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

Design and installation are the first steps in your landscape design Then comes the week-in, week-out care and consideration of the landscape

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is designing for entertainment It is creating ambiance and a wonderful mood

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