# Landscaping Projects & Before/After Photos, McKinney TX | JIT > Before-and-after photos of JIT projects around McKinney: Tejas gravel beds, poolside landscapes, walkways, privacy screens, side-yard makeovers and clean-ups. 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Drag the sliders to compare before and after, and tap the thumbnails to enlarge. ![Before: builder-grade front yard with bare beds](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/bf75ac1a1b957b22082e35c71afda6bdd2e57fff2dadd572bd6c21050076ee04/asset.jpg) ![After: Tejas gravel beds, steel edging and new walkway](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/ebfa1b81ba0d5869dbbb23c82c19dddbacb9f6fcf8d49656f4bb144b8e633992/asset.jpg)BeforeAfter [![Agave and yucca in black gravel along the entry](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/76f1986c611f17e0a7983c419cf1078a8415b39e2f083bb9d6e6ae17feb04a01/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/22991d1605b3e441b1984913bec28a5d17bcad8be1e361a876dad9b4a1cc72f1/asset.jpg)[![Floating concrete walkway through gravel and sod](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/e89e6a65b39c82f39541f12bb3a8c6a0d95db01577e2f9ccd48214427b1603fc/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/8357055abf759846fc0cf3aae1ba50061f5bc776e9acd3a138920b7cf266a855/asset.jpg)[![Wide view of the finished front yard](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/0c7343cac1b7958050908e833d327814e0de466790ff868c1ebe2e0ee85ecf5f/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/52da8f1cfa23603bffab640993754fd6feb1bc0a09c9253067c366a0f0b0a86e/asset.jpg) 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](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/8df219aaac0ca5c874ba9a0ce7185064a0ac6c419deb20447d33826c8323a38a/asset.jpg) ![After: pool deck framed by gravel beds and new sod](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/3c8e2962c6e3a4ac5b06fcf2319588e048e865a36a191c32aa234c27eefa897c/asset.jpg)BeforeAfter [![Tejas gravel bed with magnolias along the fence](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/8f2e3071fbc1ad2f5e144b2ccd48796c5c4ee608a48ba2a0e17d90072581a958/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/42872340b8bd9b8e9e4083c8c48b02ae48295432750e3337e073d19afcb0baf6/asset.jpg)[![Pool and planting from the patio](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/68cc0655e244964a7852c6f5fce027644f9a74294c6fb56adfbf3d67e6780d8d/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/2101304d1fbd54e67b5fe6afe4bd10f2be905edbbd4c8657290ca3eb5bbd918e/asset.jpg)[![Step stones in gravel at the side gate](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/6e5b11e50bfa792bfe526c40605822c57a30d8ca25284d469aef3bd02160753d/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/0fe3fe6ef51b0a17970f487c2992e5256712c94fec8ba47b1afa6ffa8391e3a4/asset.jpg) 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](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/12b7694e4d516f09e7138624f90a3d6f588d5f9bc594285932800af7fd4f3188/asset.jpg) ![After: gravel patio with seating off the back door](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/548d6985940d0a6e3ca143905b858d8fa7a4cf53400a578f3997d7ed62fd446d/asset.jpg)BeforeAfter [![Stone-edged mulch beds along the fence](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/6ad13f0e0ad53e09c7ad212d961eddadb3e1542cbfc1222562e08f8fc6cf2954/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/960614dd3600a4f983bc1aab09da7e07e6346ce3099109df24cf8f2fa89c0c4e/asset.jpg)[![Italian cypress screen and holly hedge](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/3ff1d2a2734b15e6127406d44d76b24effc62eb3b8ab2f045441d1fa0a763561/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/70fb91bc5c694d065f26aa2aabccce01eb2f871cf68e9f9310a0825d0e012f65/asset.jpg)[![New bed with young trees and boxwood](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/a32c9301aed9a660ae42939d2a45c2d91257d02df147550067c37f20898b3c6c/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/457b238bb6a7631bccd559e91dc6a71b0f33cd52fcf21293e8718a040fcd4fc0/asset.jpg) 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](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/ae570058f12f38e40dce36fe73cf7e8902996c9181ed47590ebe83bf197d8bbf/asset.jpg) ![After: chop-stone border with Tejas gravel and grasses](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/3a6f2f15b7e4763414ff125c45e646a769115d1d1113eed45f807be464986a30/asset.jpg)BeforeAfter [![Stone tree ring and foundation