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Before: builder-grade front yard with bare beds After: Tejas gravel beds, steel edging and new walkway BeforeAfter
Agave and yucca in black gravel along the entryFloating concrete walkway through gravel and sodWide view of the finished front yard

McKinney area · June 2022

Modern front yard in Tejas gravel

Design & installTejas gravelSteel edgingSodDrainage

The homeowners had seen our Tejas gravel work on a neighbour's pool project and wanted the same clean, modern edge for a new build. We stripped the builder beds, set 4-inch black steel edging, laid 5/8-inch Tejas gravel over barrier and planted agave, sago and yucca for structure with almost no upkeep. A downspout drain was tied in while the beds were open, and the lawn was repaired around the new floating walkway.

Investment: $5,000–10,000 · On site: 1 day

Before: bare dirt yard after the pool contractor left After: pool deck framed by gravel beds and new sod BeforeAfter
Tejas gravel bed with magnolias along the fencePool and planting from the patioStep stones in gravel at the side gate

McKinney area · 2022

Poolside landscape after a pool build

PoolsideIrrigationHardscapeSodTrees

A pre-fabricated pool went in and left a yard of bare dirt. Once the deck was poured we installed the irrigation, ran 2-inch Tejas gravel beds along the fence with young magnolias for future screening, replaced the sod, and finished the side-yard gate approach with step stones in gravel — a low-maintenance frame for the pool that will not blow leaves into the water.

Investment: on request · On site: Multi-day

Before: bare gravel pad and empty fence line After: gravel patio with seating off the back door BeforeAfter
Stone-edged mulch beds along the fenceItalian cypress screen and holly hedgeNew bed with young trees and boxwood

McKinney area · June 2022

Backyard walkway, grilling pad and low-care beds

Design & installWalkwayPrivacy screenStone bordersMulch

The clients asked for a few simple things: somewhere to grill, a way to get across the yard without wet feet, and plants they would not have to fuss over. We built a gravel patio and grilling pad off the back door, a walkway across the lawn, an Italian-cypress screen along the back fence and stone-edged mulch beds with hollies and boxwood — and a holly hedge to hide the trampoline pad.

Investment: $10,000–20,000 · On site: 1–7 days

Before: single tree and builder sod After: chop-stone border with Tejas gravel and grasses BeforeAfter
Stone tree ring and foundation bedChop-stone tree ring filled with black gravelCorner bed with ornamental grass

McKinney area · August 2022

Chop-stone borders with Tejas gravel

Stone bordersTejas gravelMinimal plantingTree ring

A new-build front yard with builder shrubs and a lonely tree. The owners wanted very clean lines and almost no maintenance, so we built grey Charlestown chop-stone borders around the foundation bed and the tree, filled them with 1-inch Tejas gravel and planted a handful of grasses and yuccas that shrug off the heat.

Investment: $5,000–10,000 · On site: 1 day

Before: bare dirt side yard After: flagstone step stones in river rock with planter boxes BeforeAfter
Weed barrier laid before the rockStep stones set in river rockThe side yard before clearing

Frisco · November 2021

Side yard: from mud to river rock and step stones

Side yardRiver rockStep stonesPlanter boxesWeed barrier

The classic Frisco side yard: a strip of dirt between the house and the fence that never grew grass. We cleared it, laid weed barrier, encased the vegetable planters and set a flagstone step-stone path in multi-colour river rock — done in a morning for well under a thousand dollars.

Investment: $300–1,000 · On site: Half a day

Before: bare fence line below neighbouring windows After: five Italian cypress at 11 feet BeforeAfter
The cypress row from the yardPlanting dayFinished screen along the fence

McKinney area · August 2022

Italian cypress privacy screen

Tree plantingPrivacy screenMulch

A narrow strip between the fence and the neighbour's two-storey windows. Five 24-inch-box Italian cypress, about 11 feet tall at planting, went in along the fence line with a mulched bed — instant privacy that will thicken into a solid green wall over the next couple of seasons.

Investment: $1,000–5,000 · On site: 1 day

Before: overgrown beds and a crumbling stone border After: cleared side yard with reset stone border and gravel BeforeAfter
Side yard regraded and gravelledWorking along the brickFront corner after clean-up

McKinney area · June 2022

Overgrown corner lot, cleaned up and edged

Clean-upStone bordersGravelNew homeowners

New owners inherited overgrown beds and a side yard full of weeds behind a crumbling stone border. We cleared everything back to the brick, reset the stone edge, regraded the side yard and finished it in white gravel — nice and clean, and ready for the plants they wanted to choose themselves.

Investment: $1,000–5,000 · On site: 1 day

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Zeon Zoysia side yard, McKinneyBritt Brown 16×24 in pavers on a gravel baseItalian cypress, 9 ft at plantingColorado multi-colour stone path with Brittany paver stepsNatural tan flagstone patio with Oklahoma chop border and orange decomposed granitePoolside hedge trimmingLinear shrub enhancements, McKinneyBarrel cactus and sago palm bed by a poolVincas in a natural-grind mulch tree ring24×24 in keystone slate pavers with smoke granite jointsPool-scape redesign: river-rock beds and lightingPergola bed with river rock and tropical plantingArtificial turf by a pool fenceBackyard artificial turfTahoma 31 Bermuda sod with upgraded irrigationGravel patio and seating area

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