Professional Landscape

Are you interested in transforming your yard into an enchanting garden, recreational play land or relaxing get-away?

Want to know more?

Want to landscape your property, but unsure how to get it down? Whether it's your home or your office, here's four steps you can take to ensure that your new landscape exceeds your needs and meets your dreams:

Think About Your Landscape Needs,
Consider Your Budget, (What do you want to spend)
Design Your Dream, and
Select A Landscape Contractor.

Step 1: Define your landscape needs

Why Are You Landscaping?

To increase your property value?
To enhance your enjoyment of your property?
To save energy or water?
To provide a safe environment for your children or pets?
The first step toward a professional landscape is to clearly identify what purposes the landscape must serve.

Points To Consider:

What outdoor activities will your landscape support? Nurturing a personal green thumb in a rose garden? Entertaining boisterous children?
Do you have a desired style or theme? Are you seeking an English garden or a new age respite?
What features do you desire? Play areas, water efficiency, an outdoor kitchen, ponds and waterfalls?
What materials are best? Do you like the granite look, roaring water or subdued floral elegance?

Step 2: Consider your budget

Honestly consider the amount of money available to meet your needs. The cost of your project will varying, depending on:

The overall size of the area to be landscaped,
The features to be included,
The state of the current terrain, and
The choices you make regarding materials, details and level of craftsmanship

Step 3: Consider who will design your landscape

Your Choices Include:

A Landscape Architect. A professional licensed by the state of Texas who can develop plans that can be put out to bid by landscape contractors
A Design/Build Landscape Contractor. A professional who can design -- and then create -- your landscape
Landscape Designers. Unlicensed individuals which provide ideas, conceptual plans and planting plans.

Step 4: Hire the right professional

You don't really purchase a landscape. You buy the services of a landscape contractor to install and construct the project you want. A successful relationship between you and your landscape contractor may last as long as it takes to consider your project, or may span years, as your taste change and your landscapes expand. Although there are no guarantees when it comes to hiring a professional, here are a few steps you can take to ensure that your landscaping experience fulfills your desires.