The overall objective of any landscape design, including urban landscaping, is to create a space that breathes with the home and has a relationship to its surroundings...

The fascination with tropical landscaping makes sense in Houston because of its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, cultural influences of the tropics, subtropics of Spain and Latin America which provide plenty of local inspiration for creating the tropical landscape design...

A couple in West Houston by the name of Murphy commissioned us to renovate their pool and build a flagstone patio around it...

There’s just something about wood By its very nature, it has a friendliness and hospitality about it, which surely goes back to it being one of our first building materials in the earliest days of human development...

A Memorial-area art collector residing in a chic modern home wanted his house to be more visible from the street...

Garden structures represent classic focal points within a landscape Ranging from a simple antique column to an elaborate garden gazebo complete with spa and outdoor fireplaces, garden structures create visual interest and a point around which your landscape can develop...

Do you live in or near the Pittsburgh area and want to add value to your home or just enhance its overall curb appeal...

A local Houston art collector hired us to create a low maintenance, sophisticated, contemporary landscape design...

What is a unique landscape Our definition of a unique landscape would be a landscape that elicits a mental/emotional response that normally would be observed with no notice...

Commercial landscaping is an integral part of a commercial property It makes the initial impression on prospective tenants—and you know what they say about first impressions and the number of chances you get...

Good landscaping takes a lot of time, energy and design work to make it look just the way you envision it...

Houston Texas is one of the most difficult and challenging climates to design and build landscape gardens in the country...

In Houston, yard drainage issues are very serious due to our flat topography, dense clay soils, and heavy forested lots compacted by years of construction that have increased impervious surfaces...

Storm Drainage We are barely into the 21st century and already the Houston area has dealt with Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricane Ike—not to mention other countless, nameless storms...

In large city like Houston it can be challenging to find landscape companies that deliver all-inclusive landscape solutions...

What is designing for entertainment It is creating ambiance and a wonderful mood...

When a Hurricane like Ike blows through your neighborhood and 100 mile an hour winds destroy your prized trees, maybe you loose several tall pines or have a prized oak that gets uplifted...

Many clients find themselves in a difficult position trying to integrate a remodeled home with new elevations, entrances and windows that no longer have a good relationship with the existing landscape design...

In metropolitan cities like Houston it can be challenging to find landscape companies that deliver comprehensive landscape solutions...

These companies offer a full range of landscape services including consultation, design, installation and maintenance...

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It’s a common dilemma: you have an outdoor project and you don’t know whether to use landscape contractors or to do it yourself...

Pathways are both object and metaphor within a landscape design Functionally, they are the way in—into the landscape, the house, the property...

Hardscapes—the non-plant material of your landscape design—play a critical part of any garden landscape project...

Let There Be Light The basics of landscape lighting Landscape lighting is all about the artistry of light...

When it comes to your swimming pool design, varied geometries, materials and plantings can be used to create the style that suits you—from the most dramatic play of water to the most fun playing in the water...

Alive and Thriving A regular, well-thought-out landscape maintenance plan is the best way to protect your outdoor investment A beautiful yard says something about the homeowners...

Exterior Worlds, in business since 1987, offers residential landscape maintenance, as well as commercial landscape maintenance, to properties in the greater Houston area...

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Do you cut out and collect magazine pictures of great landscaping ideas Do you have a photo album of, say, a stately English mansion that you’d love to use for your home landscape design in Houston...