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Prices, permits, plants and the calendar for Central Texas yards

The things people ask on the walk-through, written down with 2026 Austin numbers: what each kind of work costs, when a tree needs a permit, who needs a licence, what to plant, how to water under the rules, and what to do each month.

Landscaping crew planting native shrubs along a limestone path in the front yard of a stone-and-brick Austin home shaded by a spreading live oak

Landscaping cost in Austin

Every service on one page with its 2026 range, and the five things that move a quote.

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A crane lifting a cut trunk section away from a two-story Austin home while a ground crew feeds brush into a chipper

Tree removal cost

By size and situation, with the crane question, the permit line and what a heritage tree adds.

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A freshly mowed St. Augustine lawn with crisp stripes and clean edges beside a flagstone walkway in a Central Texas backyard

Lawn care cost

Per visit, per month and per year, for mowing alone and for a full program, by lot size.

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A newly planted front yard with Texas sage, yucca, decomposed granite paths and limestone edging in front of a modern Austin home

Landscape design cost

What a plan costs, what it includes, how the fee is credited, and what an install from a plan runs.

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Rolls of Bermuda sod being laid across raked soil in an Austin backyard, pallets stacked by the fence

Sod installation cost

Bermuda, St. Augustine and Zoysia per square foot, the prep that changes the number, and a worked example.

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A climbing arborist in a harness trimming a dead limb from a large live oak over a Central Texas rooftop

Austin tree removal permits

The 19-inch and 24-inch rules, hazard exemptions, mitigation, and how the application works.

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Gloved hands replacing a pop-up sprinkler head beside a trench of drip tubing in a Central Texas lawn

Texas landscaping licences

No general licence, but TCEQ for irrigation and TDA for chemicals; what to ask any contractor.

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A freshly mulched bed of lantana and salvia with a crisp limestone edge in front of a Central Texas porch

Austin lawn care calendar

Month by month: pre-emergent, feeding, mowing heights, aeration, cutbacks and the oak-pruning window.

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A drought-tolerant front garden of agave, red yucca, blackfoot daisy and crushed granite under a bright Texas sky

Drought-tolerant plants

The natives and adapted plants that survived 2021, 2023 and every August since, sorted by job.

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A sun-baked Central Texas lawn going brown in August drought, cracked soil along the sidewalk edge

Water restrictions

How Austin Water's schedule and stages work, what they mean for a lawn, and how to plant for them.

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Mowing, trees, beds, irrigation, stone, lighting or a whole new front yard: tell us what you have in mind and someone calls back to set up a visit. Written prices, no deposit until you approve a plan.

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