Southlake Landscaping

Southlake Landscaping Company owner Sherry Callahan, President of Harvest Landscape, says that now is the time to prepare spring plantings.

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Southlake Landscaping Company (Harvest Landscape) offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscap

e at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on the Harvest Landscape website. You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Fort Worth, Southlake, and Colleyville Landscaper, (Harvest Landscape) offers Tips and Tricks for Spring plantings and yard care.

The rainy season is here!  The recent spring rainfall has given plants a good watering; but with young leaves still developing, plants, trees and shrubs are vulnerable to insects and fungal infections at this time.  Soon the dry, hot and humid weather will return and bring with it a host of new potential problems. Harvest Landscape Services would like to offer you these important tips!

• Due to the cool, rainy weather, leaf spot has become a big issue especially on Photinias, Hawthorn, and Cleyera.  It’s important to keep the fallen leaves out of the beds to minimize the spread of the disease. Let us know if you are having problems and we’ll be happy to help.  Don’t forget to cut back on the water!
• Another problem starting this time of year, especially with all the rain, is slugs and snails.  It’s a good idea to treat your beds for them along with other types of insects that have started to become active.  This will keep them from killing your newly planted annuals.
• We recommend that you turn your sprinkler systems off unless you have new root plantings in your yard or beds.  The cool, rainy weather pattern we are experiencing can cause quite a few problems.
• Spider mites are really bad right now as well. Keep an eye on all of Junipers, Cedars, and Cypress!  They can get out of hand quickly.
• It is grub preventative time!  June bugs lay eggs in May and June and the larvae feed on the roots of the turf from late June thru October.  They can’t distinguish between turf types!  There is no way to tell if, or how much damage they will cause until it’s too late. When it gets late in the season, the turf is not growing aggressively due to the heat, which makes it extremely difficult to repair the damage with fertilization and cultural practices.  Feel free to contact us if you would like to have a grub preventative applied to your lawn.
• We’ve seen chinch bugs this week! Be on the lookout for browning, it could be from brown patch or chinch bugs right now.

Harvest Landscape Services recommends an Integrated Pest Management program.  Contact us today to see how we can help!

Fort Worth, Southlake, and Colleyville Landscaper (Harvest Landscape) offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on the Harvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Fort Worth Landscaping Firm Harvest Landscape Designs & Installs Beautiful Landscapes to Improve Property Values.

Smart landscaping improves the curb appeal and value of your home.  A variety of studies reveal that landscaping can increase the value of residential and commercial property from 7% to as much as 20%, with the average around 15%. Besides the personal enjoyment you’ll get from a prettier yard, landscaping adds more value than almost any other home renovation.  Even if you have no immediate plans to move, landscaping is the one home improvement that actually appreciates over time, if properly maintained. 

If your bushes and trees are healthy and properly trimmed, then enhancing your landscape could be as simple as adding seasonal color.  An attractive landscape usually has color.  Adding colorful plants add a cheerful appearance and create a memorable landscape.  If you’re planning on selling your home, keep in mind that buyers will visit numerous homes over the course of their search, so anything you can do to enhance the exterior of your home helps them to recall your home in a positive way.  Colors that easily grab attention are yellow, red and orange.  If your preference is a relaxing appearance, then choose the colors in the blue and purple range.

Whether the real estate you own includes your home, rental properties or a business, a well-manicured landscape adds value.  The outside is vital because that is what the buyer sees first, and they say “you never get a second chance to make a first impression”.  Marcie Cummings, a well-known and successful real estate agent for Keller Williams Realty, agrees.  “I’ve been in the real estate business in the Fort Worth area for over 23 years, and I can say with confidence that the importance of landscaping in selling a home cannot be stressed enough.  When a ‘For Sale’ sign is located in front of a home, potential buyers place a great importance on the appearance of the home’s exterior.  I’ve attended numerous ‘open house’ events and there is a big difference in the number of people who stop and walk into a home that is well-landscaped versus the number of people who slow down or stop in front of a home with little or no landscaping, but then drive away.  For those homes that do not have a nicely landscaped front yard, a great number of potential buyers won’t bother to walk in the front door.”  The real estate market is highly competitive, therefore accentuating the need for greater curb appeal for homes.  “An average house with nice landscaping will show more frequently and sell faster,” according to Marcie.

Even if you do not plan on selling your home, the values of homes in your area are determined in large part by the selling price of homes that are located in close proximity.  Just think – if everyone on your block could have a beautiful landscape, home values in your area would go up and that would indirectly help the value of your home as well.

