Landscape Design Studio
Estate master plans for Preston Hollow and Bluffview, built around Dallas watering rules.
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Local expertise
Designs of Eden is a landscape designer serving North Dallas, including Preston Hollow, Old Preston Hollow, Bluffview, Devonshire and Greenway Parks. Half-acre to multi-acre estates on Austin Chalk, designed as photoreal 3D master plans from $2,500 (estate plans $4,500–$7,500+), with Dallas's year-round watering rules built into the planting and irrigation design. The $200 on-site consultation is credited in full.
Preston Hollow zoning runs from 10,000-square-foot lots to one-acre-per-home districts, and Old Preston Hollow commonly holds half-acre to two-acre-plus properties. At that scale a landscape is a phased master plan, with grading, trees, garden rooms, lighting and irrigation designed together, which is why North Dallas properties are designed in 3D only.
Dallas's Article X tree conservation exempts single-family lots under two acres. Two-acre-plus estates are covered (protected trees from 8 inches DBH), a demolition permit strips the exemption from any lot, and Neighborhood Forest Overlays can opt whole blocks into protection. On teardown and rebuild projects in particular, the tree strategy has to come before demolition, and our plans mark the status tree by tree.
Dallas Water Utilities caps irrigation at twice a week year-round by your address's last digit: even addresses Sunday and Thursday, odd addresses Saturday and Wednesday, and never Monday, Tuesday or Friday. The 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ban is now year-round, and rain and freeze sensors are required on automatic systems. Violations run $250 to $2,000, so the irrigation design is part of the plan from the start.
Much of North Dallas sits on the White Rock Escarpment's Austin Chalk, a thin, alkaline, fast-draining soil where cedar elm, live oak and chalk country natives do well and acid-loving plants struggle. The palette and the soil preparation are different from clay country work a few miles north, and getting that right is most of the job.
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
Photoreal 3D estate master plans covering garden rooms, circulation, tree strategy and lighting, approved by you before anything is built.
The designer runs the install, phased over seasons, with coordination specs for the subcontractors on estate-scale builds.
Stone terraces, walls and motor courts set on chalk, with the drainage designed in.
Native design for chalk country, the palette Austin Chalk actually supports, that stays composed on two watering days.
Pool surrounds, pavilions, fire and lighting designed into the master plan from the start.
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 3D Complete Vision design starts at $2,500, estate plans run $4,500 to $7,500 and up, 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
Most North Dallas neighborhood associations are voluntary. Preston Hollow's associations focus on security and advocacy, while Greenway Parks does enforce architectural guidelines. Where review exists we prepare the submission, and where it does not, the city's rules are the constraint.
Communities we prepare submissions for include Preston Hollow HOA (voluntary), Preston Hollow East, Devonshire, Greenway Parks.
North Dallas lots are designed in photoreal 3D. 2D plans are reserved for lots under 20,000 sq ft.
$200 on-site consultation, credited in full. Full pricing →
Common questions
North Dallas properties are designed in photoreal 3D. Complete Vision starts at $2,500 for a full-property design; half-acre to multi-acre estates run $4,500–$7,500+ as phased master plans with lighting, irrigation and drainage specified. The $200 on-site consultation is credited in full, and design fees credit toward installation.
On a single-family lot under two acres, generally no, because Dallas's Article X exempts it. On two-acre-plus estates protected trees (8 inches DBH and up) are covered, a demolition permit removes the exemption from any lot, and some blocks have opted into Neighborhood Forest Overlay protection. We verify status per tree before any removal is designed.
Twice a week maximum, year-round, by your address's last digit: even addresses Sunday and Thursday, odd addresses Saturday and Wednesday, and never Monday, Tuesday or Friday, with no automatic irrigation 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and rain and freeze sensors required. Fines run $250–$2,000, so we design the irrigation and the plant selection to sit comfortably inside the rules.
Alkaline-loving, chalk-adapted species: live oak, cedar elm, Texas natives and Mediterranean-climate plants that want sharp drainage. Azaleas and other acid-loving plants fail here without heavy and short-lived soil intervention, so the design starts from what the escarpment supports.
Design takes two to four weeks for a single phase and longer for estate master plans. October and November are the best months to plant. Book the consultation by October 1 to plant in that window.
