Texas is known for its historic battles, but perhaps one of the biggest conflicts for Texans is that between themselves and their lawn or garden. Trying to maintain a lush, green lawn in the dog days of summer is next to impossible with the extreme heat. Likewise, frequent droughts and unpredictable winters make lawn care a challenge.
There's a solution to this dilemma: replacing thirsty lawns with resilient Texas native perennials that will survive and thrive in challenging Texas climate.
Texas Nativescapes, owned and operated by landscape designer Paul Rowan, delivers beautiful outdoor natural landscaping. Paul and his team specialize in Texas and Southwestern horticulture, creating native gardens and landscaping for low-maintenance, water-friendly, contemporary, unique, sustainable outdoor solutions.
Paul says he's driven by his deep love of nature, having grown up in Texas and from his travels in New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and Colorado. "These experiences cultivated my passion for creating beautiful, timeless outdoor spaces and gardens."
Paul’s gardens and landscape environments are ecologically sustainable and meticulously formed from natural elements, providing bold accents, textures, colors and modern styles. Paul says, “We're truly the ’outsiders’ making distinctive and environmentally friendly landscapes, unlike others.”
The Texas Nativescapes team uses water-smart, drought-tolerant landscaping, following the stringent methods of renowned Texas A&M Horticulture, using native plants for ecological, resilient Texas gardens. As a result, homeowners have lower water bills plus a beautiful, thriving garden and landscape that will survive challenging Texas weather fluctuations.
According to Paul, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) representatives categorized the local region as a transitional region near the Red River, with plants suitable for growing hardiness Zone 7.
Having learned from his mentor, Malcolm Beck (the Father of Organic Gardening), Paul is very soil conscientious, applying only the finest organic flower bedding soils in North Texas.
Texas Nativescapes uses a raised bed method with proper drainage and irrigation systems, designed for massive temperature swings. Using organic, raised flower beds is a better method for protecting retention ponds, lakes and other water bodies consumed by animals.
“We're environmentally friendly to soils because we are all-natural, using no chemicals. We are kid and pet-friendly as well,” says Paul.
With 25-plus years of horticulture, research and Texas gardening experience, Paul acquired vast knowledge about which essential nutrients are necessary to replenish our depleted soils. He pioneered with other passionate and like-minded folks in cultivating strong alliances and strategic partnerships with Texas’ best organic soil companies who produce his unique custom soil blends. Paul jokingly referred to his flower bedding soil as "Pauly's Happy Soil." It's super soil that grows everything planted in it. His sourcing network and alliances extend across the Lone Star State with the industry's best quality landscaping companies and purveyors of native landscaping materials.
Texas Nativescapes is also pollinator friendly, aiding bees, birds and butterflies. “We follow organic philosophies and pride ourselves on having a fully customized and tailored organic bedding mix,” explains Paul. “We just try to build quality landscapes that are environmentally conscientious."
In addition to gardens and landscaping, Texas Nativescapes provide many other outdoor solutions. The company offers architectural landscape lighting, segmented concrete pavers, outdoor kitchens, native perennial gardens, and stormwater management and drainage solutions. Their pavers are highly specialized and custom-made with masonry stone to make beautiful pathways.
Paul is a Native-born Texan defining himself as a genuine nature person growing up exploring Texas, hiking, camping and fishing along the creeks and tributaries around the DFW Metroplex. He's been in business for 25-plus years, with much time traveling the world from Europe to South Asia.
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“We specialize in climate-appropriate, Texas native/adaptive plants appropriate for our USDA growing zone."