Garden Design & Installation

A garden is where a landscape comes to life. It is the layer that softens the architecture, changes with the seasons, and gives a property its character. We design and install gardens that create memorable outdoor experiences while adding to the beauty and value of exceptional homes.

Many of our clients are drawn to gardens inspired by places they love: a formal estate, an English countryside retreat, a contemporary residence, a European courtyard, or the relaxed beauty of the Texas Hill Country. Our role is to capture the essence of those places and adapt them thoughtfully to thrive in North Texas. Through careful plant selection, proven materials, and decades of horticultural experience, we create gardens that feel authentic, timeless, and suited to the property.

Our designs balance structure and seasonal interest, combining evergreen plantings, ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, perennials, grasses, and seasonal color to give beauty throughout the year. Every garden is tailored to complement the architecture of the home and reflect the lifestyle of the people who enjoy it.

Styles we work in

Formal gardens. French and Italian-influenced parterres with axial layouts, clipped boxwood and yaupon, formal pleached trees, and integrated water features. The look fits Preston Hollow and Highland Park traditional estates.

Native Texas plantings. Texas sage, blackfoot daisy, native grasses like muhly and little bluestem, gulf muhly, agarita, and mountain laurel. Low water use, ecologically sound. As Dallas water restrictions tighten and homeowners want their gardens to look intentional rather than thirsty, this palette is increasingly the right answer.

Mediterranean. Olive, Italian cypress, lavender, and rosemary, plus citrus where microclimates allow, with gravel beds and cypress alleys tying the planting together. Pairs with Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean architecture. Ages well as the trees fill in.

Tropical and Bali-inspired. Palms in windmill, sago, and sabal varieties, plus elephant ears, banana trees, clumping bamboo (not running), and specimen agaves for structural moments. Texas has microclimates that support this look. We'll tell you honestly whether yours is one.

Cottage and English gardens. Perennial-heavy with roses, lavender, salvia, English boxwood, and climbing hydrangea, plus peony where shade and chill hours allow. Reads correctly with Tudor and Cotswold architecture. Rewards homeowners who watch the garden change month over month.

Modern. Restrained palette. Repeated forms. Architectural specimens like yucca rostrata and tree-form yaupon. Gravel and decomposed-granite beds, with single-color plantings that read as composition rather than collection.

Planning

Every garden plan we draw shows every plant's mature size and spacing at scale. We design for fifteen-year maturity rather than day-one impact. The garden peaks at fifteen years, and what we plant on day one needs to grow into that peak rather than crowd it. Plants start smaller than most owners want on day one. We explain why. Seasonal interest gets planned carefully: what blooms when, what holds winter structure, what carries fall color, and what scents the patio in May when the family is starting to spend evenings outside.

Soil and watering

Dallas heavy clay soils need amendment depending on the plant palette. Compost, expanded shale, and gypsum each play different roles. We zone irrigation by water need rather than aesthetic zone, so lush parts of the garden get the water they need and dry parts don't get drowned. The irrigation plan is drawn alongside the planting plan, not added as a contractor afterthought.