Preserving gracious Hill Country living with a restorative land-management focus

This heritage ranch close to Wimberley, Texas, nestles into a scenic bend of Lone Man Creek and features a classic American farmhouse, dancehall and artist's studio. We added subtle hardscape elements and a lush, varied palette of native and adapted plants and trees. Our work integrates the historic buildings with the surrounding wild lands and enhances the site’s livability, beauty and biodiversity.

Highlights:

- A Texas twist on the cottage garden elevates the farmhouse to a focal point, attracts pollinators and provides beautiful blooms for cutting year round

- In partnership with Heritage Tree Care, fifty-five shade and ornamental trees were planted throughout the property to diversify the woodland canopy and offset the risk of oak wilt disease

- Oversized native limestone walkways improve traffic flow to the farmhouse and outbuildings

- Mature bald cypress trees were planted in phase one of a riparian restoration plan

- Future phases include extensive prairie restoration and building a riparian buffer zone along the creek

Client Testimonial:

"We have a ranch property near Wimberley, TX with many acres of manicured & irrigated lawn with beautiful, historic period structures on the property. The team at Twistleaf came in and took it to the next level! Sarah has put together an amazing team & they are a well oiled machine. Shannon’s attention to detail and vision comes to life when she arrives with detailed design maps, laying out placements of new plantings & hard-scapes. With Sophia’s help & her beautiful hand-drawn artist rendering of what our project would look like, it was obvious we had the right people hired for the job. The installation crews they work with are nothing but the best. I can’t say enough about them. They are on time, work incredibly hard, are very knowledgeable about the project, skilled, approachable, respectful, and all around very nice guys!

Here’s a few things Twistleaf has done for us: They’ve created a stunning garden-scape entry to our house, full of vibrant Texas native plantings. The butterflies, hummingbirds, & other pollinators love it! They used large, native limestone slabs for our walkway, lending itself to the TX Hill Country environment with perfection. They even were able to install subtle pathway lighting as well as other landscape lighting throughout the property, giving a breathtaking view at night. They planted over 50 large, & several varieties, of trees on the property. They meticulously placed them in areas for beautification, all while bearing in mind the long term health of the trees & the natural environment.

Due to the size of our property, we have a very large irrigation system & the team at Twistleaf jumped right in on the ins & outs of this large system. They’ve facilitated making sure the entire system is working at its best, added to the system for all the new plantings, & even upgraded our controller to one that is more user-friendly & reliable.

Overall, Twistleaf’s knowledge, ideas, vision, & execution made our project so much fun - in fact we’re already in the planning phase of our next install project! Thank you to: Sarah, Shannon, Sophia, Adan, Roman, and everyone at Twistleaf!"