Poolscapes in Orlando, FL
We turn ordinary pools into private tropical resorts — waterfalls, travertine decks, layered palms, and lighting that makes your Orlando backyard the only vacation you'll ever need.
Orlando Backyards We've Turned Into Resorts
Every Element of a Backyard Resort
Deck, water, planting, and light — designed and built into one tropical poolscape.
Orlando's Poolscape Design-Build Studio
A pool is a hole full of water; a poolscape is a private resort — and the difference is everything around it. Bluestone exists to build that difference. We're a design-build poolscape studio: our own designers reimagine the entire space around your pool, and our own crews build it, so the deck, the waterfall, the planting, the lighting, and the lounge come together as one tropical whole instead of a pile of separate projects. For twelve years we've transformed Orlando backyards from bare concrete and struggling grass into layered, resort-grade poolscapes — travertine decks that stay cool in the Florida sun, rock waterfalls that give the water sound and movement, palms and tropical planting that wrap the space in shade and privacy, and lighting that makes it glow after dark. One team owns it from the first rendering to the last plant, so what gets built is exactly the resort you were shown. The result is a backyard that feels like a vacation you never have to leave — where every gathering happens, and where a Florida summer is finally something to look forward to.
- ✓One design-build team, rendering to finish
- ✓Deck, water, planting & light as one resort
- ✓Tropical planting built for the Florida heat
- ✓Turns a plain pool into a private resort
Why the Poolscape Matters More Than the Pool
The Surround Makes the Pool
Two identical pools can feel like a public rec center or a five-star resort — and the entire difference is the deck, planting, water features, and lighting around them. The poolscape, not the pool, is what makes a backyard feel special.
One Design, Not Five Contractors
A deck guy, a landscaper, a water-feature guy, and a lighting guy — and nothing quite fits together. We design and build the whole poolscape as one composition, so every element is proportioned and finished to work as a resort, not a patchwork.
Renovation Beats Replacement
You rarely need a new pool — you need a new poolscape. New decking, tropical planting, a water feature, and lighting can transform a dated pool into a modern resort for a fraction of the cost of replacing it. The surround is where the magic (and the value) is.
From Bare Deck to Backyard Resort
Design Consultation
We walk your pool and backyard, learn how you want to use it, and talk through the tropical resort vision and budget.
Design & Renderings
We design the whole poolscape — deck, water, planting, and lighting — and show you renderings before we build a thing.
We Build It
Our crews build the deck, water features, planting, and lighting — cleanly, on schedule, exactly to the design.
Move Into Paradise
We walk the finished poolscape with you, and your backyard becomes the private resort where the rest of your summers happen.
Orlando Homeowners on Bluestone
Bluestone turned the boring concrete deck around our pool into a full tropical resort. Travertine decking, a rock waterfall spilling into the pool, layered palms and tropical planting, a shaded lounge, and lighting that makes the whole thing glow at night. It's like we added a vacation to our backyard — we barely leave home now. They designed and built all of it, on budget, and it looks like something out of a resort brochure. The waterfall alone is worth it. Best money we've spent on the house.
We had a pool but a bare, ugly backyard around it. Bluestone reimagined the entire space — paver deck, tropical plantings, a fire-and-water feature, and outdoor lounge — and it transformed how we use our home. Now the backyard is the reason people come over. The design was creative, the build was flawless, and the tropical planting makes it feel like the islands. Couldn't be happier.
Bluestone renovated the landscaping around our older pool and brought it into this century — new decking, a raised spa spillover, gorgeous tropical beds, and landscape lighting. It looks like a brand-new resort pool without the cost of replacing the pool itself. Professional, creative, and true craftsmen. Our backyard is now our favorite place in Orlando.
A Poolscape Is a Vacation You Own
In Orlando, a great poolscape isn't landscaping — it's a resort you don't have to travel to. A layered tropical backyard with a waterfall, a beautiful deck, shaded lounges, and lighting that glows at night is, functionally, a private vacation in your own yard: the place every summer weekend happens, where the kids live from June to September, where you unwind after work like you're somewhere far away. And in a city built on resorts and vacations, that experience — steps from your back door, every day, all year — is worth more than almost any trip. Beyond the daily joy of it, a professionally designed poolscape dramatically lifts the value and appeal of a home; in the Orlando market, a resort-style backyard is often the feature that makes a house sell itself. Bluestone designs and builds for exactly that: not a prettier pool deck, but a genuine backyard resort you'll live in, entertain in, and love — the highest-return, most-used space you can add to a Florida home.
- ✓A private resort you never have to leave
- ✓Where every summer weekend happens
- ✓Steps from your door, every day, all year
- ✓Adds real value to an Orlando home
Ready to Turn Your Pool Into a Resort?
Book a free design consultation. We'll walk your backyard, talk through what's possible, and design a poolscape worthy of it — from Orlando's poolscape design-build studio.
Poolscape FAQs
What exactly is a poolscape?
A poolscape is everything around your pool that turns it from a plain basin of water into a resort experience — the decking, the tropical planting, water features like waterfalls and spillovers, shaded lounges and outdoor living, and landscape lighting. Two identical pools can feel completely different depending on the poolscape. We design and build that entire surround as one cohesive tropical composition.
Can you renovate the landscaping around my existing pool?
Absolutely — pool landscape renovation is one of our most popular and rewarding projects. In most cases you don't need a new pool; you need a new poolscape. New decking, tropical planting, a water feature, and lighting can completely transform a dated, bare pool area into a modern resort for a fraction of the cost of replacing the pool itself. The surround is where the transformation happens.
Will the tropical planting survive in Florida?
Yes — designing with the right plants for Central Florida is exactly our specialty. We use palms, birds of paradise, and tropical species that thrive in Orlando's heat, humidity, and rain, and we design the planting for privacy, shade, and that lush island feel while keeping it manageable. Beautiful and well-suited to the climate is the whole point of doing it professionally.
Do you handle the whole project — deck, water, planting, and lighting?
Yes — being full design-build is the core of the value. We design and build the entire poolscape: decking and hardscape, waterfalls and water features, tropical planting, poolside outdoor living, and landscape lighting, all by one team. Instead of coordinating separate contractors (and hoping the pieces fit), you get one accountable studio and a poolscape designed and built as one resort.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes — Bluestone is a certified Florida landscape contractor (#LC-26610) and fully insured. Poolscaping involves hardscape, grading, water features, and planting done right, so certified, insured, professional design-build is exactly what protects your property and ensures the poolscape is built beautifully and to last.
Book a Free Poolscape Consult
Tell us about your pool and backyard and the resort you're dreaming of, and we'll set up a free design consultation — from Orlando's poolscape design-build studio.
- Visit usOrlando, FL 32801
- Call us(407) 555-0166
- Email ushello@bluestonepools.com