Jeff Halper
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Houston Landscape Designers, Landscape Architects, Landscape Plans
- By Jeff Halper
- Published January 8, 2009
- Gardening
- Unrated
Houston Texas is one of the most difficult and challenging climates to design and build landscape gardens in the country We have heavily compacted soils that when inundated with torrential rains suffocate plants and low lying flood areas that if not installed with a proper drainage system could flood a house
Lawn Service
- By Jeff Halper
- Published January 7, 2009
- Gardening
- Unrated
Design and installation are the first steps in your landscape design Then comes the week-in, week-out care and consideration of the landscape
Houston Storm Drainage
- By Jeff Halper
- Published January 5, 2009
- Gardening
- Unrated
Storm Drainage
We are barely into the 21st century and already the Houston area has dealt with Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricane Ike—not to mention other countless, nameless storms This reality means that a Houston landscape design pretty much demands a well-thought-out storm drainage system
Houston Yard Drainage, French Drains, Channel Drains
- By Jeff Halper
- Published January 4, 2009
- Home Improvement , Home Management
- Unrated
In Houston, yard drainage issues are very serious due to our flat topography, dense clay soils, and heavy forested lots compacted by years of construction that have increased impervious surfaces These factors have caused more streets and homes to become flooded during the heaviest rainfalls
Houston French Drains, Drainage Systems, Yard Drains, Channel Drains
- By Jeff Halper
- Published January 3, 2009
- Home Improvement , Home Management
- Unrated
Effective and ecologically-correct features of a landscape drainage system, French drains are trenches or ditches filled with gravel (usually) that move water parallel to the ground Water flows much easier through loose gravel, especially as compared to the thick, gumbo-like clay soil found here in Houston
Memorial Landscaping Services
- By Jeff Halper
- Published January 3, 2009
- Gardening
- Unrated
In large city like Houston it can be challenging to find landscape companies that deliver all-inclusive landscape solutions Since 1987 we have been serving the Memorial Villages, installing landscape projects and providing landscape maintenance in Bunker Hill Village, Hedwig Village, Piney Point Village, Hunters Creek Village were discriminating clients have impeccable taste
Houston Patio Design, Harscape Design, Harscape Contractors
- By Jeff Halper
- Published January 3, 2009
- Gardening
- Unrated
A patio is a transition space between the house and the yard Depending on your preference, your patio design can run the gamut from an elegant open-air greenhouse to an outdoor living room
Landscape Design For Difficult Spaces
- By Jeff Halper
- Published December 30, 2008
- Gardening
- Unrated
Many clients find themselves in a difficult position trying to integrate a remodeled home with new elevations, entrances and windows that no longer have a good relationship with the existing landscape design A new home on a cleared lot that has no landscape design can be even more overwhelming with endless possibilities and viewpoints from which to consider a new garden, pool, arbors, pathways and landscaping
Landcsape Design and Entertainment in Houston Texa Hou
- By Jeff Halper
- Published December 30, 2008
- Gardening
- Unrated
What is designing for entertainment It is creating ambiance and a wonderful mood
Landscape Design After a Hurricane in Houston Texas Hou
- By Jeff Halper
- Published December 30, 2008
- Gardening
- Unrated
When a Hurricane like Ike blows through your neighborhood and 100 mile an hour winds destroy your prized trees, maybe you loose several tall pines or have a prized oak that gets uplifted The loss of large trees, storm debris and the damage they do are horrific but as the sky clears there are possibilities to make the new landscape design better than before