bed](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/0dc558466a8fbf4f9c6f93b7a68227518e9f8d48c77d2a3c04121a1081debf4e/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/13f0e928477b5fcb587153967f91f57ae69cadf619bf99e4140782479e15224f/asset.jpg)[![Chop-stone tree ring filled with black gravel](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/af2b9e18a4d2b241ab403638cafd28ac9fc6d8003af3e4f2166946a88b31f125/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/cb56be16bd8dca7eeb82259e27b31572a13e80bb1c18b5997f9bed9022cac001/asset.jpg)[![Corner bed with ornamental grass](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/9f9cb4984c079c2cd631bd60345981958811f62b45852bc6b570663bd6f20196/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/6a1a539c397e15f8048417b2aaf00a3afe5039978df2c6c7c707a3a5b9e46d81/asset.jpg) 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](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/21a7f73967cda5131f91e9e4e98634c73813e9b61480ca5f8007fdae303f2662/asset.jpg) ![After: flagstone step stones in river rock with planter boxes](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/495c7103e9fc311a7eff93b5c9df797a7c51ab1d914854494d4d801122d2770f/asset.jpg)BeforeAfter [![Weed barrier laid before the rock](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/675acaa9a1b9f9f2285baa48e69bfb2a62c80f1bd1668598e0d3f130eb81d053/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/d7ba555983772f41272a9e460d6cce091e3ec81100edb619136136d3b49c4d96/asset.jpg)[![Step stones set in river rock](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/e0b62038d6f0b6468e394279c2b3289fd2b0cf9f9eece498851bc84ef79e07b5/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/37dc773713c742a37b0e97ebe349482bc87081ce511561b6def0dff7127b2da8/asset.jpg)[![The side yard before clearing](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/9c6bfdc6e4f2eb7fb90bf9cefda27f61fe7b22f2ff3376846a0b1a095db6688a/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/6caae184322688d357b11aac57b21bb109fc6ad5231de3c2743918a51446ce51/asset.jpg) 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](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/343fc03b81fe67a4bae33c43377fd73c4b7f3635d18c51e9c561ed8ab10128d3/asset.jpg) ![After: five Italian cypress at 11 feet](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/f6562f602b96351e7d72246ba36e076e669f3a4585f7a2893c1a564ccf6db5b1/asset.jpg)BeforeAfter [![The cypress row from the yard](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/ffea840b57810e0c76b8a3dce43284fb624520d8ce50ee390c1eff23bb0fd37b/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/a871870e4ab96482d727a81a57b7386cba23695e64f4c26eeb3925a2a0fb18ec/asset.jpg)[![Planting day](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/c0441d75aa96647420adbf630dbac69ec0cce30e4c0e60b60115fd96fc9d93a5/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/828d15ff792d65e96824bb391282cfaa13fd8de41a566eb10853309e494548b2/asset.jpg)[![Finished screen along the fence](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/f1bd138821fcad35fc0310a3ec0ceb9463682a24998db5c8ce00527ff336e30a/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/22b8626c410701698d4ca8fa819ef960b7e26f1cace571f61a22ee74f3f82f33/asset.jpg) 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](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/1c1e37937d1d195c38357d1fd6530bd7a7333f1283bb4d74587c4fbc808d4337/asset.jpg) ![After: cleared side yard with reset stone border and gravel](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/d0ad1d22a7706de30e72743f4136116d455a30d8499e32725d4a6d97a60c811a/asset.jpg)BeforeAfter [![Side yard regraded and gravelled](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/8db55c737dba5e641b104db3dbeac2ad1cbc276593934ded024093bb54b4a713/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/bed289f01ef53b8fccd1e2e4e5650abfe1204cb85aae5f377ed6a77c98813682/asset.jpg)[![Working along the brick](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/4d7c73d23a7a4b73a8fd63a928fbe53eea2d40017d8b09c73138437c35e35eaa/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/cbccbab26e82eb8e723fd65d50a372a35ad6ee7bef9ba5f03ca60297625e60da/asset.jpg)[![Front corner after clean-up](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/3c035545bbe66f1f3bc2f1524e103d44cc5e74a02ba7d536356ca577fa1e7220/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/14ba56ea2249df5f2b259d98b35ad4e5e431204eb2f10133c87c4488ce970d5a/asset.jpg) 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 Gallery ## More from the field [![Zeon Zoysia side yard, McKinney](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/9b7633891ab846f6174490fa7232e183a5199d59ebd6336b4fc0c06853d2cef6/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/d8600b0445029a618b3662a734be8fac844f245fba4875909fd4123887a01ff1/asset.jpg)[![Britt