Call Jake on (910) 723-5180.
Landscape design and build in Carthage, NCMoore County
You need a landscaper in Carthage, NC, and the yard has been on the list since last spring. Jake shows you the plan in 3D first, and the quote is free.
Carthage is about twenty minutes from Gorilla Outdoor Design in West End, so Jake comes out, walks the yard, and shows you the plan in 2D or 3D before a free quote.
- Quotes
- Free, from Jake himself
- Design
- 2D and 3D before any digging
- Based in
- West End, NC
- Covers
- All of Moore County
Carthage landscaper, every service
Looking for a landscaper in Carthage, NC?
Gorilla Outdoor Design is a landscape design and build company in West End, about twenty minutes from Carthage, NC, so Jake comes out, sees the yard and gives you a free quote once you've seen the plan. That is all of Carthage, zip code 28327.
In Carthage Jake handles 2D and 3D landscape design, paver patios, retaining walls, drainage and grading, irrigation and lighting, sod and planting, gravel driveways, concrete, tree removal and demo, so you deal with one person from the drawing to the last paver.
Carthage issues its own zoning permit before Moore County issues the building permit, and the Town Planner is in Tuesday through Thursday, so Jake plans around both. Call or text him at (910) 723-5180 and tell him what the yard needs.
Free quotes
Tell him what you want the yard to be. Jake picks up his own phone.
What he does in Carthage
8 things he does in Carthage, and what each one looks like.
- Quotes · Free, from Jake himself
- Design · 2D and 3D before any digging
- Based in · West End, NC
- Covers · All of Moore County
A patio sized for the table, the grill and everybody you invite, built on a base that keeps it flat for years.
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Travertine pool deck Turn the slope you cannot use into flat, usable ground, with a wall that holds and looks like it belongs.
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Retaining wall by the pool See the whole yard in 2D or 3D before anything is dug, so you change the plan on paper and not in the dirt.
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Paver patio and pergola Beds that water themselves and a yard you can actually use after dark, planned with everything else.
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Landscape lighting Stop the puddles, the washouts and the water heading for the house by giving it somewhere better to go.
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Grading, ready for sod Fresh sod, clean beds and the right plants for the Sandhills, so the finished yard looks finished.
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New sod and beds A driveway or slab that handles the trucks and the rain without turning into ruts and mud.
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Gravel driveway and concrete Clear the old deck, the dead tree or the overgrown corner so the new yard has room to happen.
Paver Patios
What he knows about Carthage
Three things that are true in Carthage and not three towns over.
Town permit first
Carthage issues a zoning-only permit that you need before applying for a building permit at Moore County Planning & Inspections.
Planner Tuesday to Thursday
The Town Planner takes calls and email Tuesday through Thursday, and Town Hall at (910) 947-2331 covers Monday to Friday.
Covers the ETJ too
The Town's zoning covers its corporate limits and its extra-territorial jurisdiction, so some addresses just outside town still go through Carthage.
Each card was read from townofcarthage.org, and checked on 2026-10-28.
Carthage, Moore County
Where a Carthage job actually gets approved.
Carthage runs its own zoning permit ahead of the county building permit, and that order matters for walls, patios and anything built.
The office that signs off a Carthage job
Town of Carthage Planning, Zoning & Permitting
- Where
- Carthage Town Hall, 4396 US 15-501 Hwy, Carthage, NC 28327
- Phone
- (910) 722-2167
- Open
- Town Planner: Tuesday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Before you call, in Carthage
Do I go to the town or the county first in Carthage?
The town. Carthage issues a zoning-only permit, and you need it before you apply for a building permit at Moore County Planning & Inspections, (910) 947-2221. Zoning questions go to planning@townofcarthage.org.
Source: townofcarthage.orgWhen can I reach the Carthage Town Planner?
Tuesday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at (910) 722-2167 or planning@townofcarthage.org. Town Hall at (910) 947-2331 answers questions Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Source: townofcarthage.orgDoes Carthage zoning apply just outside town limits?
It can. The Planning department handles development in Carthage's corporate limits and its extra-territorial jurisdiction, so check with the Town Planner if your address is just outside town. Moore County's GIS map shows where a property sits.
Source: townofcarthage.org
Office details and the answers above are read from the office's own pages, the state's own documents and the Census, and were checked on 2026-10-28. Call ahead before you drive there, because hours move.
Jake Mennes, Owner, Gorilla Outdoor Design
West End, NC
Who you are calling
The person who quotes the Carthage job is the person who comes back and does it.
Gorilla Outdoor Design is Jake. Jake picks up his own phone.
Carthage is about twenty minutes from Jake's base, and he plans around the Town Planner's Tuesday to Thursday schedule when a permit is needed.
From his Google listing, in the words people wrote
Tell him what you want the yard to be and he’ll draw it up and quote it free.
Jake picks up his own phone.