Flood-aware drainage and bioswales, rainwater harvesting, native and xeriscape design, fountains, design-build for new lots. Built for clay, limestone, and the rivers' rain — not a one-size catalog. The first Site Read is free.
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New Braunfels isn't one kind of ground. The town sits where the Guadalupe and Comal rivers meet, and the soils shift block to block — expansive clay that swells and cracks and holds water at the surface in some places, thin caliche over limestone that sheds a storm like a roof in others. It's Edwards and Trinity aquifer country, and the new lots going in by the hundreds each need their drainage solved on their own terms.
On top of that, the rivers flood. Real storms drop two or three inches in an hour, and the water has nowhere kind to go. Along the Guadalupe and Comal, how a property handles its rain isn't a luxury question — it's the whole game.
We read your ground before we build on it. That's the whole method, and in a town split this way by soil and river, it's the only honest way to work.
The #1 call. Flood pooling on clay, foundation grade, sheet flow off limestone, new lots that drain toward the slab. Bonded for the street and right-of-way.
Catch the storm instead of fighting it. In aquifer country it's good citizenship — and it can qualify for local NBU conservation programs where eligible.
Food and habitat that fit the lot — from a Gruene cottage yard to a River Chase slope.
§ 2 · The local reality
Clay, limestone, and the rivers.
Most of the landscaping failures we get called to fix in New Braunfels come from ignoring the ground. Sod laid over unbroken clay that drowns its own roots. A French drain dropped on limestone with nowhere to daylight. A new-build lot graded toward the foundation. Plants that belong in Houston, not on a Hill Country caliche cap.
The fixes aren't exotic — they're just specific. Break and amend the clay so it drains. Fracture the limestone so roots and water can get through it. Send the storm to a planted swale instead of the slab. Choose the palette that already knows this heat. Done right, a New Braunfels landscape needs less water, less rescue, and less of you every year.
§ 3 · The rivers & the rain
Work with the water.
Near the Guadalupe and Comal, flood-aware drainage isn't optional — it's the foundation everything else sits on. We read the flow path and build the fix that fits, then catch what we can: rainwater harvesting turns the storm from a threat into a supply. New Braunfels Utilities (NBU) runs water-conservation programs, and we design projects to qualify for local conservation programs where eligible. We never quote a rebate number we can't source.
Do you fix yard flooding and drainage in New Braunfels?
Yes — it's one of the most common calls we get here. New Braunfels sits at the confluence of the Guadalupe and Comal rivers, and real storms drop inches in an hour onto clay that won't take it and limestone that sheds it, so water pools where it shouldn't. We read the actual flow path on the property, then build the right fix: a planted bioswale, a regrade, a French drain only where it's truly needed. We're also bonded for work in the street and public right-of-way, so we can take curbside drainage all the way to the source — most landscapers stop at the property line.
What grows in New Braunfels' clay and limestone soil?
More than people think — if you match the plant to the ground and prep the soil right. New Braunfels runs mixed soils: expansive clay in places, thin caliche over limestone in others, all of it Edwards and Trinity aquifer country. We design with Hill Country natives that evolved for both — Texas sage, salvia greggii, damianita, inland sea oats, native sedges, live oak, Texas persimmon — and we break and amend the soil at planting so roots can actually get established.
Are there rebates for water-wise landscaping in New Braunfels?
Yes. New Braunfels Utilities (NBU) runs water-conservation programs, and we design projects to qualify for local conservation programs where eligible. We'll point you to the current programs — we never quote a rebate figure we can't source.
Do you offer a free estimate in New Braunfels?
The first Site Read is free — a 60-to-90-minute on-site reading of your property (soil, water, sun, drainage, canopy) plus a written summary within 48 hours. It's the honest version of an estimate: you get a real plan and a price range, whether or not you build with us.
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60-90 minutes on your New Braunfels property. Written summary in 48 hrs. No charge — the first Site Read is free.