The advantages of a professionally installed landscape go beyond the beautiful appearance you will enjoy. Harvest Landscape understands the importance of helping homeowners and commercial property owners realize the added value that professional landscaping can bring. You can reap substantial returns now and in the future with a Harvest Landscape designed and built solution.  Harvest also offers landscape designs in 3D technology, which greatly enhances our ability to work with you in creating the true garden of your dreams.  Our clients can now visualize how their new landscapes will look right down to intricate details such as plants, trees, shrubs, building materials and water features.  Along with their virtual 3D movie and 3D perspectives, clients that choose this option still receive a detailed drawing of their new landscape.  Thus, providing them with a complete design package all before any construction begins!

For homeowners, find out how Harvest Landscapes Design Services can help you increase the value of your property, and make the outside of your home the envy of the neighborhood.  Smart Money Magazine published a special report in its March 2003 issue entitled “Add 15 Percent to Your Home’s Value.” The magazine told its readers, “one of your greatest assets may be your own backyard, literally. As the housing market turns softer, Americans are realizing that one of the best ways to increase a home’s resale value is to revamp the landscape.”

For Commercial Property Owners, find out how a properly designed landscape layout can enhance curb appeal.  Harvest’s Commercial Landscape Services can enhance the value of properties owned by businesses, thereby generating more traffic.

Fort Worth Landscaping Firm Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on the Harvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Southlake Landscaping Company Harvest Landscape offers tips for how to handle Fall and Early Winter landscape maintenance.

Here are some tips for the month of November that will help keep your garden looking it’s best!

1. Install Seasonal Color for Fall and Winter if you haven’t already. 
2. Now is a great time to plant trees! Root systems grow and develope at this time. More rain and cooler temperatures allow trees to get a head start on spring!
3. Install Winter Rye. Winter Rye thrives in the cooler months, leaving you with a fresh and green lawn.
4. Call us today to set up a time for installation.
5. Don’t forget to mulch all garden beds. Winterize your lawn. Get a jump on spring weeds.
6. Look out for Brown Spot Fungus in your lawn. If you suspect your lawn is infected, contact your consultant as soon as possible. An anti-fungal spray should be applied.
7. Remember to call and schedule an irrigation check and repair so that your system is functioning at 100%
8. Also, don’t forget to have your rain and freeze sensors checked!

Southlake Landscaping Company Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on theHarvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Colleyville Landscaping Company (Harvest Landscape) offers tips for Early Spring maintenance that will help to make your yard more beautiful and fun for outdoor living.

February is the month to get ready for spring by getting your garden in shape. March will be quickly approaching and will be time for those early season annuals.

1. Water your plants sparingly. This time of year shrubs and trees require little water and cooler temperatures help your beds will stay moist longer. Even your annuals, like pansies and violas, don’t need a lot. However, it is important to make sure your beds are moist if a hard freeze is expected. In this case, the moisture in the beds actually helps to insulate the roots of the plants.
2. Late February is also a good time to trim back perennials, grasses, and rose bushes if you haven’t done so already. This helps these plants by getting the old, dead foliage out of the way so that it is easier for the new growth to come out in March when it starts to warm up.
3. Late February and early March is also a good time to spread slow release fertilizer on your trees and shrubs, and will give them the extra boost they need when they their start their new leave flush in mid to late March
4. March 15th is a good time to start planting if you plan to install early spring annuals like; Alyssum, Petunias, Dianthus, or Snapdragons. Just remember that these plants will have to be protected from a hard freeze. An old blanket, sheet, or piece of burlap makes a good protection cloth. Using plastic is not a good option as it will still burn the leaves of the plants
5. Late March, early April is a good time to rejuvenate your bedding soil if you decided not to plant winter annuals, and are not planning on planting any early spring annuals. Doing this gets your beds ready so in April, when you are ready to start planting, the dirt work is already done and you can focus on picking out your spring annuals.
6. Prune trees and shrubs in order to ensure your tree’s healthy appearance
7. Check evergreens for sign of desiccation.

- Travis Hancock, Landscape Consultant

Colleyville Landscaping Company Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on theHarvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Fort Worth Landscape Designer (Harvest Landscape) discusses THE HOTTEST DESIGN TREND: Creating your Outdoor Dream Kitchen!

Refrigerators, cooktops, & warming trays are great additions to the Outdoor Kitchen

The hottest design in kitchens right now is to put them outside. Cooking outdoors is one of those wonderful pleasures! The smell of grilling food is mouth-watering and the thought of everything tasting so good (and hot off the grill) conjures up the thought of fun with your family and/or friends! It’s hard to not have a great time - that is, unless you’re the harried host running back and forth between the grill and the kitchen for the meat, drinks, spices, plates & utensils, as well as condiments.

