Before we moved upstream, we built. Estates, public memorials, a 500-acre ranch compound, school playgrounds, commercial sites. This portfolio is why the consulting works: we've stood in the decisions we now help owners make. Every project below carries a lesson about where projects succeed, and where they fail.
Three properties merged into one riverside vision. Design and consultation for a multi-estate transformation including cliffside waterfalls, limestone staircases, and entertainment spaces. Upstream lesson: three properties, one vision—alignment between stakeholders was the project. The waterfalls were the easy part.
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500-acre family compound in the Texas Hill Country. Design and project management for 50 acres of intensive development including multiple residences, horse paddocks, and road networks. $1.2M landscape scope. Upstream lesson: at this scale, sequencing is the budget. Built in the wrong order, the same scope costs double.
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Landscape design and installation for the Firefighter Memorial on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Navigated government approvals while creating a space worthy of honoring Texas firefighters. Upstream lesson: government work is approval architecture. The design that gets built is the one that survives process.
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Designing and building play spaces for children across Austin-area schools. From natural playscapes with organic materials to custom-built wooden playground structures. Upstream lesson: safety codes and budgets don't negotiate. Creative scope lives inside constraints or it doesn't get built.
View Project DetailsA comprehensive landscape transformation in Sunnyvale, TX featuring a custom pool with swim-up bar, outdoor kitchen, native Texas plantings, dry creek bed, and tiered retaining walls - all designed to complement the existing residence while maximizing outdoor living potential. Upstream lesson: complement what exists. The most expensive designs are the ones that fight the site.
"In wildness is the preservation of the world" - Henry David Thoreau