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...

Integrity Professionalism...

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...

Modernism, in the context of landscape design, is a result of forms and functions that reflect the need for outdoor living spaces that enhance contemporary lifestyles...

Landscape architects—they are members of a team that you call in when you want your landscape to have an impact...

Landscape architecture speaks for itself You can see it in professionally-designed residential properties, public parks and playgrounds, parkways and golf courses...

Contemporary Landscape Design is a melding of the old and the new Unlike modern-it utilizes traditional approaches to space with newer finishes or applied technologies...

As a commercial property developer or owner, you want to find a commercial landscape design firm who will partner with you in reaching your long- and short-term goals...

The small garden design begins and ends with thoughtful, precise planning However, small does not mean limited...

Home landscape design matters A study commissioned by the Professional Landcare Network states it in financial terms: Homes that have been professionally landscaped bring 15-20 percent more upon resale than those with no home landscape design...

Every garden has a bit of fantasy in it and, for Houstonians longing for the look and feel of, say, Tuscany or the Italian Renaissance period, no garden fills that desire like a Mediterranean landscape design...