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Highland Park Landscaping

When searching for Highland Park Landscaping, look straight ahead to the team from Lagom Landscaping LLC. to arrive at your door.

Lagom Landscaping LLC. provides professional landscaping services for Highland Park and the surrounding San Antonio area communities.

Lagom Landscaping LLC. provides lawn care services, tree trimming and tree removal services, ornamental tree pruning services, complete lawn resodding services, landscape lighting, landscape design services, natural pool installation, pressure washing, and a few more services catered to your individual residential or commercial property needs.

Things to do in Highland Park

Highland Park is a 4.9-acre tract that was purchased by the city of San Antonio from L.P. and Celine Peck in 1925 for $35,000. The area was a planned community with utilities placed in the alleys and upper-middle-class residents in mind. Deed restrictions were set very high.

The Highland Park neighborhood is both nice, and contains room for improvement like many neighborhoods. Some things to do in Highland Park are:

• Visit the Mission Concepción.

Mission Concepción is a Spanish Colonial Landmark, dedicated in 1755, and is America’s oldest unrestored stone church.

• Play golf at the Riverside Golf Course.

Plan to book a tee time at the Riverside Golf Course, which features an 18-hole championship layout and a 9-hole par 3 course. Located just four miles South of downtown, San Antonio’s oldest golf course and the former site of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s ‘Rough Riders‘ calvary regiment.

• Go fishing or play tennis on lighted courts at Southside Lion’s Park.

Southside Lion’s Park is a grassy neighborhood park with a softball field, picnic pavilions, and both an outdoor pool & a fishing pond. Located at 3100 Hiawatha ST, Southside Lion’s Park also has tennis courts and pea gravel walking trails.

• Visit a Texas-favorite H-E-B grocery store at McCreless Corner Shopping Center.

The McCreless branch of the supermarket chain offers groceries, beer & wine, plus a deli, pharmacy & florist.

• Collaborate with the creative minds of Pineapple House Platforms.

Pineapple House Platforms creative agency has a mission focused on helping artists and entrepreneurs embody their highest alignment. The creatives behind Pineapple House Platforms use artist mentorship, personal branding, and their own in-house digital marketing agency to propel artists and small business owners forward further along their path to sustainable success.

Best Plants for Highland Park

Highland Park is located within San Antonio Texas, and both USDA Hardiness Zones 8b and 9a. Zone 8 has two subsets, 8a and 8b. Zone 8b has minimum temperatures between 25° and 30° F. Zone 9, also containing two subsets, has average winter lows between 20° and 25° F for Zone 9a.

As such, native plants that include the Goldenball Leadtree, Desert Willow, Prairie Flameleaf Sumac, Mountain Laurel, and Texas Redbud are all great examples of plants suited for Highland Park. Texas Sage, Lantana, Agave, and Salvia are also wonderful drought-tolerant plants to consider. Other plants that thrive in Highland Park are Blackfoot Daisy, Pride of Barbados, Red Yucca, and various Cacti.

Provencal thyme and rosemary are great and easy-to-maintain herbs for the area. A perennial that is both drought-tolerant and deer-resistant is Salvia Greggii, which attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Perennials like this are often low maintenance and can provide long seasons of color.

Why Highland Park

Highland Park has a commute of less than 10 minutes to downtown San Antonio, 8 minutes to the Tech Port San Antonio campus, and 10 minutes to Brooks, the former Brooks Air Force Base site.

Mostly tucked just south of IH 10 and east of IH 37, and split almost evenly by South new Braunfels Ave, Highland Park boasts a median home price of $250,000, with homes ranging from $85k to $650K, while the U.S. median listing sits at $361,282.

Famous faces of Highland Park

Highland Park was once home to Elmer Doolin, who launched the Fritos corn chip.

Famous San Antonio photographer Eugene Omar Goldbeck had a sharp eye for good lighting and called Highland Park home. A pioneer of panoramic photography, E.O. Goldbeck’s home and studio were located in Highland Park.

“The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it…”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Landscaping starts at home.

Read on for simple-to-integrate backyard landscaping ideas for your San Antonio home.

From garden designs to garden paths, paver walkways, and natural pools, take action now to transform your backyard into an oasis with these backyard landscaping ideas.

Backyard landscaping ideas

Hardscaping:

Patio: A patio provides a designated space for seating and entertaining. These are built from bricks, pavers, or even gravel.

Fire Pit: A great way to add ambiance and warmth to your backyard. You can build a fire pit yourself using affordable materials like bricks and stones.

Walkway: As simple as stepping stones or a more elaborate path using pavers and gravel, a walkway is a great addition to your backyard.

Softscaping:

Garden Beds: Traditional flower beds add color and visual interest, and a raised garden bed adds utility.

Focal points: Add a focal point like a birdbath, statue, or exotic plant to draw the eye and pep to your yard.

Vertical Gardening: Using walls or fences with trellises, hanging baskets, or a moss wall is perfect for a small space.

Other Ideas:

Outdoor Lighting: Tree lights, string lights, and path lighting will enhance the ambiance of your backyard and make it more inviting for the evening hours.

A Water Feature: A small fountain, a natural pool, a koi pond, or even misters can bring a calming presence to your backyard.

Summer Kitchen: If you like cooking outdoors, consider adding a countertop with grill space, a sink, or even a brick or earthen pizza oven to lively up your space.

Pergola: These traditional shade elements can combine to create a cozy seating area, and when paired with climbing plants, they become true show-stopping pieces.