A Houston garden installed by Exterior Worlds will do several things to protect, if not increase, the value of your property. It will reflect the architecture of the home first and foremost, functioning as an organic reflection of your house. If you have trees in your yard, it will compliment the canopy of branches and leaves with a deliberate, geometric expression of growth and vitality. Your outdoor buildings and hardscapes
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We Are Houston’s Premier Landscape Installation & Design Company.
Since 1987, Exterior Worlds has specialized in high-end landscape design, development, implementation and landscape maintenance. By working hard to improve our clients’ quality of life, we have become recognized as one of Houston’s finest and most creative landscape firms. Our firm focuses on a variety of design elements and construction techniques, all of which are geared to enhance the beauty of the property while inspiring thought, creativity and enjoyment. Our unique and memorable landscapes can be seen in Memorial Villages, River Oaks, Piney Point Village, Bunker Hill Village, Hunter Creek Village, Hedwig Village, West University, Tanglewood and Bellaire.
In the initial consultation, the Exterior Worlds’ staff works diligently to help clients define the scope of work, phasing, overall project coordination and budget. The next phase may include conceptual design, design development and final cost proposals. In this phase and during the installation, Exterior Worlds serves as general contractor and may subcontract related installation work such as drainage systems, outdoor water fountains and luxury swimming pools, outdoor kitchens or landscape lighting. Finally, Exterior World’s landscape services provide ongoing maintenance and yard care. Refer to our archive of articles for more details on landscape maintenance services, plantings, tree preservation and related landscape topics.
As professionals in our field, we believe good relationships with our clients are as important as the services we deliver. Integrity, in our client relations and in our corporate services, is one of the cornerstones of our firm.
Robert Irwin, the landscape architect of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, said: “…maybe the world is an art form [and] the gardening of our universe” reveals our participation in that work of art.
For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston’s fine neighborhoods.
Houston Area Landscaping
Houston area landscaping by Exterior Worlds offers the full range for professional landscape services. These services range from consultation, design, installation, outdoor building construction, and lawn and garden maintenance. Many Houston area landscaping business specialize in one or two or these subdisciplines, but Exterior Worlds makes it a point to multi-specialize in all of these things at the high end level of the landscape design and landscape architecture spectrum.
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Houston Landscape
The Houston landscape today is very different from the landscape that European settlers found when they first arrived in Texas. At that time, the areas around Buffalo Bayou and its many tributaries was a dark swamp populated by cypress and magnolia trees. In many places, the forest was so impenetrable (and filled with mosquitoes) that even the Karankaway Indians would not venture too far in. Over the years, the Houston
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What are the best drought resist
What are the best drought resistant plants?Drought resistant plants are those that in one form or fashion have evolved the ability to withstand longer periods of time during which there is no rain. All classifications of plants contain species that have these qualities, making it possible for Exterior Worlds professionals to develop an entirely drought resistant landscape consisting of ornamental grasses, ground covers, flowers, shrubs, and trees.
Plants that
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Shade Garden Designs
You may have beautiful trees in your back yard that are so large than nothing can grow under their branches. This leaves unsightly dead zones in your yard. Exterior Worlds can fill these no grow areas with bright color and vibrant life when you invest in shade garden design.
While there are many plants that grow well in the shade, there is more to creating a garden than simply finding
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Planting Gardens
Planting gardens in your Houston landscape is a critical and fun part of your total landscape design. Critical because gardens, whether a bed of bushes, flowers, trees or combination thereof, add texture, interest, variety and dimensionality to your yards. And fun because planting gardens allow you to show your creativity and preferences.
Exterior Worlds recommends that the starting point of planting gardens is the base, your planting soil. The most
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Perennial Gardens
Perennial Gardens
A perennial garden design consists of plants that live for two years or more. Rather than dying every year and returning from seeds, these plants reconstitute themselves every spring from roots that survive the winter. Some of these plants produce beautiful flowers, while others contribute a wide range of shades of green.
For the serious Houston landscaping client, they represent a long-term investment in a lasting curb appeal
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Modern Garden Design
Modern garden design enables functional elements of the landscape such as walkways, motor courts, and patios, to work as integrated portions of the landscape rather than typical stand alone elements. We see this a great deal in contemporary landscaping, where features are characterized by very stark geometry and abstract forms. Inorganic themes define the yard, with the organic only serving as a frame or connector of significant geometric design elements
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Houston Gardening
Houston gardening supports the chosen expression of the lifestyle of the client by reflecting the primary emblem of the lifestyle: the home itself. The geometry and size of the garden, along with its content, reflect the architectural features and stylistic attributes of the house. Cultural and historical forms are used in Houston gardening when the architecture of the home calls for a specific historical period or human culture to be
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Garden Walls
Garden walls is a type of landscape architecture, outdoor walls naturally provide a visual transition between your house and the yards. These outdoor walls create beauty and value in your surrounding grounds, a statement that is true whether you put them to work as a sturdy retaining garden wall or use a living garden wall to give your space vibrant, and maybe even blooming, definition.
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