layered plant design in Austin, TX

Bespoke, naturalistic landscape design for Central Texas

Drift’s gardens are composed, and just a little wild. They shift and spread with time. Recognizably rooted in Central Texas, layered planting brings interest and reprieve to both owners and visitors. Gardens are shaped within their owner’s aesthetic and capacity to maintain, using native and adapted, drought-tolerant plants. Drift is about soft spaces for a modern world.

What Drift offers

Design

Whether installed as a DIY project or by a contractor, a landscape design provides an overall vision with the details thoughtfully worked out.

Design + Install

Complete design service for overall project budget, ending in hardscape contracting and plant installation in either spring or fall.

Consulting

Design and gardening input for homeowners implementing existing plans, continued maintenance coaching, or seeking general, limited input.

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