’s personal garden and landscape in the snow. A mixture of path lights, up lights, lanterns, and tree mounted moonlights combine for these effects.

The large water feature we installed at AG Rhodes in Marietta takes on a beautiful appearance as dusk falls and the lights come on. Photos courtesy of Kirk Hines, Horticultural Therapist for AG Rhodes. Overall landscape and site design by David Sacks Landscape Architecture.

We are proud to be one of the community partners of Smoke Rise Elementary School.

Ready to enjoy the International Society of Arboriculture’s Annual Conference. 3 days of learning with speakers and fellow attendees from around the world - all focus on trees.

Another custom detail wrapped up in this large project. We designed and built this enclosure to hide the equipment for the large water feature, yet still allow easy access for maintenance. The wood exterior is brown balau hardwood decking. Complete with full access front doors and a hinged top with gas struts. We began with an underground vault for the equipment but some site changes switched to moving the equipment above ground but it all still needed to be hidden from view.

We recently completed 6 of these custom raised planters to be used in the horticultural therapy program at A.G. Rhodes. We designed the beds for 6 balconies on the new building. The beds are constructed to be enjoyed for many years, utilizing Brazilian Ipe, Brown Balau, marine grade plywood and an EPDM interior liner with integrated drainage and irrigation. These will allow the joy of gardening to be available to people with different levels of mobility.

One of the water features we recently completed for AG Rhodes Health and Rehab’s new Memory Care Garden in Marietta. Overall garden design by David Sacks Landscape Architecture. We had the pleasure of constructing the simple fountain.

We are excited to celebrate our 20th anniversary today. Founded by Lyle Collins, Charlie Jackson, and Scott Uthlaut as 3 individuals passionate about gardens and landscapes, Southern Trillium continues to this day designing and creating custom and unique spaces. Even though the projects have grown in size and complexity over the years, it is always good to look at where we began.

Owner Lyle Collins was a young 23 year old recent college graduate when the 3 began the company, and Lyle is honored today to continue providing exceptional service to his clients as well as helping lead the industry serving on the state task force for the Georgia Certified Landscape Professional program. Here’s to 20 more amazing years!

Southern Trillium finds northern trilliums in Vancouver, Canada.

Yesterday was final cleaning day and start-up for normal operation of the large water feature we built last fall. We had to wait until all the site work was completed on the project to turn it on. A few more remaining details but it is ready to be enjoyed by all.