Rainwater harvesting, native and xeriscape design, bonded drainage and bioswales, fountains, organic pest control. Built for thin Hill Country limestone, private wells, and a valley that watches Jacob's Well — not a one-size catalog. The on-site read is $300, credited â free when you build.
Well & rainwater-wise designHays CountyFree Site Read
Wimberley sits on thin, rocky ground — Edwards and Trinity limestone with caliche close to the surface, the kind of soil that sheds a storm like a roof and holds little for a plant. The valley runs on water that's harder to come by than almost anywhere we work: most properties draw from a private well into the Trinity Aquifer or off captured rain, not a city main.
And everyone here watches Jacob's Well. The spring that feeds Cypress Creek and the Blanco River has gone to zero flow six times in recorded history — all six in the last twenty-some years — and it's the valley's plain barometer of how the aquifer is doing. In Wimberley, how a property handles its water isn't an abstraction. It's the conversation.
We read your ground before we build on it. That's the whole method, and on ground this thin with water this dear, it's the only honest way to work.
Hill Country storms sheet off limestone fast. A planted swale slows it, sinks it, and feeds the ground instead of scouring it. Bonded for the right-of-way.
Food and habitat that fit the lot — from a Woodcreek infill yard to a River Mountain Ranch acreage tract.
§ 2 · The local reality
Thin limestone, and a well to protect.
Most of the landscaping failures we get called to fix in the Hill Country come from ignoring the ground and the water both. Thirsty sod laid over caliche that can't feed it, run on a well that can't afford it. Beds graded so the one good storm runs straight off the rock and away. Plants that belong in a wetter county, dying slow through July while the irrigation bill — and the well — pay for it.
The fixes aren't exotic — they're just specific. Open up the limestone and caliche so roots and rain can get down. Send the storm to a planted swale that sinks it back toward the aquifer instead of off the property. Choose the palette that already knows this heat and this drought. Bank rain off the roof so the well does less. Done right, a Wimberley landscape needs less water, less rescue, and less of you every year — and asks less of the valley's water.
§ 3 · Rebates & water rules
Let the rain — and the state — chip in.
Texas exempts rainwater-harvesting equipment from state sales tax under Tax Code 151.355 — rain barrels, tanks, and gutters used solely for collection — claimed with a simple exemption form at purchase. The Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District also manages pumping in the Jacob's Well springshed during drought, which is exactly why low-water, rain-banking design is the right call here. Local rebates change, so we point you to what's live rather than quote a number we can't source.
From the village and the golf community to the creekside lots and the big acreage tracts — we work the valley and the Hill Country towns folded around it.
Can you build a landscape that runs on a well or rainwater in Wimberley?
Yes — and out here, that's the whole point. Most Wimberley properties run on a private well into the Trinity Aquifer or on captured rain, and the aquifer is under real strain. We design landscapes that live within that budget: native and xeriscape planting that needs almost no irrigation once established, plus rainwater harvesting sized to your roof and your storage. The less your yard pulls from the well, the more your well keeps for the house.
What grows in Wimberley's thin Hill Country limestone soil?
Plenty — if you match the plant to the rock instead of fighting it. Wimberley sits on thin, rocky soil over Edwards and Trinity limestone, with caliche close to the surface. We design with Hill Country natives that evolved for exactly this — Texas sage, blackfoot daisy, damianita, salvia greggii, Lindheimer muhly, live oak, Texas persimmon — and we open up the rock at planting so roots and water can get down. Done right, it looks alive through an August drought.
Are there rebates or tax breaks for rainwater harvesting in Wimberley?
Yes. Texas exempts rainwater-harvesting equipment from state sales tax under Tax Code 151.355 — rain barrels, tanks, and gutters used solely for collection — and you claim it with a simple exemption form at purchase. Local incentives in the Hays County / Wimberley area change, so we point you to what's live rather than quote a number we can't source. We design rainwater systems to qualify for the tax exemption where they can.
Do you offer a free estimate in Wimberley?
The first Site Read is $300, credited — free when you build — a 60-to-90-minute on-site reading of your property (soil, water, well or catchment, 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.
Logged on site
From first look to built
Three steps. No leap of faith.
Start free. See your property in 3D before you spend a dollar on the build. Then build it for a number you can see coming.
01 · Free
Preliminary Read.
We come read your property — soil, water, light, the lay of the land — and sketch a direction. Credited in full, no obligation.
02 · $300, credited in full
3D LiDAR Design.
A drone-LiDAR scan and a measured 3D design — exactly where the water flows, drawn to the inch. The $300 comes off your build.
03 · Priced clear
We build it.
Curbside bioswales from $300 a linear meter, plus fountains, native landscapes, and water systems — built by the same hands. No surprise numbers.