Sheet S-1 · Landscape design + install

Landscape design drawn first, then built around Tyler

Stamped plans, 2D renderings and a site plan before a bed is dug. Then an install run with clear communication and timely end dates.

Chapter 01

What goes wrong when a yard is planted without a plan

Most yards that disappoint were built one weekend at a time. A tree goes where the sapling fit in the truck, a bed gets cut where the mower happened to stop, and nobody asked where the water goes. Then the first hard rain in Tyler or Bullard answers the question for you, usually through the new bed.

The same thing shows up in the plant list. A shrub bought in a one-gallon pot looks right on day one and then outgrows the window, the walk or the AC pad within a few seasons. Beds drawn without the house in mind end up fighting it: too narrow for what is planted in them, set where roof runoff lands, or edged in a line that makes mowing harder.

A design stage exists to settle those questions on paper. Riaz Landscaping puts the goal plainly: picture your future property with a clear view before anything is dug, whether that is a full backyard or newly installed flowerbeds.

River rock bed with yucca and roses along the porch of a green board-and-batten barndominium

River rock bed with yucca and roses along the porch of a green board-and-batten barndominium

How a Riaz job runs, from consultation to install

Every job starts with a consultation with Carson Riaz. You talk through what the yard has to do, and the drawing starts from that conversation.

Riaz works with a high end architectural and civil engineering firm in Texas, which is how the plans come back architecturally stamped, with 2D renderings and a site plan. For a homeowner in Whitehouse or Lindale, that means a drawing to look at before the crew starts.

Then the install. Riaz says the crew is what sets the company apart: clear communication, timely end dates and extensive care from start-date to completion. The TABA Parade of Homes house in Flint is an end date that could not slip. It was new construction landscaping, with a variety of plants, mulch and details, finished for the two week period the house was showcased in the parade.

Chapter 03

After the install: the walkthrough and the quarterly check-in

The job ends with a final walkthrough, not with the crew pulling out of the driveway.

If you want the beds kept to the plan, Riaz also runs a maintenance team: monthly flowerbed maintenance with trimming, pruning and seasonal color touch ups, plus a consistent annual mulch refresh. It is optional, and it is the same company that drew and planted the yard.

Follow-through is what reviewers bring up. Jamey Whitley, in a five star Google review, wrote: “He always checks in with us quarterly to make sure everything is going well.” Riaz holds 5.0 from 92 Google reviews.

Carson Riaz, (903) 508-0646, Monday to Friday 7 to 6, Saturday by appointment. Office in Flint, serving Tyler, Bullard, Whitehouse, Lindale and Smith County.

Sheet L-2 / Design takeoff

What a design job puts on paper

The deliverables, in the order they happen. Every line comes from how Riaz describes its own process.

New brick home at dusk with warm uplights on the wall and a fresh mulch bed edged in brick pavers, a RIAZ yard sign in the bed
TABA Parade of Homes, Flint
  1. 01

    Consultation

    The first conversation, before any drawing or digging.

  2. 02

    Stamped design

    Architecturally stamped, through a high end architectural and civil engineering firm in Texas.

  3. 03

    2D renderings

    A clear view of the finished property before work starts.

  4. 04

    Site plan

    The layout the crew works from.

  5. 05

    Installation

    Clear communication, timely end dates and extensive care from start-date to completion.

  6. 06

    Final walkthrough

    Closes out the job with you on site.

See finished projects and their takeoffs