Areté Landscape Design

05/12/2025

We have been extremely busy working, and have not been posting at all in a very long time. So finally, we have gotten the time to start working on a bit of marketing…The attached video is of a project we completed nearly a year ago and filmed a few weeks ago. It was a complex and intensive project that turned into a beautiful space that our clients love. We invite you to take a look at it.

09/01/2021

I just love a jobsite! So full of energy and creation

09/01/2021

It’s a busy jobsite. Today we are working on drainage, steel edging and forming for concrete

09/01/2021

Today we are laying the forms and lining them with plastic to protect the roots of the great Live Oaks and Sweet Gum on the property from concrete leaching.

08/30/2021

This year we have been extremely busy with numerous projects, so much so that we haven’t posted anything.

So here are some pics of a project we are currently working on. Can’t wait to show you the end result!

08/06/2021

The prediction is enough to send a shiver down the spines of everyone in Texas.

07/30/2021

Trees for Houston has been a crucial force in Houston’s efforts to temper a hunger for...

07/30/2021

It has been almost six months since winter storm Uri blanketed Texas in a week-long freeze and, despite ample rain, many Texas trees are still showing signs of stress.

06/22/2021

Wild life and spring blooms

06/22/2021

The list of benefits that trees bestow on urban neighborhoods is long: People who live near more trees feel younger, are happier, and are healthier. But perhaps one of the most important factors in a world of rising temperatures is that trees have the ability to keep urban areas they cover up to 45....

05/16/2021

In a new commission from the artist and architect Maya Lin, the wide, flat lawns of Madison Square Park have been transformed into a forest of cedars, tall and stately. It’s an incredibly striking display—a dramatic disruption of the urban landscape that rather forcibly reminds one of what all t...

04/26/2021

Fabulous read! Highly recommended

The woman who discovered the woodwide web shares the wisdom of a life spent listening to the forest in her new book