Brown 16×24 in pavers on a gravel base](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/59e9193573a62d7526da0f08c57a3e9f12378e2980cb1828da2ced10806daa30/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/300aff84cf83672c0cd57dc7718bda562df4049b349042d2cc7624a4d1a79ca6/asset.jpg)[![Italian cypress, 9 ft at planting](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/398d5bc14ed4ef971f54068fc3a26d4c4f7df9f84a355c4cb245e3737ced70c2/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/591faf19e364cb82eab4e4d62938a72ba6d6a626cc7f51bc46bff26c57a5e9ee/asset.jpg)[![Colorado multi-colour stone path with Brittany paver steps](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/931ab45b34382b7b3f2f5f25acca13c340b3adf3b6583cd11046f8a7e60b9288/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/89a6d01dc06f6e663a38a86ebb65e932fb28361e895542fb30167397a05b108f/asset.jpg)[![Natural tan flagstone patio with Oklahoma chop border and orange decomposed granite](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/24c83a09759098eea1e85fa5cfa9745eea17520f6fb5376eddf7655b36ff34b2/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/db5eba51952dd0265a6cb6459d8c8d2b0dd07e99904a8d77134983b772ef69fc/asset.jpg)[![Poolside hedge trimming](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/fb97b183f3f64eb8c386e51fadb4c4c28eb3dc3dcebade0c3b50a1cf6dfa92cc/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/658c03918e932926d4a021fb5f8e985c6ce48e0756e9c65d9784be708f2b80c3/asset.jpg)[![Linear shrub enhancements, McKinney](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/72e0f27511d4f895b68a1e17841cfebe33e643072da071cf97ace7e9492286d0/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/6f5df8cf9ceb1eaaa2e048ea26db8c190db497052375efa740f79daa2fc52535/asset.jpg)[![Barrel cactus and sago palm bed by a pool](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/c5e4919b800a3ca22664b9b7e15f8d0fd2b90d0f5051f5f967b44ef5991d8a46/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/0882f2420c9fd45b718a15588f1ea5612e720476975477115878102e9567f455/asset.jpg)[![Vincas in a natural-grind mulch tree ring](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/a0f9a2534662024ca198f1aae302222ac1dd449da22104abbd38a23cd7d038c6/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/18c7a37343a98fd592db4de6a9608c67c51eb0f88cb9977cad507034be019038/asset.jpg)[![24×24 in keystone slate pavers with smoke granite joints](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/c27503f1a8229357515434479558032a352ce24b54f8d3b24d7a65f6dd9f4262/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/c166181d0d731c7ea370f3036036772776fb5d7f83515f15b8496200f84e6cc7/asset.jpg)[![Pool-scape redesign: river-rock beds and lighting](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/87c3c9fbb790b25daf07c6984dc132862b388a54bf14647277055ba4613d7e2f/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/77c898464d50425a1752ca423d64faf66c33f6c4c7d180eabc7937098e938aeb/asset.jpg)[![Pergola bed with river rock and tropical planting](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/3202704615c2c63595f7f3103861451b839a3cb587e0e87d5deae9f759774173/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/c036608ec6798362ca1958baa3c135c13815604c792613b3db8ffc200cdfacff/asset.jpg)[![Artificial turf by a pool fence](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/58aa0097fce93b7559ec71b94ce2085400c1ec5a2525a6cdc986ca125abf1e82/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/dec2891dbeb655f12f458f08f5c98b1883be1c2131d84bcbb924b5b5c6d9509e/asset.jpg)[![Backyard artificial turf](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/be29a9d742e756cfdae6b8a9d30a33d3fd5567ac836eadaabc612b66ad3985d2/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/7a0b72f663caafde06f9af9c555d57c28b0bb1ddf37e2db464e176c81cce16e5/asset.jpg)[![Tahoma 31 Bermuda sod with upgraded irrigation](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/437814b99c1193729e4b42a2a1193b8907c8f17bf1a4dea2109d5838a70651ee/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/77f3683335b9fb7d24cdeff5d92029518bfd41926f2f9df07e584b2cd8c730e1/asset.jpg)[![Gravel patio and seating area](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/8198ddf02f9a7465b5f6e50061a799f500561ea85c844b3681e7dc882894a463/asset.jpg)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/c24421f8e876da95e2ac5a30258915ee5e6e8a978059e3ab1fc53da3d8639c52/asset.jpg) ## Want your yard on this page? 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