Services
Landscape Design, Build & Maintenance in the Texas Hill Country
Sam’s Nursery & Landscaping offers landscape design, build, and maintenance in one place, from the first plant in the ground to the final finishing touch. Our team works with property owners across Buchanan Dam and the Hill Country.
What our landscape service includes
Custom design
A layout built around your property and how you want to use it.
Plant and tree selection
Choices drawn from our own nursery.
Hardscape work
Structure and definition for your outdoor space, installed by our team.
Irrigation and fencing
Practical installs that support healthy plants and a finished look.
Subtle outdoor lighting
Lighting ideas that highlight focal points after sunset.
Planting services
We install trees, shrubs, and specialty plants for optimal growth.
Already have a landscape you love? Maintenance is available as a stand-alone service, with no redesign required. Call or stop by to talk through plan options.
Landscape projects
Photos of landscape work completed by Sam’s Nursery & Landscaping.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
The Drace
Lake LBJ, Texas Hill Country
Drought-tolerant entrance landscaping for The Drace on Lake LBJ: blue yucca, agave and pink muhly grass in white and slate gravel beds with boulders, black edging and a maintained lawn along the limestone wall.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
Log Country Cove
Entrance landscaping at the Log Country Cove log-timber gate: terraced sandstone slabs and standing boulders with columnar evergreens, bald cypress, pink muhly grass, lantana and silver groundcover in mulched beds.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
Legendary Estates: Entrance Landscape
Lake LBJ, Texas Hill Country
Low-water entrance landscaping at the Legendary Estates on Lake LBJ stone monument sign: pampas grass, agave, blue yucca, European fan palms and sago palms with lantana color, set in river-gravel beds with native boulders and landscape lighting.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
Legendary Estates: Home Landscape and Drainage
Lake LBJ, Texas Hill Country
Home landscape and drainage design on a Lake LBJ lot: gravel and river-rock beds with steel-grate trench drains, steel edging, flagstone and limestone steppers, boulders and a petrified-wood monolith, planted with agave, yucca, prickly pear, pink muhly grass and junipers, with landscape lighting and ongoing maintenance.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
Legendary Estates: Backyard, Turf and Deck
Lake LBJ, Texas Hill Country
Lakefront backyard and front yard landscape on Lake LBJ: artificial turf terraces with board-formed concrete steps and walls, an in-ground trampoline, lounge decks, cable-rail and iron fencing, and rust steel-edged black gravel beds planted with blue yucca and agave. Out front, a paver driveway with sod lawn, stone steppers and a multi-stem tree in a limestone planter, with the lakeside dock walk finished in river rock.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
Design, Drainage and Water Feature
A flowing stream built through a river-rock and boulder channel with steel edging, path lighting and flagstone stepping slabs, running down a lawn toward the lake and planted with abelia and flowering shrubs. A cut-limestone water wall with two scuppers spills into a flagstone patio, with curved limestone steps and capped retaining walls. Boulder-lined dry creek swales carry drainage across the lawn past crape myrtles and oaks, and tiered limestone beds are planted with mistflower.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
King Court
A garage conversion and landscape design at King Court on the lake: a bright open kitchen and living space with a loft, two bedrooms and a tiled bath, plus a covered patio, gravel drive with concrete curbing, mowed lawn with boulders, a gazebo and a stone-ringed fire pit by the water.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
Custom Designs and Maintenance: Home Landscape
Home landscape design and ongoing maintenance around a limestone and metal-roof house: curved, capped limestone retaining walls holding raised beds of lilyturf, barrel cactus, rosemary, purple sage, pampas grass and Pride of Barbados, with crape myrtles at the house, a tiered fountain, river-rock mulch, and a blue plumbago bed with path lighting and a slatted privacy screen. The grounds include a tree-lined concrete drive, a lawn and a lakeside sport court.
Landscape Design, Driveway Refinishing, Fence Design and Maintenance
Custom Designs and Maintenance: Driveway and Fence
Landscape design, driveway refinishing and fence design and maintenance on a lakefront property shaded by live oaks. The refinished terracotta-tinted concrete drive is edged with native boulders and runs to stone-pillared entry gates and a red-painted iron fence beside a stained wood privacy fence. Around it are lawns, rock-bordered beds of society garlic, yellow bells and yucca, and a lakeside patio of flagstone, glazed pots and an infinity-edge pool with a stone-and-tile waterfall and slide.
At Sam’s
Design: a layout built around your property
Custom design starts with how you want to use your property. The layout, plant and tree selection and any added features follow from that.
Plants and trees for a design can come from Sam’s own nursery. You can also walk in during business hours and speak with a landscape design expert.
At Sam’s
Build: installation by our team
Build work is the hands-on side of a project. It covers hardscape work, irrigation and fencing, subtle outdoor lighting, and planting of trees, shrubs and specialty plants.
Which pieces apply depends on your design. A project might use one of them or several.
At Sam’s
Maintenance: available on its own
Maintenance is offered as a stand-alone service. If you already have a landscape you like, you do not need a redesign to get help caring for it.
Tell us what is there today and what kind of upkeep you want, and we can talk through the options.
General guidance
What to consider when planning a landscape project
Educational tips that apply to any project. They are not a statement of what Sam’s provides.
These points apply to almost any landscape project in the Texas Hill Country.
How you use the space
Decide whether the area is for entertaining, play, privacy, views or low-effort curb appeal. The answer shapes everything else.
Water
Hill Country summers can be hot and dry. Match plant choices to how much water you can supply, with irrigation or by hand.
Order of work
Hardscape and irrigation usually go in before planting, because digging later can disturb new plants.
Upkeep
Decide up front how much maintenance you want to do yourself. It affects plant choices and layout.
Phasing
A larger plan can often be built in stages, which lets you spread out the work and refine ideas as you go.
Local rules
Fences, structures and drainage changes can be affected by city, county or HOA rules. Check early.
What to bring or tell us for a consultation
You do not need a finished plan. These details help us understand the property and what you are hoping for.
For a design or build project
- A description of the property, or photos from several angles to show us in person
- A rough sketch or measurements of the area
- What you want to use the space for
- Features you want to keep, such as mature trees
- Known constraints: slopes, utilities, drainage, HOA rules
- Your timeline and a rough sense of scope
For maintenance only
- A description of what is in the landscape now, or photos to show us in person
- The kind of upkeep you are looking for
- Anything that is struggling or needs attention
Start with a conversation
Walk in during business hours to speak with a landscape design expert, or send us the details and we will follow up on the next step.
Questions about landscape design, build and maintenance
Yes. Sam’s offers custom design, installation work and maintenance, and they can be used together or separately.
Yes. Maintenance is available as a stand-alone service.
Sam’s offers hardscape work, irrigation, fencing and subtle outdoor lighting, along with planting of trees, shrubs and specialty plants.
Yes. Plant and tree selection can be drawn from our own nursery in Buchanan Dam.
Plant nursery & native plantsWalk in during business hours to speak with a landscape design expert, or send your details through the contact form.
Send your detailsServing Hill Country towns from Buchanan Dam
Pick your town to see how this service works for your side of the Hill Country, or see all areas we serve. Questions first? Our FAQs cover the basics.
Walk in anytime or book a consultation
Stop by our nursery in Buchanan Dam to talk through your plants, landscape, outdoor living, or building project.