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Three generations of Maryland gardeners.

We started Butler Greenscapes in 2018 with one truck, two rakes and a love for the soil our grandparents farmed in Sandy Spring.

Our story

Built on patience, planted with purpose.

Butler Greenscapes is a small, family-owned landscape studio rooted in Olney, Maryland. We design, install and maintain residential gardens across Montgomery County — from postage-stamp front yards in Silver Spring to four-acre estates in Potomac.

We grew slowly on purpose. Today we run two crews, take on roughly forty design-build projects a year, and care for around 320 lawns weekly during the growing season. Every property is walked by Rosanna or Marcus before a quote leaves the door.

We believe a great yard isn’t the one that looks the best on day one — it’s the one that looks better every spring. That’s why we lean toward native plants, deep mulch, slow-release fertility and irrigation that respects the Chesapeake watershed.

Designer reviewing landscape plans on site in Maryland
Owner

Meet Rosanna Setse.

Rosanna Setse, Owner of Butler Greenscapes in Olney MD

Rosanna grew up two miles from where Butler Greenscapes is headquartered today. After studying horticulture at the University of Maryland and seven years working for a large commercial landscaping firm in Northern Virginia, she came home in 2018 to start something smaller and more personal.

“I wanted to build a company where the person who quotes your project is the same person who walks the finished work with you. That’s harder to do at scale, so we stayed small on purpose.”

Rosanna is a Maryland Licensed Tree Expert (#1428), an EPA WaterSense Partner and serves on the Olney Chamber Beautification Committee.

— Rosanna Setse, Owner & Lead Designer
The team

Small crew, long tenure.

No subcontractors, no rotating faces. The same people who plant your garden in April are the ones edging the beds in October.

Marcus Butler

Marcus Butler

Crew Leader · since 2018
Theresa Okafor

Theresa Okafor

Garden Designer · since 2020
Janelle Pierce

Janelle Pierce

Client Care · since 2021
Diego Alvarez

Diego Alvarez

Hardscape Foreman · since 2019
Milestones

How we’ve grown.

2018

Founded in Olney

Rosanna leaves a corporate landscaping job and launches Butler Greenscapes with a single F-150 and her brother Marcus.

2019

First design-build crew

Diego joins to lead hardscaping. We complete our first 1,200 sq ft bluestone patio in Bethesda.

2020

BBB A+ accreditation

Crossed 100 active maintenance clients. Earned A+ Better Business Bureau rating.

2022

EPA WaterSense Partner

Certified to install smart-controller irrigation systems that reduce water use by ~30%.

2024

Native Plant Initiative

Pledged that every design-build proposal will include at least 60% Maryland-native species.

2026

Today

Two crews, 320+ weekly lawns, 4.9★ average across 127 verified reviews.

What we believe

Five principles we work by.

Right plant, right place

Match species to soil, light and microclimate — not to a Pinterest board.

Mulch is medicine

Three inches of shredded hardwood does more than any chemical we could spread.

Native first

Maryland natives feed pollinators, resist disease and never need to be replaced.

Honest quotes

Line-itemed estimates, no surprise add-ons, no high-pressure sales.

Same crew, every visit

You’ll know our team by name. They’ll know your dog by name.

Leave it better

We measure success in soil health, not square footage of mulch sold.

Come walk your yard with us.

Estimates are always free, always on-site, and always done by someone who can actually answer your questions.

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