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Design and build · San Antonio

Drawn on paper, built by the same crew

Stone, planting and water handled as one plan for yards from Olmos Park out to Boerne. We draw it, price it in stages, then build it with our own people.

Founded 2009 · In-house crews, no subcontracted labor · Licensed irrigator on staff

Native beds of salvia and grasses in gravel mulch along a weathered cedar fence
ProjectTerrell Hills Live Oak YardScopeWhole yard rebuilt under three heritage oaksBuilt2025 · Terrell Hills

The work

Four things, done by crews who do only that thing. Most yards use three of them, staged over a season or two.

Design

We measure the lot, read the drainage and draw a scaled plan with a plant list and a staged budget. The drawing is yours either way.

Stone and structure

Patios, seat walls, steps, dry creeks and shade structures. Chopped and sawn limestone, cedar, dry set where it should be liftable.

Planting

Natives and adapted species chosen for the light you actually have, planted in fall or early spring wherever the calendar allows.

Irrigation and lighting

Drip zones tuned to SAWS watering days, low voltage lighting laid out on the plan so the yard works after seven in the evening.

From drawing to dirt

One project at a time per crew, so the foreman who starts your yard is the one who sweeps it at the end.

Week 1

Walk and measure

Ninety minutes on site. Sun, slope, water, the views you want and the ones you do not.

Weeks 2 to 4

Plan and price

A scaled drawing, a plant list and a build price broken into stages you can take in order.

2 to 7 weeks

Build

Our own crews, one project at a time, same foreman from the first cut to the last sweep.

12 months

First year

Two check visits, irrigation retuned by season, and anything we planted that fails gets replaced.

2009Building San Antonio yards since
3In-house crews, no subcontractors
42Projects finished last year
1 yrReplacement on anything we plant

Recent yards

All 10 projects

After a season or two

The dry creek took the May flood water and the beds bloomed straight through the drought behind it.Alicia · Terrell Hills
Same four faces every morning for six weeks. The yard looks like the drawing and the water bill dropped by a third.Owen · Olmos Park

Start with a consultation

Ninety minutes in your yard with the designer who will draw it. $300, credited in full against the build if you go ahead.

  • Sun, slope and drainage read on site
  • Scaled plan and plant list two to three weeks later
  • Build price broken into stages you can take in order
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