An outdoor kitchen can help you enjoy the cooking as well as spending more time with family and friends by putting all the ingredients for outdoor dining within reach. It can be as simple as a storage cabinet for cooking gear and a counter top with bar stools, or as ambitious as a full kitchen with grill, range, refrigerator, sink and eating area. You can also go for the gold and add a pizza oven, wine refrigerator or other fabulous accessories.

1. Here are some other extras that will elevate the fabulousness of your outdoor living space:
2. Consider a warming drawer to keep your food hot while you continue to grill.
3. How about a refrigerator and/or an ice-maker so drinks stay cold?
4. Got pizza? How about a pizza oven or wood-burning oven to cook your favorite treats
5. Soft lighting creates a pleasant atmosphere for evening get-together’s.
6. A big-screen TV allows you to expand your living room to the outdoors.
7. Heaters and water misters allow you to use your outdoor living area practically year-around!

The possibilities are endless. And, it starts with good planning! Harvest Landscape can help you design the outdoor kitchen and living area of your dreams. And, if you’re not sure what you want, just give us a call. We’ll walk you through the process! If you would like to see a design of the finished product, we also offer plans in 3D so you can easily visualize your new outdoor living space. And, here’s the good news. Adding an outdoor kitchen adds to the real estate value of your home!

Fort Worth Landscape Designer Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on theHarvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Fort Worth Landscaping Company (Harvest Landscape) is expert at handling difficult and challenging landscape delimmas through creative and innovative designs.

Dilemma Design – What can be done with my drainage problem? How can I enhance the view from my patio? The Reed’s called Harvest Landscape to ask for help. Their next door neighbor changed the slope of their back yard, which created a drainage problem for the Reed’s. The neighbor’s property was already at a higher elevation than the Reed’s. Instead of the rain water draining along the side of the house, it now ran down a hill into the patio of the Reed’s home. The Reed’s were already thinking about enhancing their backyard. They expressed an interest in adding a waterfall in order to create a serene and relaxing environment while they sat on their patio or looked out their back window.

Above is the “BEFORE” picture of the Reed’s back yard, while standing on the patio.

The “AFTER” picture above shows the incredible new view from the patio! Serene and inviting.

Harvest Landscape asked questions and listened to the Reed’s ideas. Working together, Harvest created a tiered waterfall, rock stairs that lead to the top of their hill, and a tiered rock structure in which beautiful plants would display a cascading view. With the boulders in place, the waterfall and stairs finished, Harvest employees began work on planting the landscape with beautiful plants. You can see the natural dry creek bed in front of the stone structure, which will divert water from the patio to run alongside the stone structure, thereby creating a system that moves the water away from the house while creating a serene environment. We resolved the drainaige issues and turned a problem into an oasis. As you can see from the pictures below, the Reeds now have a beautiful new landscape they can escape to and enjoy year round.

Harvest created a customized stone stairway, and dug out the side of the hill in order to divert the water draining into the patio.

Harvest was able to create a three-tiered waterfall, which enhances the beauty of their outdoors while creating the wonderful sound of water running.

The natural dry creek bed will divert water from the patio to run alongside the stone structure

This is the view from the top of the stairs. The overflow of water created when there is a heavy rain is diverted underground.

Fort Worth Landscaping Company Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on the Harvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

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Southlake Landscape Company offers outdoor Arbors, Fire Pit and Kitchen for residential and clients in Fort Worth, Southlake, Colleyville and Flower Mound.

Entertaining outside in Texas is now available almost year-round! Whether you’re entertaining on a warm summer evening, or during the springtime or fall, you can now extend your living area outside! The ability to entertain, spend time with your family, unwind after a hard day surrounded by a beautiful landscape is simply priceless! We take your dreams and help make them a reality. Harvest Landscape brings creative and thoughtful design to your porches, patios, pools, terraces and backyard, thereby extending the living and kitchen area of your home.

Are you interested in the latest craze? Outdoor kitchens are becoming increasingly popular, as are firepits & fireplaces that surround the patio. Charcoal grills are out – personalized cooking areas are in! Harvest Landscape can add gas ranges, sinks, faucets and counter-top prep areas to complete your new outdoor kitchen. The layout of an outdoor kitchen depends on your style of cooking, and we will ask you questions in order to design your personalized outdoor kitchen. Outdoor kitchens have come a long way, and not only include grilling features, but stir-frying, rotisserie features, and pizza ovens. There is not a better way to savor the seasons than to eat dinner outdoors. By integrating a dining area as one of your outdoor rooms, you increase the functionality of the space as well as have a perfect area for family gatherings. Creating a pattern on the floor (with natural stone, pavers, or stamped concrete) helps define the area and also brings visual interest and color to the area. Call us today to begin planning your personal space!

