TRANSFORM YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE
Expert landscape designer that will help you create the outdoor you always wanted
When the weather is comfortably warm, there’s nothing quite like spending time outdoors. Whether it’s enjoying some quality time with family or having fun with friends, a beautiful and efficient backyard can make outdoor life much easier. At Serene Landscape Design, we can help you design the backyard you’ve always dreamed of. Not only will it increase your home’s value, but a great design can also provide a peaceful retreat for everyone to enjoy. Our expert team considers the perfect flow of lines, colors, textures, heights, and focal points that go well together to create a back yard that is both functional and beautiful. A well-designed backyard is not just an investment in your home, but it can also catch the interest of potential buyers if you’re considering selling your property in the future. In a booming city like Austin/Round Rock, an outdoor living space that has all the social entertainment and relaxation areas in place, fully decorated with beautiful plants, will definitely be an eye-catcher. Let us help you create your perfect backyard oasis.
Serene Landscape Design is located in Round Rock, Texas, and proudly serve the surrounding areas including North Austin, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Pflugerville, and Hutto. However, distance is not a barrier as we also offer our services to clients who are located outside of these areas, provided they can provide us with the necessary measurements required for the design.
Our team is dedicated to working closely with our clients and exceeding their expectations. We take the time to sit down with each client, guiding them through the process, and ensuring they are satisfied with the final plan. Our goal is to leave our clients with a complete and finished plan that is ready for their contractor and/or landscaper to use. At Serene Landscape Design, we strive to make the process as easy and stress-free as possible for our clients.
Design Process with Serene Landscape Design
Concept Design
The first phase of our design process involves creating a Concept Design, which represents the initial idea and a potential design for your outdoor space. We strive to incorporate as many items from the client’s wish list as possible, such as an extended patio, lounge or dining space, outdoor kitchen, fireplace, fire pit area, sun-bed area, pool, shed, veggie garden, lawn, kids play area, gazebo, or pergola.
In addition to the client’s preferences for outdoor features, their personal style is also implemented into the design. We offer a range of design styles to choose from, including:
- Modern style with its straight clean lines, structure, and repetition
- Natural style with curvy lines and a variation of native plants
- English Garden style with lots of curves, texture, and color
- Xeriscape/Zeroscape style with no grass but various types of gravel/rock and a few very drought-tolerant plants for minimal maintenance.
Lay Out Design
The Lay Out Design is the ultimate Landscape Design that is presented to the client. During the Concept meeting, the client can provide requests for minor adjustments to the initial plan. If the client decides to purchase the Planting Design and Specified Design, we will also discuss their plant and material preferences during this meeting. These additional requests will then be integrated into the final plan, which is known as the Lay Out Design.
However, if the client chooses not to purchase the Planting Design and Specified Design, we will use random plants and materials in the final Lay Out Design.
Planting Design
Clients often prefer to have a customized Planting Design that caters to their style and plant preferences. Finding the right plants for specific spots with appropriate heights, widths, colors, water and sun requirements, and neighbor plants can be challenging. Living in the Austin/Round Rock Texas climate, it’s crucial to choose vegetation suitable for the right hardiness zone, which can tolerate summer heat and cold winter temperatures. Selecting plants that cannot survive these extreme temperatures can lead to disappointment.
A Planting Design can be an ideal solution as it plans out everything for the clients. After receiving this plan, clients can show it to their nursery or landscaper without having to spend hours walking around nurseries, searching for plant specifications on the internet, or figuring out combinations and groups. Serene Landscape Design takes care of all these tasks for its clients.
Specified Design
A Specified Design is a detailed plan that outlines the measurements and materials for the hardscape areas only. It’s designed to be used by your contractor or yourself during the construction of different areas such as plant beds, patios, arbors, and curves. This plan eliminates the guesswork involved in determining measurements, as everything is precisely written out with descriptions and supported by photos.
At Serene Landscape Design, we provide assistance to your local contractor with this plan, ensuring that everything is accurately measured and constructed according to the plan.
3D Walk-Through Video
Additionally, Serene Landscape Design offers a 3D video service that provides clients with a complete visual and experience of their new outdoor space. This video is not only a fun bonus feature but also serves as a valuable tool in communicating the design to contractors and landscapers. By providing a complete visual alongside the paper plans, it helps ensure that everyone is on the same page.
The 3D video is also a great way to showcase your new space to friends, family, and neighbors in the Austin/Round Rock area or beyond who may be considering improving their own outdoor space. By sharing the design process and the final product, it can demonstrate the value of investing in professional landscape design services.
It’s important to note that the 3D video is a free bonus offered to clients who have purchased all previous designs in the process.
I can't recommend Sandra enough! Her designs were not only beautiful but also thoughtfully put together. We had a massive project (6 acres with an added barn sports court, pool entertainment area, garden, orchard, kids play area, etc.) and there was so much attention put into the elevations of the property and what would make everything feel connected. Sandra's communication was excellent the entire time and she really listens to what you are want. What blew us away was how creative she is. I think it's hard to find someone that is as excited and passionate about a project as you are and Sandra is just that. We would hire Sandra again in a second!
I enjoyed working with Sandra on the re-design of our front and back yards. The yard that came with our old home was ugly and had a lot of weeds. No real thought had been put into it. It was also big so I struggled to figure out how to come up with a plan for such a large space. A neighbor of mine hired her to do his yard and I liked how it looked so I asked for her info.Sandra was responsive, fun, and she delivered the plans on time. She also gave us a list of recommended contractors which was helpful. We haven't fully implemented the plan because that will take time (and $$$) but we're about 80% done and I love my yard so far!
Sandra at Serene Landscape Design was amazing! From our first visit, I knew she could visualize what I wanted for our backyard and she had fantastic ideas and suggestions to make it even better! Her drawings were clear and concise and the video rendering was incredible. We had a clear picture and understanding of what our backyard would look like, once complete. If you’re struggling to figure out how to make your landscaping ideas work, or even where to start, call Sandra at Serene!! Outstanding!!
Sandra created a beautiful design for our patio. Her work was impeccable, with great attention to detail. We can feel we are there before it is even built. Sandra took time to listen to our ideas, and her design is better that what we could have imagined. She has the ability to find beauty in spaces we thought we could not do much about. It is a joy to with with Sandra.
Sandra and her team are absolutely fantastic! Creative and great to work with. I would highly recommend Serene for any landscaping project that you have, big or small!
Sandra was able to put my vision together and her rendering of my vision was right on target. Very minimal updates were needed after the first round. The value of the work and professionalism was well worth the cost. I am so excited to have had Serene Landscapes do the job for us. I would definitely hire Sandra again. Joyful experience!
