Landscape Design in Texas

In the vast and diverse state of Texas, landscape design requires many considerations that home and land owers might not know to ask about.

Having spent several years in the lone star state, I have first-hand experience with its plant communities, climate zones, landscapes, and cultures.  I found while living in the desert of far west Texas for example that a much smaller percentage of residents than in many other states are aware of permaculture and understand the benefits that a professionally designed landscape can provide.  The climate of this part of Texas is so intense, however, that everyone needs solutions to be able to enjoy outdoor living.  This translates into covered patios, sheltered courtyards, indoor-outdoor play spaces, and even edible landscaping that property owners can enjoy while spending time in their back yards in any weather.

Not many desert dwellers in Texas know about the value-add of proper landscape design; however, in other parts of the state I've found a larger number of clients seek me out.  Property values in the most popular areas of the state tend to be high, but with a beautiful landscape surrounding a home owners can expect to see up to 15% more when they sell.  So the modest investment for quality landscape planning delivers great returns.

Another draw for ecological landscape design in Texas is the measurable reductions in costs.  Expenses like power, water, maintenance, and waste are markedly reduced with permaculture.  Because I've been sought out since 2004 for my specialty of combining landscape architecture with permaculture design, home and property owners know they can reap all these benefits while also fitting into the neighborhood.

One client told me his neighbors teased him for having the worst-looking yard on the block before he hired me.  After I managed the installation of the plan I created for his front yard, he told me the neighbors called his yard the best on the block.  I was not only flattered to have made such a big change for he and his wife, a writer for the show Jeopardy!, but it delighted me that his neighborhood recognized the aesthetic beauty of an ecologically-planned landscape.

Some aspects to consider for implementing landscape design in Texas: