Landscaping in Round Rock, a city of builder lawns reaching the age where they need help
Round Rock grew from a small town on Brushy Creek into a city of 141,000 in a generation, most of it subdivisions built from the 1990s on. The yards are a decade or two old now: the builder Bermuda is tired, the builder sprinklers leak, and the HOA still reads the front yard every month.
By the Census Bureau's count Round Rock has 141,282 people, 55 percent of its homes owner-occupied, a median home of $418,600 and a median household income just under $100,000. It is a city of families in subdivisions: Teravista, Forest Creek, Behrens Ranch, Paloma Lake, the older streets near the downtown square and Old Settlers Park, and the apartment and townhome blocks along I-35 that property managers look after. The ground is mostly Blackland clay east of I-35 and thinner limestone soil to the west toward Brushy Creek.
The yards share a history. They were sodded with Bermuda by a builder, given a sprinkler system with a cheap controller, and handed over. Ten to twenty years later the calls are consistent: a lawn that has thinned and weeded because it was never fed or pre-emerged, a sprinkler system with a stuck valve and three broken heads that has been overwatering the driveway, a crape myrtle or red oak that has outgrown its spot, and a front bed of builder shrubs that died in the 2021 freeze and was never replaced. The fix is a lawn program, an irrigation audit by a licensed irrigator, and a bed redesign with natives that will take the next freeze.
Round Rock has its own tree ordinance, with protected trees on commercial and larger residential sites, and the contractor checks it before any removal. Nearly every subdivision has an HOA with architectural review for front-yard changes, and the submittal is built into the quote. Round Rock is a short run up I-35 or MoPac from the Austin base, and maintenance routes run there most days.
What Round Rock yards get
Builder lawn rescue
Feeding, pre-emergent and aeration programs for the Bermuda that was sodded and forgotten.
Builder sprinkler audits
Decade-old systems walked, repaired and reprogrammed by a licensed irrigator.
Freeze-proof beds
Front beds replanted with natives that survived 2021 and 2023 instead of the builder shrubs that did not.
City tree rules checked
Round Rock's ordinance reviewed before any removal; oaks pruned in the oak-wilt window.
HOA review handled
Submittals to Teravista, Forest Creek, Behrens Ranch and the rest before the work.
Rentals along I-35
Set days, photo reports and one monthly price for the townhome and rental blocks.
Neighborhoods and roads
- Teravista
- Forest Creek
- Behrens Ranch
- Paloma Lake
- Stone Oak
- Chandler Creek
- Old Town & the downtown square
- Old Settlers Park area
- Brushy Creek
- Gattis School Road corridor
- University Boulevard
- Round Rock 78664 · 78665 · 78681
Services in Round Rock
- Lawn care, mowing, beds and mulch, sod
- Tree trimming, tree removal, stump grinding
- Landscape design, patios and walls, xeriscaping, lighting, irrigation repair
Asked in Round Rock
Does Round Rock need a tree permit?
The city has its own tree ordinance, mainly for larger trees on commercial and bigger residential lots. The contractor checks the current rule for your address before a removal is quoted.
Why is my builder lawn so thin?
It was never fed or pre-emerged, and the sprinklers have been watering the driveway. A season of a lawn program plus an irrigation audit brings most of them back; a few need sod.
Does Teravista review front-yard changes?
Yes, like most Round Rock HOAs: plants, hardscape and anything visible from the street. The submittal is part of the quote.
Can you handle the townhomes my company manages?
Yes. One contact, one invoice, a photo after each visit, and the same crew on the same day.
What died in the freeze and what should replace it?
Builder favorites such as pittosporum, oleander and sago palm. Replace with agarita, cenizo, dwarf yaupon, Texas mountain laurel and salvias, which came through both freezes.
Is there a travel charge to Round Rock?
No. Same prices across the service area.
Nearby: Pflugerville · Hutto · Georgetown · whole service area