Landscaping in Austin Done by People Who Live Here
Most Austin homeowners don’t need a sales pitch. They need a crew that shows up on the day promised, mows at the right height for the grass actually growing, and doesn’t disappear after the deposit clears. Austin Pro Landscape is built around that.
We’re a locally operated landscaping company serving Austin and the Travis County suburbs — Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Leander, Hutto, Manor, Bee Cave, Kyle, Buda, and Lakeway. Same crew, same supervisor, same routes week after week. No call centers, no franchise rotation.
What landscaping services does Austin Pro Landscape provide in Central Texas?
Austin Pro Landscape provides six core services across Travis County and the surrounding suburbs: weekly and bi-weekly lawn mowing, custom landscape design, hardscape installation, smart irrigation, seasonal leaf and debris removal, and commercial grounds maintenance. Every service is tuned for Central Texas conditions — caliche-and-limestone soil west of Mopac, heavy black clay east of it, and the summer heat and drought patterns that determine which grasses, plants, and hardscape materials actually hold up.
Here’s what we do, and why it’s tuned for Austin:
- Lawn Mowing in Austin — weekly and bi-weekly programs across Austin and surrounding suburbs. Cutting heights tuned per grass type. Sharp blades every visit.
- Landscape Design — custom designs that account for clay drainage, sun mapping, and Texas-native plant material that survives our actual climate.
- Hardscaping — patios, retaining walls, and outdoor living spaces built on properly compacted base. Built once, holds for decades.
- Irrigation Systems — Wi-Fi smart controllers, rain and soil sensors, zone tuning for Austin’s mixed-grass yards.
- Leaf Removal & Seasonal Cleanup — fall cleanups, ice-storm response, spring wake-ups. Multiple visits when the trees demand it.
- Commercial Landscaping — HOAs, office parks, retail, multi-family. Contract-based scheduling, single point of contact.
What makes Austin landscaping different from other cities?
Austin landscaping is different from other cities because of three specific conditions that nothing else in the country combines: brutal 100-plus-degree summers that run June through September, soil that splits between caliche-over-limestone west of Mopac and heavy black clay east of it, and warm-season grasses (St. Augustine, Bermuda, Zoysia, and Buffalo) that all behave differently under Stage 2 watering restrictions. Get any one of those wrong and the yard browns out in two weeks.
Austin sits in the warm-season grass belt — not the transition zone, not the cool-season belt. St. Augustine dominates most established Travis County yards because it tolerates partial shade and grows fast, but it browns out under Stage 2 watering restrictions and gets eaten alive by chinch bugs in July. Bermuda handles drought but goes dormant straw-brown all winter. Zoysia bridges the gap and is gaining ground in newer developments. Buffalo grass and native sedges are quietly becoming the smart play on lots where the owner is tired of fighting summer water bills. Get the wrong crew running a 1.5-inch deck on St. Augustine in July and the yard scalps in two weeks.
Add the soil. Travis County east of Mopac is heavy black clay that holds water like a sponge then bakes into pottery by August. West of Mopac is thin caliche over limestone bedrock — barely six inches of soil before you hit rock. Neither responds to standard topsoil amendments. We work with what’s actually there: proper grading and drainage planning for the clay side, raised beds and drought-tolerant material for the limestone side, and Texas-native plants that survived 2011 and 2023 without irrigation.
And the weather extremes. The February 2021 freeze and the 2022-2023 drought cycle taught Austin homeowners what real climate stress looks like. Most landscapers cut corners on base prep for hardscape and skip proper root establishment on new plantings because they’re betting the next extreme event won’t hit on their watch. We build for the event, because we have to come back to fix our own work.
What You Get When You Hire Us
Same crew, every visit. We assign route teams by neighborhood and keep them consistent so the people on your property in November are the same ones who started in April. They know your gate code, where the dog stays, which edge you’re particular about.
Flat pricing. Quote includes everything we’ll do — mowing, trimming, edging, blow-off, bed maintenance — at one rate. No fuel surcharges, no per-visit add-ons, no “we don’t do that, it’s extra” surprises when we’re already on the property.
Same-day response. Most quote requests get a phone callback within four hours during business days. Most properties get scheduled within the week of accepting the quote. We over-staff routes so we have margin for new clients during peak season.
Insured. Fully. Both general liability and workers’ compensation on every job. We can email a certificate to your HOA, your property manager, or your insurance company on request.
Honest Pricing on Austin Landscaping
Most Austin landscaping companies bury the real number behind a layered quote. Base rate plus fuel surcharge plus per-visit add-ons plus seasonal premium plus the line items they spring on you mid-job. We don’t do that. Our quote is a flat number that covers everything we’ll do at your property — mowing, edging, trimming, blow-off, bed maintenance — for the season.
For mowing, most quarter-acre to half-acre Austin lots run $45 to $75 per visit on a weekly schedule. Larger Travis County properties and Round Rock-style estate lots run $75 to $140 depending on terrain and obstacles. We give you the number on the quote call. No upselling, no surprise charges.
For hardscaping, design, and irrigation projects, we provide written scoped estimates with material costs, labor, and timeline broken out clearly. You sign nothing until you’ve seen the full plan. We don’t take deposits to start design work — we earn the project by showing up to the consultation already knowing your soil, your sun, and your drainage situation.
Want a free quote on lawn care, a hardscape project, or a complete landscape redesign? Call (512) 298-4580 or submit a quote request online. We respond same-day on every inquiry.
