Landscaping Company in The Woodlands, TX: Landscape Design

It varies by scope. Basic landscape design and installation for front yard improvements runs $5,000 to $10,000. Mid-range projects with paver patios and hardscaping are $15,000 to $40,000. Complete outdoor living transformations with outdoor kitchens and extensive features range from $50,000 to $150,000. Carlton Woods and luxury estate projects can exceed $150,000 to $500,000. A written estimate follows the site visit at no charge.

Yes, as part of the project. We read the covenants for your specific village before designing, produce the drawings in the format the Development Standards Committee requires, and submit for review. The approval window is built into the schedule rather than discovered halfway through. Approval on the first pass is what protects the planting calendar; a returned submission can push the whole build into the wrong season.

The Development Standards Committee reviews exterior changes to properties in The Woodlands against the community covenants, and approval is required before work starts. Submissions have a defined drawing format and a review period. Individual villages carry their own detail on top of the community-wide standards, which is why we check your village specifically rather than working from a general rule.

Under a mature pine and oak canopy the reliable performers are shade-tolerant: azaleas, camellias, cast iron plant, holly fern, aucuba and dwarf yaupon holly, with Japanese maple and understorey trees for structure. For turf, only St. Augustine has real shade tolerance and it still needs roughly four hours of filtered sun. Where the canopy is denser than that, groundcover and mulch beds outperform any attempt at grass.

The critical root zone is mapped and fenced before any equipment arrives, and it stays fenced. Hardscape edges are routed around root plates rather than cut through them, access routes are matted so the soil is not compacted, and where a service run genuinely has to pass close to a protected tree we hand-dig or air-spade rather than trench. Most tree loss after landscaping is root damage that was invisible on handover day.

All of them — Alden Bridge, Cochran’s Crossing, Creekside Park, Grogan’s Mill, Indian Springs, Panther Creek, Sterling Ridge, College Park, Research Forest, Carlton Woods, East Shore and Woodlands Hills. Covenant detail and character differ between villages, and so does what gets approved, so the design starts from your village rather than a Woodlands-wide assumption.

Design takes three to six weeks, and DSC review adds a further period that is outside our control — start it early. Construction depends on scope: basic front yard work is one to two weeks, a mid-range design with hardscape and irrigation three to four weeks, and a full transformation six to twelve weeks or more. Saturated ground stops grading and hardscape entirely, so wet spells extend everything.

Yes, and on a village lot the DSC submission is usually the pacing item, not the build. Gas, water, power and drainage runs go in while the ground is open, which costs a fraction of cutting them into finished paving later. Anything covered or attached to the house needs review, so appliance positions get decided early — they set both the counter run and what goes in the submission drawing.

French drains, catch basins, channel drains at thresholds and regrading, chosen by whether the water is sitting on the surface or held in the soil. The harder question on a village lot is where the water can legally go — lots are tight and greenbelt-adjacent, and you cannot discharge onto a neighbor. Where no outlet exists, a properly sized dry well is the design rather than a fallback.

Frequently, and it is often better value than starting again. Mature planting, established trees and sound hardscape are assets worth designing around, and a design that keeps them looks settled from day one rather than in five years. What we will not do is build new work on top of a drainage or grading problem — if that is the underlying issue, it has to be fixed first regardless of what stays.

Yes, and the canopy makes it worth doing here more than almost anywhere. Low-voltage uplighting into mature pines, warm path lighting and discreet terrace lighting transform how a property reads after dark. Conduit goes in during construction rather than being cut into finished paving afterwards, so it is far cheaper as part of a project than as a retrofit.

Yes. Workmanship is on us: when our installation is the cause of a failure, we come back and fix it. Weather, damage and neglect are outside that, and a maintenance plan can be priced to cover the establishment year if you want the protection. The specific terms are printed in the quote so there is nothing to interpret later. Documentation is provided as part of the quote rather than on request. For DSC submissions the committee will generally want contractor details as part of the package, so having it in order is a practical requirement here rather than just a reassurance.

Yes. Most villages sit under a residential development standards committee that reviews visible exterior changes, and tree removal is controlled separately because the canopy is a covenant rather than a preference. Beds, planting and lighting usually pass without difficulty. Removing or heavily reducing a protected tree does not, and submitting before work starts avoids a stop order mid-project.

Every village, one landscaping company. As landscape contractor we handle landscape design, hardscaping and low-voltage landscape lighting under the canopy; as landscapers we handle lawn care, mowing, sod installation, mulch, flower beds, tree service, and irrigation system and sprinkler system work zoned for shade. Residential landscaping in The Woodlands passes or fails the shade test, and curb appeal that reads from the street is designed with that in mind. Estimates are free, we are licensed and insured, and the documentation is packaged for DSC review.