Service · Food + design

Edible landscapes that feed you while they look like landscapes.

Fig, pomegranate, low-chill peach, persimmon. Blackberry, mulberry, elderberry. Rosemary, sage, oregano. Hill Country edibles integrated into the design — not stashed in a corner garden.

Fruit trees · berries · perennial herbs · food forest Designed, not just planted

An edible landscape isn't a vegetable garden moved to the front yard. It's a designed landscape where most of the plants happen to feed you.

Conventional landscaping uses 12 ornamental plants. Edible landscape uses 12 different ones — most of which also produce food, often through the worst of summer when nothing else in the garden is interesting. A mature fig tree gives shade, structure, fall color, and 40 pounds of fruit. An Indian hawthorn does none of those things.

Noon's edible landscape work integrates fruit trees, berry shrubs, perennial herbs, edible groundcovers, and vines into a landscape that reads as intentional design first and edible bonus second. The neighbors won't realize half your yard is food until you start handing them figs in July.

§ 1 · The Hill Country edibles

What actually grows here.

Hill Country zones (8b-9a) limit your edible palette compared to California. But what does grow here, grows well — often better than where you'd expect.

We don't recommend things that struggle here: apples (too low chill hours unless you find the right variety), pears (fire blight risk), most blueberries (pH too high), most stone fruit beyond peach. Plant what wants to grow here.

§ 2 · What's included

Design to harvest.

Included
Site read + microclimate map
Sun, wind, drainage, frost pockets. Determines which trees go where.
Included
Soil prep + amendment
Compost, biochar, mycorrhizal inoculation. Foundation for fruit production.
Included
Tree + shrub palette
Selected for your conditions, deer pressure, and harvest preferences. Year-round interest.
Included
Layout + planting plan
Spacings sized to mature trees. Sun arc considered. Companion planting where it helps.
Included
Full install
Trees sourced (often direct from Womack's, Bob Wells Nursery, Texas Pecan), planted, mulched, watered in.
Included
Year-1 stewardship
The make-or-break year. Establishment watering, pest watching, soil program.
§ 3 · Pricing

Honest pricing.

Edible landscape pricing follows tree count + scale. Most clients add 3-8 fruit trees plus a perennial herb + berry layer per zone.

Starter
$3,000-$7,000
3-5 fruit trees + perennial herb cluster + 1 berry shrub group · 500-1,500 ft²
Standard
$7,000-$15,000
Multi-zone · 8-15 fruit trees + berry hedge + full herb layer + soil program
Food forest
$15,000-$25,000+
Multi-acre or whole-property · 20+ trees + understory layers + perennial polyculture
§ 4 · Why edible

Beauty and function.

Beauty and function are not separate categories in ecological work. A fig tree gives you shade in July (when you need it), gold leaves in November (when the yard needs color), and 40 pounds of figs in June and August (when the grocery store sells them for $6/lb).

An ornamental landscape costs $1,500-$3,000 per year to maintain. An edible landscape costs the same (sometimes less — fruit trees need less than ornamental shrubs once established) but pays you back: $200-$2,000 worth of fruit per year, plus the herbs, plus the berries.

The math isn't really the point. The point is that you walk outside and eat something off your own property — and somehow the conventional landscape suddenly looks like a waste.

§ 5 · Cross-links

Read more.

Tool
Food Garden Starter
Free calc — household size + season → bed sizing + crop list. For the annual side.
Service
Soil Amendment
Fruit trees need real soil. Often a soil program comes first.
Service
Native Landscape Design
Combine edibles + natives for a fuller ecology.
§ 6 · FAQ

Common questions.

What fruit trees grow in San Antonio?
Fig (multiple varieties), low-chill peach (FlordaKing, TexRoyal, June Gold), pomegranate (Wonderful, Kashmir Blend), Texas persimmon (native), oriental persimmon (Eureka, Tanenashi), pecan (Pawnee, Caddo), mulberry (Pakistan), pawpaw with shade and water. Avoid most apples (too few chill hours), pears (fire blight), and most stone fruit besides peach.
Can I grow blueberries in San Antonio?
Not easily. Hill Country soil pH is 7.5-8.5; blueberries need 4.5-5.5. Container-grown with custom acidic soil mix and constant pH management is possible but high-effort. We'll usually steer you to blackberries (Brazos, Kiowa) and mulberries instead — same flavor profile, similar use, vastly easier in Hill Country.
What is a food forest?
A multi-layer planting design that mimics a natural forest while being mostly edible. Canopy layer (fruit/nut trees), understory layer (smaller fruit trees, large shrubs), shrub layer (berries), herbaceous layer (perennial herbs), groundcover layer, root layer, vine layer. Self-supporting once established — minimal irrigation, no synthetic fertilizer, low ongoing input. Originated as a permaculture concept.
How many fruit trees do I need to actually eat from my yard?
A family of 4 with mixed fruit interests: 1-2 figs, 2 peaches, 1 pomegranate, 1 persimmon, plus a blackberry hedge and herb cluster will produce 200-400 pounds of fruit annually once mature. That's roughly 1-3 servings per person per day during peak seasons. Pecan and oak nuts are bonus.
How long until I get fruit?
Blackberries and mulberries: year 2. Figs: year 2-3. Peaches: year 3. Pomegranate: year 3-4. Persimmon: year 4-5. Pecans: year 7-10 (but they're 100-year trees). Most edible landscapes are visibly productive by year 3 and dramatically productive by year 5. Soil work in year 1 dramatically shortens this timeline.
How much does edible landscape design cost?
A starter (3-5 fruit trees + herbs + 1 berry group) runs $3,000-$7,000. Standard (8-15 trees + berry hedge + full herb + soil) is $7,000-$15,000. Food forest scale: $15,000-$25,000+. Site Read + design only is $299-$499 if you want to install yourself.
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