"We have worked with Richard Hitz on several projects over many years.  He designed a wonderful shoreline garden for our club that draws glowing comments every summer.  When we wanted to build a water feature adjacent to the patio of our cottage, he came up with a creative design that has become the hit of the neighborhood.  Our grandchildren and their friends love to look for frogs in the water and float their boats over the waterfalls.  The sounds of falling water are a wonderful backdrop to quiet and not so quiet gatherings on our patio.  Richard is a creative designer, one who listens to what his clients want.  He also excels as a project manager.  We look forward to working with him again if an opportunity presents itself." 
 -Burt Lake Client

"We are relatively new clients of Hitz Design and it has been a wonderful fit.  Recently, we were faced with the problem of replacing some very old plantings at our lake home. Since our home has a strong sense of family history, we challenged Richard to create a plan that would be sensitive to past generations while creating a landscape that better follows the terrain and utilizes appropriate plant varieties for immediate and long term living. During the development of a plan, Richard was not hesitant to encourage us to look at different ways to problem-solve. He was a great listener, planner and project manager.  We're very pleased with the end result and we enjoyed the process." 
-Harbor Springs Client