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Thank you Austin Woman Magazine for including our principal Sarah in your summer feature!

Our visit to Spicewood Ranch was a reminder that ecological restoration is measured in decades, not seasons.

When stewardship efforts began on this 1,100-acre Burnet County ranch in 1988, much of the property was dominated by KR bluestem, and many of the Hill Country's most valuable grasses, forbs and woody species had been lost or severely reduced by overgrazing.

Through nearly 40 years of experimental research, including prescribed fires, careful cedar and mesquite control, native seed collection and spreading, deer management and invasive species reduction, the land is transforming into a living example of what long-term restoration efforts can achieve.
Thank you to ecologist David Mahler and the Spicewood Ranch team for sharing decades of knowledge, experimentation and stewardship on this tour!

We left inspired by the patience, persistence and systems thinking required to restore a landscape at this scale.

We’re celebrating the honor of being recognized again by Austin Home Magazine as one of Austin’s Best Landscape Designers, in the Summer 2026 “Wellness in Design” issue!

We’re so grateful to be a part of such a talented community of landscape designers and for the opportunity to shape meaningful outdoor experiences.

A heartfelt thank you to our clients, collaborators, peers and to Austin Home for your support.

Happy Spring and Texas Wildflower Day - two things we always love celebrating!

We recently came across a beautiful range of color variations in Prairie Paintbrush (Castilleja purpurea) on a ranch in Brown County, and it’s a reminder of just how dynamic and expressive our native landscapes can be.

This is our favorite time of year in Central Texas, when the land really shows off! We hope you have a chance to get outside and enjoy the fruits of all the rain we’ve been lucky to receive lately.

We snuck off to cooler temps one last time before the Texas summer sets in, trading limestone and heat for granite, water and salt air at Acadia National Park.

We spent a day around Jordan Pond and The Bubbles, moving through stretches of trail carefully restored with timber cribbing to manage erosion.

We finished at Thunder Hole, where the power of the Atlantic Ocean was on full display, shaping the landscape in real time.

We’re always inspired by places that balance public access and preservation so well!