Landscape Design Studio
Plans for Celina's new-build yards, drawn for Blackland clay and the town's watering days.
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Local expertise
Designs of Eden is a landscape designer serving Celina, including Light Farms, Mustang Lakes, The Parks at Wilson Creek and Cambridge Crossing. Most Celina yards are new builds on Blackland clay, under the strictest watering schedule in our service area, inside planned communities with their own review standards. 3D design starts at $2,500, 2D site plans at $750, and the $200 consultation is credited in full.
Celina is the fastest-growing city of its size in America, and builder landscaping is usually a strip of shrubs and a tree. We design the whole lot from scratch, including privacy, shade, beds and hardscape, because it is cheaper to do once than to fix in stages.
Celina, coordinating with Upper Trinity Regional Water District, has held Stage 2 restrictions since July 2026: irrigation systems run one designated day per week, nothing between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., with hand-held and drip watering allowed daily. That is the tightest schedule in our service area, so plant selection and drip design decide whether a Celina landscape survives its first summer.
Nearly every premium Celina neighborhood is a Planned Development with its own lot standards, required open space (residential districts reserve 20% as HOA common area) and design review. We read your community's standards before drawing, so the plan passes review the first time.
Celina requires a permit before removing protected trees, with mitigation fees that run $600 to $5,000 per tree by size. Individually platted residential parcels are exempt as long as they keep the trees their zoning requires. We verify the status before any removal is designed in.
How it works
Send photos, we pull up your lot on satellite, and you get an honest read on scope and budget. No salesman in your driveway.
One to two hours on your property. We measure the yard and look at the drainage, the soil and the sun. The fee is credited in full toward any design package.
You see the finished yard on screen with every plant and paver named. We change it until you sign off, and what you sign off on is what gets built.
The crew builds from the plan you approved, with no substitutions, and the work carries a one-year workmanship warranty.
What you get
Every design package ends with three things in your hands.
You watch the finished yard on your phone before anything is planted. If a bed is in the wrong place or a plant isn't you, we change it. Nothing gets built until you say yes.
Every plant and material is named and placed on a plan you can build from. The plans are yours to keep, and any contractor can work from them.
Species, sizes and quantities, chosen for your soil and your sun, so what gets installed is what you approved.
What we build here
Whole-yard plans for new builds, whether that is a 2D site plan on a 40-foot Light Farms lot or a photoreal 3D design for a Rosebrook acre.
The designer runs the install, timed to Celina's one-day watering schedule, with fall planting, drip irrigation first and an establishment plan for the first summer.
Patios, walks and borders on properly prepared Blackland clay, so they stay level instead of needing to be reset every other year.
Native structure plants, decomposed granite and river rock detailing, and drip irrigation on everything that needs water, so the yard holds up on one watering day a week.
Fire pits, pergolas and lighting that turn a blank builder lot into a yard you actually use.
Every one of these starts with a design you approve first. Book a free virtual consult to talk it through.
Our work
Completed Designs of Eden projects, labeled by the city they were built in.
Before you hire anyone
Five questions to ask any designer before you sign, and our answer to each.
Yes. We model the whole property in photoreal 3D, with every plant and paver named, and we change it until you sign off. What you approve is what gets built.
Yes. A 2D site plan runs $750 to $2,000 for smaller lots, a 3D Complete Vision design starts at $2,500, and the $200 on-site consultation is credited in full toward the design.
The designer does, with insured crews. One point of contact from the first day of digging to the final walkthrough, and a one-year workmanship warranty on the work.
The facts above are the ones we design to: the tree ordinance, the watering schedule, the soil under your lot and the submission your review board asks for. We prepare that package with the plan.
The 15-minute virtual consult is free. If you want us on the property, the on-site visit is $200 and it is credited in full toward your design.
Client reviews
Real reviews from Google, HomeAdvisor, and Thumbtack.
★★★★★
“Cole did an amazing job with our landscaping design! He completely transformed our outdoor space with a custom landscape plan that added curb appeal and made our yard much more functional. From garden design to patio layout and plant selection, every detail was thoughtful and professional.”
★★★★★
“Designs of Eden, specifically Cole, far exceeded our expectations for our landscaping project. The consultation was extremely thorough and Cole was very honest and forthright on what could and could not be done based on soil, roots, climate. I would absolutely use Designs of Eden for future projects, and strongly recommend to others.”
★★★★★
“Cole was very thorough and put a lot of thought into the plants for my yard. He was also great with follow-up. I have used him also for additional hardscape in the backyard. I've been very happy with every project.”
Start with a free 15-minute virtual call, or book the $200 on-site consultation. The fee is credited in full toward your design.
HOA & ARC
Celina's master-planned communities run active associations with architectural review, several of them managed by Insight Association Management, and Cambridge Crossing even includes front-yard maintenance in its dues. We format the submission for your community's process.
Communities we prepare submissions for include Light Farms, Mustang Lakes, The Parks at Wilson Creek, Cambridge Crossing.
$200 on-site consultation, credited in full. Full pricing →
Common questions
A 2D Site Plan runs $750–$2,000 for lots under about half an acre with planting-and-layout scope; photoreal 3D design starts at $2,500; estate lots and multi-zone master plans run $4,500–$7,500+. The $200 on-site consultation is credited in full and design fees credit toward installation.
That is most of our Celina work. New builds get a whole-yard plan covering privacy, shade, beds, hardscape and irrigation zoning, designed to your community's PD standards and reviewed by your HOA before anything is installed.
Celina has run Stage 2 restrictions since July 2026: one designated irrigation day per week and no watering 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We design for it with drought-tolerant structure plantings, drip irrigation in every bed, and establishment schedules that lean on hand-watering allowances while plants root in.
Removing a protected tree in Celina requires a city permit and carries mitigation fees from $600 to $5,000 per tree, though platted residential parcels are exempt while they keep the trees their zoning requires. We verify your lot's status before designing any removal.
Design takes two to four weeks, and October and November are the best months to plant in North Texas. That matters even more in Celina, where fall planting lets roots establish before the one-day-a-week summer. Book by October 1 to install in that window.
