Landscaping Services in Spring Valley Village, TX
Spring Valley Village lots are large by Houston standards, and that changes the conversation. There is room for a real terrace, a structure, a lawn, and a court — the question becomes how they relate to each other rather than which one has to be cut.
Why Spring Valley Village Homeowners Choose Texan Landscape Group
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We are eight minutes away, on the same road.
Our yard is at 2000 Campbell Road; Spring Valley Village City Hall is at 1025 Campbell Road. We know this city’s process because we work in it constantly, not because we looked it up.
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We know a shed slab triggers a tree survey here.
Spring Valley Village requires a tree survey and tree disposition plan before the issuance of any building permit — explicitly including residential accessory structures. The survey has to come from an architect, engineer or surveyor and the disposition plan from a tree professional. We arrange both as part of the project.
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20+ years, 1,200+ completed Houston projects, and 396+ reviews across platforms.
Chris Gosselin, our founder, holds a Construction Management degree from the University of Arkansas and still designs and builds.
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One call afterwards.
No claims portal, no ticket number, and no subcontractor who has moved on.
Spring Valley Landscaping Services Inside the Village Code
Spring Valley Village is its own incorporated city with its own permitting and tree requirements, so submittals go to the village rather than to the City of Houston. That is a scheduling factor worth knowing about up front. Generous lots also mean generous runoff: bigger paved areas need drainage designed to carry more water, and the grade gets set before a single paver does.
Our Landscape Design Process in Spring Valley Village
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Site Walk, Levels and Coverage
We walk the lot, shoot levels, and run the two-zone coverage calculation — 50% in front of the building line, 60% behind it — against what you want to build. On this ground that arithmetic decides the design more often than taste does.
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Tree Survey and Disposition Plan
Where a building permit is involved, the city wants a tree survey identifying species, diameter and trunk location of every tree on the lot, plus a disposition plan marking each protected tree of ten inches or more, protection fencing and signage. We arrange both.
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Permits and Design
The city requires permits for driveways and walkways, decks and patios, fences, irrigation with backflow prevention, and swimming pools, and contractors must be registered with a general liability certificate on file. Design and submittal run together.
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Build
Protection fencing and signage first, then excavation, base, structures, planting and systems. The soil here changes block to block — black loam, cracking clay and frequently ponded loam all appear within a mile — so base depth is specified against what is actually under your lot.
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Walkthrough and Handover
We walk the finished yard with you, hand over the controls, and set out what the first year needs.
Big Lots, Tight Rules
Spring Valley Village lots are larger than the Houston average and the housing runs from original ranch through to full new construction, so the design usually earns its keep with fewer, bolder gestures rather than more elements. That instinct is right for the streetscape here.
What decides how far it can go is the coverage split. The city caps lot coverage at 50% of the area in front of the required building line and 60% behind it — and the city’s own worked example counts the patio, the pool deck, the walks, the driveway and even a shed as non-pervious cover. Bigger lots, in other words, do not mean unlimited hardscape. They mean the hardscape has to be worth its allowance.
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Larger lots and a hard coverage cap point the work toward planting, structure and systems rather than sheer paved area.
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Drainage on ponding ground — drainage solutions and irrigation systems. The city has its own drainage criteria manual and enforces it; parts of this ground hold a perched water table from November through June.
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Ground — sod installation, artificial turf and landscape installation, none of which consume the impervious coverage allowance the way paving does.
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Structures worth the allowance — pergolas, patio covers, outdoor kitchens and outdoor fireplaces.
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Room to play — athletic courts, putting greens and pool design, all of which are realistic on lots this size.
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Boundaries and evening use — fence installation and landscape lighting.
Serving Spring Valley Village and the Memorial Villages
We work throughout Spring Valley Village — the 1.22 square miles bounded roughly by Westview Drive, Bingle Road, Adkins Road and the Spring Branch Valley subdivision, north of I-10 — and across the wider Memorial Villages.
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Also served: Hilshire Village, Hedwig Village, Bunker Hill Village, Piney Point Village and Hunters Creek Village.
What Spring Valley Homeowners Say
“Working with Chris and his team was great! The team is super responsive which is really important when you are trying to…”
“Texan Landscape Group did a great job on my recent landscaping project. The owner came out personally to provide the quote and take measurements. He was very professional, knowledgeable, and easy to communicate with thro…”
Hieu Vo6 months ago “Couldn’t be more proud of the work Texan Landscape group for a fine work they did with my field and the turf installation around the fiend. I recommend them to anyone interested in having their landscape done with turf.…”
thiago Reis7 months ago “I had an amazing experience with this company. They turfed and landscaped my entire backyard at my brand new home and built a modern pergola that matches the house perfectly — it looks incredible. They finished everythi…”
Chase Stock7 months ago
Spring Valley Village Landscaping FAQs
Do I need a permit for a patio or driveway in Spring Valley Village?
Yes. Spring Valley Village is its own zoned, incorporated city and it requires permits for all residential construction. The miscellaneous residential application specifically covers driveways and walkways, decks and patios, fences, foundation repair and generator slabs, with separate packets for irrigation with backflow prevention and for swimming pools and spas. Contractors have to be registered with the city and carry a general liability certificate.
Is a tree survey really required for something as small as a shed?
Yes — and this catches people out. The city’s ordinance requires a tree survey and tree disposition plan prior to the issuance of any building permit, and states explicitly that this includes the construction of residential accessory structures. The survey has to identify species, diameter and trunk location of every tree on the lot, and be prepared by an architect, engineer or surveyor. The disposition plan marks every protected tree of ten inches or more, with protection fencing and signage.
How much of my lot can be paved in Spring Valley Village?
There are two limits, not one. Coverage cannot exceed 50% of the lot area in front of the required building line, or 60% of the area behind it. The city publishes a worked example that counts the house, the patio, the driveway and walks, the pool deck and a shed all as non-pervious cover — so the front yard has its own tighter cap and the back yard allowance has to cover everything you want back there. We run both numbers at design stage.
Why does the soil behave differently at each end of my street?
Because it genuinely is different soil. Spring Valley Village is the most varied ground of any market we work in — black loam, cracking clay, and loam that ponds for long periods from November to May all appear within a mile of each other, and one of the mapped soils here is so chronically wet that its surface horizon is up to half crawfish burrows by volume. Base depth, drainage strategy and plant palette all get specified against what is under your lot, not against a Houston average.
Is Spring Valley Village the same as Spring Branch?
No, and it matters for permits. Spring Valley Village is one of the six independent Memorial Villages — a fully incorporated, zoned city of about 4,200 people with its own building official and its own code. Spring Branch is the surrounding, largely City of Houston area, which has no zoning and a very different permit picture. They share the 77055 ZIP, which is why the two get confused. We confirm which side of the line your address is on before quoting.
Do you work in the other Memorial Villages?
Yes — Hilshire Village, Hedwig Village, Bunker Hill Village, Piney Point Village and Hunters Creek Village are all in our service area, along with the Memorial corridor and Spring Branch. Each has its own permit set and its own tree rules, and they differ more than people expect. Piney Point requires a permit for any live tree three inches or more; Bunker Hill runs a detention calculation on smaller lots. We handle those submittals.
Written about this work.
What we have published on the kind of build shown above — what it costs, how it is put together, and what it is like to live with.
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