Plants do not need a lot of water. They need the right water, in the right place, at the right time. Blue Tree designs and installs drip irrigation that delivers water straight to the roots, cutting waste, protecting your plantings, and taking the guesswork out of summer. For 43 years, our designers have kept landscapes healthy across Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Spray heads soak the lawn, the patio, and the air. Drip irrigation does the opposite, delivering low, slow water exactly where roots can use it, which is why it establishes plantings faster and wastes far less. Blue Tree designs drip systems zone by zone for the real water needs of your beds, trees, and containers, then installs them cleanly under the mulch where you never see them. A timer runs the system on schedule, and a rain sensor keeps it from watering when it should not. Blue Tree has designed irrigation across Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Berks, and Philadelphia Counties since 1983.
Written by Andrew Mattiola, a Blue Tree landscape designer, and reviewed by senior designer Stephen Roehm.
Garden Design and Planting. Design the planting and its watering as one plan. Explore garden design.
Native Plantings. Drip gets natives through establishment, then largely steps back. Explore native plantings.
Seasonal Service. Winterization and spring start-up handled by the same team through Premier Outdoor Services.
Drip irrigation projects from Blue Tree typically run from about $1,500 to $2,500 for a focused bed system to $6,000 or more for a full-property design with multiple zones, as of 2026. Bed size, zone count, and the timer drive the number. Every project starts with a free consultation and an itemized proposal.
For beds, trees, and shrubs, yes. Drip delivers water straight to the roots with very little evaporation or runoff, so it uses far less water than spray heads and keeps foliage dry, which reduces disease. Blue Tree focuses on drip for beds, trees, and containers, the plantings where it makes the biggest difference.
Because it puts water at the root instead of into the air and onto hardscape, drip typically uses far less water than spray irrigation for the same plantings. Pairing it with a timer and rain sensor saves more by skipping cycles after rain. The exact savings depend on your plantings and how the system is set.
Yes, and it is actually well suited to it. Clay absorbs water slowly, so the slow, low output of drip soaks in instead of running off the way a spray head's heavier output does on clay. Blue Tree sets emitter rates and run times for how your soil actually takes water.
Yes. In Southeastern Pennsylvania, drip systems should be drained and shut down before hard freezes to prevent split tubing and valves, then started back up in spring. Blue Tree can handle seasonal winterization and start-up through Premier Outdoor Services so you do not have to think about it.
Blue Tree designs and installs drip irrigation across Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Berks, and Philadelphia Counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and has kept landscapes healthy across the region since 1983.
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