Hardscaping and outdoor living in Fort Worth.

Hardscape work we do across Fort Worth

• Paver patios — concrete and natural stone pavers installed on a compacted base, set to drain away from the house, with clean turf transitions at every edge. We size these from small covered patio upgrades to full outdoor living rooms.
• Retaining walls — sloped Fort Worth lots that lose ground to erosion every rain season. Block and natural stone walls that hold grade and create usable flat space. See the tiered retaining wall project for an example of how we combine walls with turf on grade changes.
• Pergolas and shade structures — freestanding and attached pergolas that give Fort Worth backyards shade cover from May through October. We tie the shade sail and pergola footings into the same project as the patio base so the grade work is done once.
• Fire pits and outdoor kitchens — gas fire pit surrounds and outdoor grill islands with turf or paver inlays. We seam the turf around hardscape elements so edges disappear rather than standing proud.
• Drainage and grade corrections — Fort Worth clay soil drains poorly. If your yard puddles after every rain, fixing the grade and adding French drains is the prerequisite to any hardscape or turf work holding up long term.

Why hardscape and turf go together

Most Fort Worth backyard remodels end up needing both. The patio or paver area creates hard surfaces where you sit and cook. The turf fills the lawn zones where you want green without irrigation. They share the same base work, the same drainage grade, and the same install timeline. Doing them separately with two contractors means double mobilization, double base work, and design decisions made independently that often don't match in the field.

We handle both sides so the paver patio edge transitions cleanly to the turf, the retaining wall ties into the drainage plan for the turf base, and the pergola footings land in the right places before the hardscape surface goes down. One project, one scope, one invoice.

For the full pricing menu on hardscape elements, see the landscaping and hardscape page with installed per-sqft and per-linear-ft pricing for every item.

Fort Worth hardscaping realities

Fort Worth clay expands and contracts with moisture. Pavers that are set without proper base prep heave and crack within a couple of summers. The same rule applies to retaining walls: a wall that's not tied into a proper drainage plan fails on the first heavy rain. We do base work the right way because it's cheaper than coming back in two years to redo it.

Heat is the other Fort Worth-specific problem. An all-hardscape patio with no shade and no green surface radiates heat in July. The combination of a covered pergola, concrete or paver decking, and surrounding turf manages the thermal environment enough that the patio is actually usable in summer, which is the whole point.

Neighborhoods and areas we serve

Fort Worth proper from Westover Hills and the TCU corridor to the far west side, plus surrounding Tarrant County: North Richland Hills, Keller, Colleyville, Southlake, Arlington, Aledo, Benbrook, Mansfield, and Crowley.