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I started noticing a subtle difference about 7 years ago and it has increasingly become more of a issue the last 3 years. This is what propelled me to take action regarding creating awareness and actually making strides in developing landscapes that are designed to attract more pollinators that include Bees, Butterflies and Birds. You may also call this style of gardening a “Habitat Garden”.
Every garden or landscape should have a variety of bee and butterfly attracting plants.
Not only does this method add lots of color and beauty to the landscape, It also helps the environment and your community. By adding native bee and butterfly attracting plants and using Organic methods for pest control and fertilizers, you are doing your part to protecting and increasing our local bee and butterfly habitats. Oh!! …. and birds too.

My friend, colleague & Bee expert Shelley Rice and I work together on educating people on the importance of bees and together we design and install gardens with bee hives to residents, restaurants, community gardens, commercial properties or even nature centers.
Now is the time to plan your garden or landscape. Let me know if you would like some help with your new landscape and maybe you would like to add a bee hive that suits your needs.
Leyendecker Landscape provides many services such as Tree removal. We need to take more action in removing dead trees from our communities to prevent fires and potential damage to your homes.
Check some of my pictures on Flickr.com Just type in The_Landscaper

We also install Irrigation and Drainage systems.
give Leyendecker Landscape a call @ 713-426-0649

It’s a tradition in my household to celebrate the new year by making Guacamole and Gin & Tonics. There are several varieties of Avocado and Lime trees that grow well in Houston. All you would need to buy are the chips and the Gin. How fabulous is that!

What a year it has been, now is the perfect time to make your new goals and resolutions.
Maybe one of your goals for the new year is the gift of a Organic Garden for you and your family.
A Organic Veggie Garden is a small investment that yields a great return.
In addition, you are creating the perfect lifestyle for the people you love.
* it’s Sustainable: Instead of driving to the grocery store, you can walk out side to your back yard and harvest your own vegetables for dinner.
* It promotes Recycling of food scraps or waste and turns it into compost: Having a garden is the perfect excuse for starting a compost area at home…and educating you or your family on the benefits of composting. Then using the compost to mulch your garden or flower beds. Composting gives back to the earth.
* Creating a Healthy Environment and Diet: By starting a Organic Garden, you are doing your part in making your environment healthy, not only for your family but for your neighbors too. By not using pesticides or chemicals, you are doing such a great thing for the wildlife, it prevents toxic water run off, and it promotes healthier soil and food that is consumed.
Organic Gardening is good for you and the environment!!!
Here are a few things you can grow here:

(Cabbage and Purple Hull Peas)

(Kale, Swiss Chard, Lettuce Chinese Cabbage and more..)

(Many of varieties of Oranges)

(Basil)

(Spinach)

( Many varieties of Mint and Spearmint)

Can you imagine growing these things at home?? Well you can!
Not to mention… how inspiring you could be to others to grow their own veggies.
….and it’s fun for the whole family.
Leyendecker Landscape can help design and install your garden space in one or two days depending on the size. Now is the perfect time to create your very own garden area.
Why should’nt your landscape give back?
Make your resolution today and again….Happy New Year!!!

It is a good feeling when you can say Yes! Absolutely ….and pull it off….. and make it beautiful too!
Here is what a one or two day Make-Over can do.
(Bayland House)

(Ardmore House)

(Heather Glen House)

Have Leyendecker Landscape help you with your one or two day Make-Over!

You can grow many varieties of Greens such as Kale, Swiss Chard, Mustard or Collards, Broccoli, lettuce, Cabbage, and so much more.

We also can help with installing a bee hive. If anyone wants to help do their part with pollination for a large area or community. Installing a bee hive would be the most generous gift for you and your neighbors.

Miss Shelley Rice is the person I recommend for the job. She is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about bees and helping with increasing the Bee population in Houston. Shelley will come to your home or business and determine what size or style hive would be best for you or your situation. Together we can create the perfect environment for bees.

So give Leyendecker Landscape a call and put your orders in today!          
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Here is a great way to be resourceful and recycle your local pine needles.
If you are lucky enough to live in a area with pine trees, don’t let them go to waste by ending up in a landfill somewhere. Take advantage of this wonderful natural material and use it to mulch your flower beds. It adds acid and neutralizes your soil.
trust me, your plants will love it!

This is a project through Can Do Houston, an organization headed by Miss Katy Atkiss and the first effort was at Bruce Elementary School. Katy called and asked me if I would help her with purchasing and installing fruit trees and the raised beds to grow veggies at the school. It was a great opportunity for me to help educate people in preparing and planting edibles in a garden. I was totally psyched to be apart of such a great effort.

It was so impressive to see how the community comes together to participate in such a important project. Teachers, parents, students and even local residents came out to get involved. What a fantastic day and it all came together within 3 hours. Check it out!!

There is more to come and it might just be at a school near you

Do you need your trees pruned of dead limbs or dead tree removal?
We get calls all the time from customers asking if Leyendecker Landscape is insured, but one customer called and proceeded to explain how he hired a company to come and remove dead trees from his property, and then told me that a large limb went through the roof of his house. He failed to find out if the company was insured and just went with the cheapest bid. Not only is he out thousands to do the roof repair, but he still has dead trees to remove from his property.
Leyendecker Landscape recommends getting 2 or 3 estimates. Most likely they will all be fairly close in price. Then you can decide on the one you feel most comfortable with, but make sure they have proof of insurance as well.
Call Leyendecker Landscape if you need help with :
* Yard clean up
* Tree work
* Landscape Design and Installation of Landscaping.
* Irrigation
* Drainage
* Wood work
* Pavers or Concrete work
* Veggie Gardens or Edible Landscaping.

We offer free consultations and are insured for both residential or commercial projects.

Protect your current landscape by having Leyendecker Landscape come and amend your existing soil, do a general cleaning up by removing any weeds, unwanted or dead material or lightly prune or trim your shrubs, add some hardy seasonal color to give your garden a boost and most importantly, add plenty of compost, pine needles or mulch to help retain moisture and keep your plants cool to survive these brutal temperatures.

Look at what a little bit of texture and variations of green can do.

Courtyards are a fun and easy fix. Give Leyendecker Landscape a call!

This is how your yard can look even with 104 degree temperatures!

A simple court yard can look so much better with a little clean up, color and some trimming!

Just by adding or sprucing up your pots can make such a difference!

Call Leyendecker Landscape now and let us salvage or spruce up your existing landscape. It’s better to spend a little money to protect your investment rather than have to go and replace everything and spend a fortune.

For example, we will come in and quickly assess what would be most effective and give you the biggest bang for your buck, especially if you are planning on entertaining friends and family in the next few summer months. Even if you just allow us to come in and weed the flowerbeds, loosen the hard soils around your plantings and add a good mulch. This will help protect your plants and save you much $$$$ in the long run, rather than just watching everything die and investing in all new landscaping.

Here are a few things to consider doing right now to save your landscaping and your pocket book:
* spruce up the flowerbeds by loosening the soil around your plants. This drought we are having is causing soils to harden so nothing can penetrate or be absorbed.
* Adding good mulch or compost to your plants is a great thing to do right now. This will help retain more moisture and keep your plants from dying from drought.
* Up-date or add a sprinkler system to protect your landscaping. If you do not have the appropriate water to your landscaping, your plants will not survive this triple digit heat we are having.
* Trim your trees!! In addition to protecting your landscaping, we are officially in Hurricane season; Leyendecker landscape highly recommends tree trimming or pruning right now. Protect your house and salvage your trees by pruning any dead or weak limbs.

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