About
Sixteen years in the soil, a lifetime in the craft.
IpsoTerra was born from the ground up — quite literally — in a family landscape company, and grew into a studio devoted to considered outdoor living.
Our story
From my father's company to your backyard.
Growing up in my father's landscape company, I learned every part of the trade: grading, planting, hardscape, and the quiet art of reading a piece of land. Sixteen years later, that hands-on foundation still shapes everything we draw.
Paired with a business education and a lifelong passion for design, it became a studio devoted to one thing: outdoor spaces that feel as considered as the homes they surround — beautiful, buildable, and built to last.
Chad Ploof
Founder & Lead Designer
16+
Years in the field
200+
Spaces designed
4
Signature services
What guides us
Craft, creativity, and respect for the land.
Learned from the ground up
Grading, planting, hardscape — the trade learned by doing, in every season and every soil.
Design-led thinking
A business education and design obsession, applied to spaces that live as well as they look.
Respect for the land
Every site has a character. Good design listens to it before it changes anything.
Start Your Design
Find your outdoor living style.
Every remarkable space begins with a conversation. Tell us how you want to live outdoors, and we will design the rest.
Begin Your Discovery