A landscape overhaul can feel like a big project to kick off — there’s a lot to decide before a single shovel goes in the ground. After years of working on properties across the Lubbock area, here’s the order we recommend thinking through it in.
1. Clear the Slate
If your yard has overgrown shrubs, dead trees, old mulch beds, or years of accumulated debris, that’s the first thing to deal with. A property cleanup gives you (and your designer) a blank canvas to actually see what you’re working with, instead of designing around clutter that’s coming out anyway.
2. Deal With Problem Trees First
Before you invest in a new design, it’s worth knowing which of your existing trees are worth keeping. A tree that’s declining or diseased can undermine an otherwise great design — both visually and because it may need to come out later anyway. Our care for sick trees team can evaluate what’s salvageable and what isn’t before you finalize a plan.
3. Design Around What You Actually Use
The best landscape designs start with how you live in your yard, not just what looks good in a photo. Our landscape design and installation service walks through your space with that in mind — where you entertain, where the kids or pets play, which windows you look out of most, and how much maintenance you actually want to keep up with long-term.
4. Choose Plants That Belong Here
West Texas isn’t a forgiving climate for landscaping picked out of a catalog from somewhere with real rainfall. Our full-service nursery stocks trees, shrubs, and flowering plants chosen with Lubbock’s wind, heat, and soil in mind, so what goes in the ground is built to actually thrive here rather than limp along.
5. Set Up New Plantings to Succeed
New trees and shrubs need more support in their first couple of seasons than established plants do. Deep root feeding early on helps new plantings establish stronger root systems faster, which matters a lot in our climate where a shallow-rooted tree struggles the first time a hot, dry August rolls around.
6. Maintain the Shape Over Time
A landscape design only stays as good as its upkeep. Regular tree trimming keeps new plantings shaped well as they mature, instead of letting them grow into problems you’ll have to fix later.
Questions Along the Way?
Landscape planning always raises questions you didn’t expect — what to do about a stubborn patch of shade, which tree won’t outgrow a small yard, how close is too close to the foundation. You can ask an expert anytime, or request a free estimate to get the whole project mapped out from the start.
