$120,000–$160,000 · 9 weeks
Stone Oak outdoor kitchen, San Antonio
A cracked concrete slab replaced with a covered outdoor kitchen, a gas fire pit and a new LED lighting system that replaced a failed halogen setup.
Bexar County · 3 completed projects
Landscaping in San Antonio
Most of our San Antonio work is on the north side: Stone Oak, Shavano Park, Alamo Heights, the Dominion and the neighborhoods along 281 and I-10 heading into the Hill Country. These are established homes with good bones, mature trees and backyards that were built once, by a builder, and never really finished.
Our San Antonio clients usually want to live outside more. That means shade, a place to cook, a fire for winter evenings and lighting that makes it all usable after dark, with planting that doesn't need babysitting through a South Texas summer.
Local conditions
What shapes a San Antonio yard
Soil
North San Antonio sits on the edge of the Edwards Plateau. Many lots have a few inches of topsoil over caliche or fractured limestone, and builders often scraped even that away. We find out on the site walk by digging, then plan for it: rock removal in the price, raised or amended beds, and trees chosen for shallow alkaline soil.
Closer in, in Alamo Heights and Olmos Park, soils are deeper and darker, and the challenge is decades-old trees and roots under everything you'd like to build.
Terrain and slope
Stone Oak and the far north side roll; many backyards fall several feet from the house, enough to need a step or a low wall. Inside Loop 410 the ground is gentler, and the work is about fitting new patios and structures around existing trees and older drainage.
HOAs and permits
Most north-side communities, including Stone Oak's many sub-associations, Rogers Ranch and the Dominion, require architectural approval for patio covers, pergolas, kitchens, fences and front yard changes. Patio covers and outdoor kitchens with gas also need City of San Antonio permits. We prepare both and run them at the same time so neither holds up the other.
Water restrictions
San Antonio Water System sets year-round rules and stricter drought stages tied to the Edwards Aquifer. Year-round, sprinklers can't run in the middle of the day; in drought stages they're limited to one assigned day a week based on your address. Drip irrigation and hand watering are treated more generously. SAWS has also offered landscape rebates and coupons for replacing turf with water-wise planting; we check what's current for your address before pricing.
Most requested in San Antonio
Popular services in San Antonio
- Fire pits and outdoor kitchensNorth San Antonio families host, and an outdoor kitchen under a cover gets used year-round, from Fiesta to Thanksgiving.
- Patio covers and shade structuresWest-facing backyards in Stone Oak are unusable in the afternoon without a roof; an engineered, permitted cover fixes that.
- Lighting design and installationOlder builder halogen systems are failing across the north side, and LED retrofits and new designs make yards usable after 7 p.m.
- Front yard designSAWS rules and rebates have made native front yards common, and HOAs want to see a real plan before they approve one.
Completed here
Projects in San Antonio
San Antonio · Shavano Park · 2024
Steel pergola by the pool
A 14 × 20 ft powder-coated steel pergola with cedar rafters shading a pool lounge area, on footings drilled into limestone.
Pergolas · $22,000–$30,000
San Antonio · Alamo Heights · 2023
Native cottage front yard
An overgrown 1930s front yard replanted with native perennials and a mortared flagstone walk, with two Mexican plums kept and featured.
Native planting design · Walkways · $25,000–$35,000
Google reviews
What San Antonio clients say
They kept my two old Mexican plums and built the whole garden around them. Two years later everything is full, something is always blooming, and I water once a week at most. The flagstone walk is level and gorgeous.
Anne W. · San Antonio · Google review Outdoor kitchen, patio cover, fire pit and all new lighting in about nine weeks. The fixed price held even when they found an old irrigation line under the slab. We've hosted something almost every weekend since.
Marcus T. · San Antonio · Google review
We're about 35 minutes from most of north San Antonio, and we schedule San Antonio site walks most weekdays. Tell us your neighborhood when you call and we'll bring the HOA requirements we already have on file.
Free · 45 minutes · no obligation
Book a free site walk in San Antonio
Forty-five minutes on your property with a designer. You'll leave with honest numbers and a clear next step. A fixed-price proposal with a 3D render follows within two weeks.