Landscaping and Outdoor Lighting in Dallas–Fort Worth
Landscaping is the living layer of a backyard: turf, planting beds, irrigation and low-voltage lighting, designed with the hardscape rather than added after it. Longhorn plans it across Dallas–Fort Worth with plants that handle North Texas heat, so the irrigation and lighting are in the ground before the stone goes down.
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What’s in Longhorn’s Landscaping?
A pool deck with nothing around it looks like a hotel parking lot. Planting, beds and lighting are what turn a build into a landscape, and in North Texas that means Bermuda or St. Augustine underfoot and plants that shrug off July.
We design the living layer with the hardscape, so irrigation, drainage and lighting are in the ground before the stone goes down.
- Bermuda or St. Augustine turf, and heat-tolerant, water-wise planting
- Irrigation and drainage designed with the hardscape
- Low-voltage lighting that makes the yard work after dark
Most landscaping projects we build are designed at the same time as the hardscape, pool and pergola. That is the whole point of one team drawing the yard before anyone digs.
How is Landscaping installed, priced and cared for?
Pick turf for the light you have. Bermuda loves full sun and handles wear but goes thin in shade. St. Augustine takes more shade but wants more water. Most yards with mature trees end up with a mix and beds where grass will not grow.
For planting, we lean on heat-tolerant, water-wise plants that handle North Texas summers and the occasional hard freeze. Grouping plants by how much water they need keeps the irrigation simple and avoids drowning one bed to keep another alive.
On Blackland clay, the ground drains slowly, so we plan beds and grading to move water away from the house and the patio. Irrigation should water deep and less often in clay rather than a little every day.
What drives cost: the size of the area, how much soil prep and grading it needs, irrigation zones, plant size at install, and lighting. The stages are design, grading and drainage, irrigation and lighting lines, soil prep, then planting, sod and mulch. Your city may have watering-day rules, so check before you set the controller.
Landscaping: common questions
Bermuda loves full sun and handles wear, but it goes thin in shade. St. Augustine takes more shade and wants more water. Most yards with mature trees end up with a mix of the two, plus planting beds where grass will not grow.
We do not quote one figure, because the size of the area, the soil prep and grading it needs, the number of irrigation zones, the plant size at install and the lighting all move the price. The free design visit gives you a firm price for your own yard.
Yes. Both are designed with the hardscape and installed on the same schedule, so nothing gets cut into a finished patio later.
Usually for pools, structures attached to the house and anything electrical or gas. We file it and handle the inspection so it doesn’t stall your schedule.
That’s the point. One design, one crew and one schedule for the whole backyard, so the pieces fit each other instead of being bolted on one at a time.
Water early in the morning, deep and less often, and adjust the controller as the season changes. Check heads for leaks or overspray every so often. Follow your city’s watering schedule, which can change during drought.
Shut off and drain the irrigation backflow if your system needs it, cover tender plants, and hold off pruning freeze damage until spring shows what is still alive.
Before You Commit to Landscaping
- Plant for the climate you have. Beds and turf that survive a North Texas August without constant water are a planting choice, made before anything goes in the ground.
- Design the irrigation with the beds. Zones that match how the planting actually drinks save water and keep the bill sensible; retrofitting zones later rarely goes well.
- Light it for the evening. Low-voltage lighting is what makes a finished backyard usable after dark, and the runs are easiest to place while the beds are open.
How does a landscaping project run?
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A free design visit
A designer measures the yard, walks the access a crew would use, and talks through what you want the space to do. You get a firm price, not a range.
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Drawings, permit and HOA
We draw the job, file the permit with your city and follow it through review. Where an HOA needs a submittal, we prepare the drawings it asks for.
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One crew, one schedule
The same team builds the whole thing in the right order, so the slab, the structure, the electrical and the finish work are not three companies blaming each other.
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Walkthrough and warranty
We walk the finished job with you, settle the punch list, and leave you with one warranty covering the work rather than a folder of separate ones.
From the Field
Practical notes on building a backyard in North Texas.
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Who builds your project
- Family-owned since 1984. Dallas–Fort Worth homeowners have hired Longhorn for four decades. The business is still family-owned.
- One team, start to finish. The designer who measures your yard and the crew that builds it work for Longhorn, on one schedule.
- In-house crews. The people who quote the job are the people who stand behind it.
- Permits and HOA handled. We draw the job, file the permit with your city and prepare what most HOAs ask for.
- One warranty. One company answers for the whole project, not a folder of separate contractors.
Free estimate on Landscaping
We’ll come out, measure, talk through the options and give you a firm number. No obligation.
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