Case Study: Behnke Nurseries achieves rapid, TV‑ready landscape design and 3‑day installation with VectorWorks Landmark

Vectorworks Landmark Helps Behnke Nurseries with a Project for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Behnke Nurseries, a family-owned landscape design and installation firm, was tapped two weeks before filming to provide a traditional landscape for the season premiere of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. With just one week to produce a design for a one-acre lot and only three days to complete installation, the team faced an extreme timeline and last-minute on-site changes after the house was built.

Using Vectorworks Landmark, designer Andrea Becerril quickly imported house plans, produced detailed planting and hardscape plans, and generated accurate plant and material quantities. The software’s landscape-specific tools made rapid edits and a same-day redesign possible, enabling crews and hundreds of volunteers to finish the project on schedule. The firm delivered the finished landscape on time, increased design productivity, and plans to expand Vectorworks use across its design team because it proved faster and more cost-effective than alternatives.

Behnke Nurseries

Andrea Becerril

Landscape Designer