About Us
Summer Rain Irrigation and Elk Mountain Landworks are an Aspen-based landscape construction, irrigation, and planting company serving the Roaring Fork Valley and surrounding mountain communities.
We create and maintain outdoor spaces built for mountain conditions, with careful planning, skilled execution, and respect for the land and water systems that shape each property. Our work is designed to function well, hold up over time, and feel natural to its surroundings.
Through Elk Mountain Landworks and Summer Rain Irrigation, we offer landscape construction, planting, and irrigation services that work together seamlessly. This allows us to manage projects more cohesively while bringing focused expertise to each area of work.
Led by local experience
Owner Zac Paris has more than 20 years of experience working in landscaping and irrigation throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.
His background spans irrigation systems, landscape construction, planting, property care and project management, giving him a practical understanding of how mountain landscapes work as a whole.
Zac is QWEL certified, with training in water-efficient landscape practices and irrigation.
Zac’s local project experience includes High Meadow in Aspen, where he led on-site landscape installation work for Premier Landscaping, laying out irrigation heads, plantings and rock placement from the ground up. The project, designed by bluegreen, was later recognized with the 2026 WLA Award of Excellence for private residential landscape design.
Featured Project Experience
High Meadow — Aspen, Colorado
Elk Mountain Landworks completed landscape installation work on the High Meadow project as a subcontractor to Premier Landscaping. Zac handled on-site layout and execution, including irrigation head placement, planting layout and rock placement from the ground up.
Designed by bluegreen, the project was later recognized with the 2026 WLA Award of Excellence for Built | Private Residential Landscape Design.
Landscape Architect: bluegreen • Landscape Contractor: Premier Landscaping • Subcontractor: Elk Mountain Landworks
Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House
Elk Mountain Landworks completed the landscape installation at the Colorado mountain home featured in Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ first out-of-state Fixer Upper project.
Our team handled the on-site landscape installation, bringing the exterior planting and landscape plan to life for the mountain property.
Elk Mountain Landworks is a landscape construction and property development, including grading, hardscape installation, site preparation, planting, and integrated outdoor systems.
Planting and garden services formerly known as Notable Plantings are now part of Elk Mountain Landworks.
Summer Rain Irrigation specializes in design, installation, and maintenance of irrigation systems built for efficiency, durability, and mountain climates.
Our Team
Our team brings hands-on experience across a wide range of Colorado projects, from full property builds to targeted improvements and ongoing landscape support. We work closely with clients to ensure each project is well suited to the site, the property, and the way it will be used.
Today, Summer Rain Irrigation and Elk Mountain Landworks supports residential and small commercial projects that value quality work, practical design, and long-term care.