Landscape Design in Bedford, TX

Landscape Design for Bedford Homes

Bedford was built out mostly between the late 1950s and the 1990s, and the yards show it. Stonegate and Woodland Hills carry 1950s and 1960s brick ranches with foundation beds that have been replanted many times. Shady Brook mixes late 1960s houses on lots around a quarter acre with 1970s townhomes. Bedford Meadows and Forest Ridge hold late 1970s and early 1980s brick homes, many with rear alleys, wood privacy fences and oaks that now shade most of the lawn. A design pulls these pieces into one direction instead of a pile of separate fixes.

Planning starts with how you use the yard. The front walk and the view from the street come first, then a shaded sitting area out back, a lawn sized to what you will mow and water, and screening along the alley or fence line. Designers set the structure with materials common in the Mid-Cities, such as concrete pavers, Oklahoma flagstone, Austin stone and decomposed granite, then layer in planting, lighting, sprinklers and drainage so they work together.

The ground shapes every choice. Much of the HEB area sits on heavy clay over Eagle Ford shale that swells when wet and cracks in drought, so beds get compost, paving gets a deeper base and moisture near the slab stays steady. Plant lists lean on yaupon, Texas sage, salvia greggii, Turk's cap and muhly grass instead of azaleas, and shade areas are planned for what will actually grow under mature oaks. Call to set up a site visit.