native landscape help southern Denton County

17 years ago

I know of some good "yard people" I could hire if I wanted a traditional landscape. But that's the last thing I want. We managed to shoehorn a house into our .4 acre and still leave over 60 trees with at least a 6" diameter. I guess my ultimate goal is for it to look like the house was dropped into the middle of the woods, with almost no change to the surrounding area.

Right now we have a lot of bare ground that needs to be smoothed, and in some places the curlex replaced after smoothing. Then we want to sow some native grasses and wildflowers, as discussed in the linked thread. Can anyone recommend someone to do the work of preparing the ground? I don't want it tilled, or more soil brought in, just a smooth surface for occasionally walking on.

Here are some pics of portions of the yard. As you can see, we have some deep ruts, thanks to the heavy rains in December & January.

Here is a link that might be useful: when to sow horseherb

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sally2_gw
17 years ago
I believe there are nurseries that specialize in organics and natives over sort of in your area. but I don't know how close. Check out Green Mama's or Redentas. I don't know exactly where they are, but I think around the mid cities.

Sally
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daylily79
17 years ago
There are soo many good places here. I would call Redentas for sure - it would be worth the trip - the one near me is in Arlington and WOW love it there and they know sooo many people who can do just about anything. They also plant for you if you like -- or at least did some for a friend of mine (I like to get the dirt under my fingers myself... )

Any way - call them stop by and go see what they have. I trust them with everything...

And then get everything else at swaps!
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sandradee
17 years ago
If I understand your question, you're looking for a Bobcat person...a person with a Bobcat who will smooth out your ground so you can get on with your planting. You might try hunting around some new subdivisions. Home builders, maybe even the one who built your home, usually have a company or person they call to do preliminary and then final grading.

If you're looking for someone to do the work by hand, I wish you luck. We needed smaller areas smoothed out and ended up doing the work ourselves. Landscapers we talked to were either "too busy" or they "don't do that kind of thing." Hard to believe. The ones we spoke to in our area just wanted to do major projects (bring in soil, till, level, plant their plants, etc. etc.) or nothing.
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