And, if you’re concerned about mosquitoes bothering you and your guests, ask us about a mosquito misting system that can be installed in your backyard. It’s a wonderful way to rid yourself of unwanted pests so you can thoroughly enjoy your backyard experience mosquito-free!

For the outdoor living area of your dreams….for the escape you deserve

Call Harvest Landscape today at (817) 236-5296 for a free estimate!

Southlake Landscape Company Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on the Harvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Fort Worth Landscape Company offers Swimming Pool Design services to residential and commercial clients in Fort Worth, Southlake, Colleyville and Flower Mound.

Harvest Pools uses the latest design methods to ensure that your pool is what you want it to be. Computer design along with hand drawn styling is used to deliver a functional yet originally designed pool. Our Landscape Architects and Designers, oversee all pool designs delivering their many years of experience to supply you with a pool that is pleasing to the eye and structurally sound. Adding an outdoor living area to your pool turns your Fort Worth backyard into a getaway, and gives you the cooking and leisure areas to maximize your pool.

There are many different styles of pools available. Harvest Pools will work with you to help pick out the pool type and size that makes your dreams come true. But it does not stop there, Harvest Landscaping steps in to professionally design and install the correct landscaping that completes your pool environment.

Once we have your pool designed how you want it the construction process begins. Our pool Supervisors are some of the best in the trade with years of experience. The construction process is done in 3 steps, which you will be kept aware of.

1. Layout and excavation
2. Forming and Spraying
3. Applying Finish and Testing

The last step in the process is your enjoyment.

Harvest Pools backs its beautifully designed pools with the best pool gear in the industry. We hand pick the correct pumps, filters and heaters to ensure the correct match with your pool design. Years of experience have shown us which pool gear works best for different designs. We offer energy saving heavy duty pumps for years of trouble free operation.

By strategically placing the skimmers, drains and inlets, Harvest Pools designs pools that will function correctly and are not a hassle to keep clean. Professionally chosen, automatic pool cleaners help to keep your pool sparkling with a minimum of  work.

Consider the night time enjoyment of your pool. Lighting and heaters provide an after dark environment that can offer a relaxing end of the day experience. The use of remote controls and timers to setup your pool can insure it is ready when you want. Harvest Pools can install backyard lighting to create the perfect backyard environment.

Fort Worth Landscape Company Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on the Harvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

Westlake Landscape Company offers Irrigation & Drainage services to residential and commercial clients in Westlake and the towns of Southlake and Flower Mound.

Lawn & landscape irrigation is a highly specialized skill that combines the use of plumbing, electronics and hydraulic engineering to deliver the correct amount of water to your lawn and landscape plants. The correct amount of water to keep plants and turf healthy can change every day. Rainfall, temperature, wind, day length, soil type, soil water capacity and several other factors all change on a daily basis to affect how much water your lawn & landscape needs. We offer rain sensors that turn off your system after natural rainfall has occurred. They will even keep your system turned off until the soil dries out and requires more water. If your lawn or plants get too much water, it not only wastes water but is harmful to the plants. Too little water and your plants and lawn suffer as well. Our job is to make sure your plants and turf get just the right amount of water for a landscape that enhances the beauty and health of your outdoor world.

Proper drainage and control of water on your residential or commercial property is essential. Harvest Landscape offers the evaluation and recommendation of proper drainage solutions to meet your needs. In order to assist the water to flow properly, we may recommend the installation of a French Drain. The purpose of a French Drainage System is to carry unwanted free standing water away from a building, such as your home. French drains are commonly installed near the perimeter of a building at the lowest point or anywhere where standing water is found. The system may terminate at any point where the water will not drain back toward the house. The best approach is to run the water out to the street or to a dry well.

French drains are generally shallow drainage systems. However, as with your plumbing waste drainage, French drains operate on the principle of gravity. The drain must slope downward. The minimum recommended slope is 1/4 inch per foot. If the landscape grade runs upward along the French drain path you will have to dig deeper to maintain a downward slope.

Call Harvest Landscape today at (817) 236-5296 for a free estimate!

Westlake Landscape Company Harvest Landscape offers personal consultations and free estimates. Contact Jeannie Rios at Harvest Landscape at 817-236-5296 or fill out a free consultation form on the Harvest Landscape website.  You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter.

For the Yard of Your Dreams, for the Escape You Deserve.