What fun, PKponder - how cool that an actual gardener bought The Castle! It's a mile or so from our house on a street that we use quite frequently so we've seen the outside for 15+ yrs. Landscaping this property should be a challenging, fascinating project.

It is an amazing home and there is just a huge front yard! I get the impression that she wants to go xeric and thought some of you could really help.

Is that the one they used in a movie about 15 years ago/

It took me a minute, but then I recognized that place too. If memory serves me right, that's near the Balcones Country Club, isn't it?