Landscape Design in The Woodlands, Spring and Conroe
Landscape design in The Woodlands, Spring and Conroe is a drawing with the levels on it: where the water goes, what the committee will see, which bed gets which plant, and what it costs before stone is ordered. credited against the build. Front-yard design and build.
Since 2010 · Drawn and built by the same crew · DSC and HOA packet formats · Montgomery County and North Houston
What a plan is for
What landscape design includes in The Woodlands, Spring and Conroe
A mood board is not landscape design in The Woodlands, Spring or Conroe. The DSC cannot stamp it and a crew cannot price it. The plan we draw is surveyed and to scale: drainage falls, wall heights, hardscape base, planting scheduled bed by bed for the soil and light in that bed, materials named. One sheet for the committee. The same sheet for the foreman.
The drawing is where every other landscaping job is decided: the terrace and walls and their base, the drainage run to an outfall, lighting in the same trench, low-water beds where turf is not worth the water. It scales from a front garden to an estate phased across seasons.
What fails
Why plans fail before the first shovel
Four failures we still get called to undo. A surveyed plan is how they are avoided.
Drawn without the fall
CauseA pretty plan with no levels. Built in Spring or The Woodlands, the terrace sits in the low corner and the beds drown in the first wet spring.
FixLevels surveyed first; drainage falls, outfall and wall heights on the drawing before any planting is placed.
One plant list for the whole lot
CauseFull-sun shrubs under pines, clay plants in the sandy bed by the lake. Half of it fails and the design gets blamed.
FixSoil and light read per bed, and the schedule written bed by bed: live oak, yaupon, sedges in shade; muhly, Texas sage, dwarf palmetto in sun.
Rejected by the committee
CauseSubmitted as a sketch. The DSC or HOA sends it back, twice, while the season passes.
FixDrawn in the committee’s own format with materials, dimensions and lighting positions; approved first time on most submissions.
Designed by someone who will not build it
CauseA plan handed to a contractor who cannot price it, then value-engineered until it is a different garden.
FixDrawn and built by the same crew, priced on the drawing, and the design fee credited against the build.
What you get
What has to be on the drawing
Four sheets, or one, depending on the lot. All to scale. If a sheet is not to scale, it is not a construction document.
Survey and levels
Boundaries, house, trees with root plates, existing grades, and where the water goes now.
Master plan
Hardscape, walls with heights, drainage falls and outfall, lawn extent, beds, lighting positions, structures, all dimensioned.
Planting schedule
Bed by bed: species, size, count and spacing, chosen for that bed’s soil, light and water.
Packet and price
The committee submission in its format, and a written price for the build, phased if you want it phased.
Method
From the first walk to an approved plan
Two site visits, a scaled drawing, the committee if the lot is covenanted, then the crew that will build it.
- 01
Walk the property
How you use the yard, what you see from inside, sun, water, which trees stay. Levels shot. Soil checked at two points.
- 02
Concept to scale
Rooms, circulation, terrace and lawn extent laid out on the survey, with the drainage solved on the same sheet.
- 03
Materials and planting
Stone, pavers, lighting and a bed-by-bed schedule, priced as we go so the plan and the budget agree.
- 04
Packet
Submitted to the DSC or HOA in its format; revisions handled by us; approval before anything is ordered.
- 05
Build, or hand over
Built by the crew that drew it, with the design fee credited — or a set of drawings you can put out to bid.
Cost
What decides the number
Design-only or design-build. The design fee is credited against the install when Boone’s builds it.
Full-property master plan
Survey, scaled plan, planting schedule and HOA or DSC packet. Credited if we build.
Front yard design and build
Front arrival, planting, path and lighting drawn and built as one job.
Backyard design and installation
Terrace, drainage, planting and lighting as one drawing and one build.
Whole-property master plan and build
Front, back and sides resolved together, built in phases if wanted.
A drawing that shows the drainage is the cheapest part of any project that has drainage.
On site
Work drawn here and built by the same crew
Full-property aerial of a designed landscape
Compact front garden at dusk with lit planting and a clear path
Backyard designed as connected outdoor rooms
Pool surround design: decking, beds and lighting positions
Estate entry drive with specimen planting and a formal arrival
Aerial at dusk: terrace, planting and lawn resolved
Custom backyard with layered planting and a defined terrace
Front-yard scheme with structured planting and a lit facade
Designed waterfront estate from the air
Estate arrival sequence with lit planting at dusk
Questions
Questions
What does landscape design cost in The Woodlands?
A full-property master plan is credited against the build when we install. Design and build together: front yard backyard whole property in The Woodlands, Spring and Conroe.
Do you handle the DSC or HOA submission?
Yes. Drawn in The Woodlands DSC or the HOA format, materials and dimensions on the sheet, submitted by us. Allow two to four weeks before stone is ordered.
Can I take the drawings to another contractor?
Yes. You own the plan. It is scaled so another contractor can price it. The design fee is credited only if we build it.
How long does a design take?
Two site visits and two to three weeks to a finished master plan on a typical lot. Estates four to six weeks. Committee review adds two to four weeks.
Why put the drainage on the design?
Because on Beaumont clay it decides where everything else can go. A terrace in the low corner and beds in the wet one are the two most expensive mistakes a pretty plan makes.
Walk the property and start the drawing
Pictures of the property help us prepare. The written price is given after we walk the property. Call (936) 206-7627 to schedule a visit.