Hill Country Lawns Done Right
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Most Austin homeowners spend between $3,000 and $25,000 on landscaping in 2026, with weekly mowing at $40 to $75 per visit and fully designed yards reaching $30,000 and up. Search demand for landscaping in Austin is climbing, with impressions for this site up about 45% when comparing the first four weeks of the tracking window to the most recent four completed weeks. Phone inquiries followed suit in June, the first full month of call tracking.
What landscaping costs in Austin in 2026
Per our published Austin cost guide, here’s where Austin pricing sits this year, by category:
| Service | Typical Austin range |
|---|---|
| Weekly lawn mowing | $40 to $75 per visit |
| Full-season lawn care program | $1,500 to $3,500 per year |
| New sprinkler system (6 to 8 zones) | $3,000 to $6,500 |
| Xeriscape conversion, installed | $5 to $18 per sq ft |
| Tree trimming (per tree) | $150 to $2,000+ |
| Paver patio, installed | $15 to $30 per sq ft |
A few details behind those headline numbers, all from the same guide. A new sprinkler system usually breaks down to $500 to $900 per zone. Tree trimming scales with size: $150 to $400 for small trees under 30 feet, $400 to $900 for medium trees, and $900 to $2,000 or more for large trees over 60 feet. On the hardscape side, poured concrete runs $8 to $18 per square foot, flagstone $20 to $40, and limestone retaining walls, common on the rocky Hill Country lots west of the city, run $30 to $60 per square foot of wall face. St. Augustine sod installs at $1.50 to $3.50 per square foot, core aeration runs $80 to $150, and a spring or fall cleanup lands between $200 and $500.
The overall spread is wide because scope drives everything. Simple lawn care and cleanups sit at the low end. Once a project adds irrigation, a patio, or a full xeriscape conversion, budgets move into five figures, and fully designed yards reach $30,000 and up.
Search demand trend
Google Search Console impressions for this site tell the demand story week by week. These are the nine weeks starting 2026-05-10:
| Week starting | Impressions |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | 93 |
| 2026-05-17 | 174 |
| 2026-05-24 | 138 |
| 2026-05-31 | 96 |
| 2026-06-07 | 84 |
| 2026-06-14 | 170 |
| 2026-06-21 | 205 |
| 2026-06-28 | 265 |
| 2026-07-05 | 5 (partial week, excluded from trend math) |
The trend is up. The first four weeks of the window totaled 501 impressions, and the last four completed weeks totaled 724, a gain of roughly 45%. The final row covers only the first day or so of the current week, so it’s noted but excluded. Visibility improved alongside volume: the site’s average search position moved from the mid-40s and 50s in May to 28.7 in the week starting 2026-06-28, which means Austin searchers are seeing this site higher on the page than they were two months ago.
What homeowners search for
The clearest commercial-intent query surfacing in this site’s search data right now is “austin landscaping company,” which generated 29 impressions at an average position of 48.4 over the recent window. Beyond that single head term, search interest reaching this site is spread across a long tail of more specific service and cost questions rather than concentrated in a short list of big keywords. That pattern fits what the cost data shows: Austin homeowners tend to search around a specific project, not just a generic category.
Phone inquiry snapshot
Call tracking went live on 2026-06-04, so June 2026 is the first month with usable numbers, and it’s a small sample. In that partial-plus month, the tracked line logged 13 inbound calls, 12 of them answered. July has already added 1 more in its first days. Thirteen calls in a first month of tracking isn’t a statistic to build forecasts on, but the direction matches the search curve: more people looking, more people calling. We’ll treat June as the baseline and let the next quarter’s refresh tell us whether the climb holds.
Frequently asked questions
How much does landscaping cost in Austin in 2026?
Most Austin homeowners spend between $3,000 and $25,000, depending on scope. Routine mowing runs $40 to $75 per visit, a full-season lawn program runs $1,500 to $3,500 a year, and fully designed yards reach $30,000 and up. Those figures come straight from our published Austin cost guide.
When is the best time to book landscaping work in Austin?
Earlier than you think. Our cost guide notes the active mowing season runs roughly March through November, and this site’s search data shows homeowner interest still climbing through late June into July. Demand hasn’t peaked and cooled, it’s building, so booking ahead of the rush gets you on the schedule sooner.
Is demand for landscaping in Austin rising?
Yes, by the measures we track. Search impressions for this site grew about 45% from the first four weeks of the window (501 total) to the last four completed weeks (724 total), and June’s first month of call tracking logged 13 inquiries with July already adding more.
Method note
Data sources for this report: this site’s own call tracking (June 2026, live since 2026-06-04), Google Search Console impressions for this site (2026-05-10 to 2026-07-05), and our published Austin cost guide. All figures are aggregates only, and no personal information is collected or reported. Next refresh: October 2026.
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Methodology
Data window: 2026-05-10 through the week of 2026-06-28 (completed weeks only; the current partial week is excluded from all trend math). Sources: this site’s Google Search Console impressions (weekly totals for this domain only), this business’s call-tracking line (inbound call counts, aggregates only, live since 2026-06-04), and our published Austin cost guide for all price figures. Trend percentages compare the first four completed weeks of the window against the last four. Where a sample is small (for example, a first month of call tracking), the report says so rather than extrapolating. No personal information is collected or reported; all figures are aggregates. Compiled by Austin Pro Landscape; next scheduled refresh: October 2026.
Austin Landscaping Demand Index: 100
The Austin Landscaping Demand Index stands at 100 for July 2026 (unchanged from the prior reading; base window = 100). The index blends Google search demand for this site’s Austin landscaping pages with tracked phone inquiry volume, computed from a 28-day window snapshot.
- Search impressions for Austin landscaping terms totaled 730 over the last 28 days.
- 9 phone inquiries reached our tracked line in the last 28 days.
- Average search position across impression-weighted queries: 35.0.
Methodology: index = 100 x (0.8 x search-demand ratio + 0.2 x call-volume ratio) vs the July 2026 base window; call term omitted when samples are under five calls. Data: this site’s Google Search Console property and its call tracking line. Updated monthly on the 1st.