Getting Near the Finish Line, Landscaping Project Royalview

Landscape Design by Eagle A. Improvements

We are now on day six of our complete yard transformation. Things are looking really great, and we can now see the finish line. The only projects left to complete as I am posting this blog, are the two bridges that are being built in the front.

I’ll be posting quite a few before and after photos for you to see and compare, for every area that is being upgraded or restored, in a later post, but for now, I’d like to get you caught up to speed as to how everything is looking right now.

The front Southern garden area is really quite a highlight here. It sits right at the front corner of the property, and is the most visible. We’ve already been receiving a lot of slow-downs to catch a look, passers-by.

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There will be a bridge across to get to this area, and it is complete with a covered swing, in which we can sit and view the lake from our yard. So excited!

Custom Bridge Construction by Eagle A. Improvements, Houston, TX

We ordered 2 of these wooden outdoor swings from Amazon, and they both arrived very promptly. They are really pretty and add a special touch. You can click on our Associate’s Link to get one for yourself!

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There is just so much to show you, the team from Eagle A. Improvements have been working seemingly non-stop over the course of this past week, tending to every little detail with care.

Special thank-you’s to Keren and Albert. They have been here every day working and making sure all is done precisely.

One of the most spectacular areas is the descending path that they’ve creating to help us and others reach our front door atop our hill. These steps were handmade by the Eagle A. Improvements team, along with a cross path that takes you to another garden/sitting area that overlooks the lake on the Northern side of our property.

Custom Made Steps by Eagle A. Improvements

Custom Pathways designed by Eagle A. Improvements

Our 2nd Wooden Swing with Canopy in the North Garden

There has been quite a bit going on the in back yard as well. They had to do a lot of digging for irrigation and also for drainage. The backyard has been re-sod and gravel lined, and the garden is now complete. Here is the back yard this evening.

Landscape Design by Eagle A. Improvements, Houston, TX

Willie and I couldn’t be happier with how things are turning out. We’re both anticipating how the bridges will look. They should complete them both by tomorrow, and then they will be painted white next week.

Till next time, stay safe, and follow your joy! God is truly good!

Johanna and Willie

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March 4, 2025 0

The New Plants are Here! Plus Landscape Updates!

All the new plants have arrived! They are so beautiful!

For those just tuning in, all landscape design and installation is being performed by Eagle A. Improvements (apologies to Eagle for omitting the “A” in previous posts, but all links are correct).

Albert and Keren have really outdone themselves picking out gorgeous, full, and healthy plants. It was like Christmas when they arrived bearing these gifts!

Our color scheme of greens, with blues, purples, and white, is really coming to life with all of their plant choices, and for an extra bit of icing on the cake, Keren surprised us with Texas Bluebonnets!

We are so excited for these!

Albert chose some beautiful ivy to incorporate in our back tiered planting area, so that it can start flowing down the sides. Great idea!

Albert and Keren got right to work placing all the plants in the areas they had planned for them.

Albert and Keren of Eagle A Improvements

They’ve already planted the hedges along the front of Royalview.

While the plants are being organized, there is much more work going on at the same time in different areas. The workers are building molds to pour steps for our walkways.

Custom Outdoor Steps by Eagle A. Improvements

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When I realized what they were doing, I was so surprised. I thought they were going to just purchase some pavers to put in amongst white gravel to make our walkways, but no, and when I mentioned my surprise to Albert, he said they do not do anything just the regular way. They go the extra mile to make things really nice.

He is not kidding. Willie and I are super impressed with this team’s attention to detail on every level. If you’ve been following our landscaping series of adventures, you’ll know that Albert and Keren have gone plant shopping with us personally so we could pick out and discuss the types of plants that would be great for the color scheme, look, and feel of our property, plus the plants that would thrive in our environment. They always add a personal touch to everything they do.

Here are a couple of update pictures of our back yard.

Look how nice our tiered garden area is coming along! They have been placing these stones one by one and leveling everything as they go. All the backyard grass is going to be resodded as well.

They are working on better drainage for us since we live on a hilltop with our back yard hill area coming down toward our home. They are also installing irrigation systems for every planting area. That is going to be so nice.

Back steps are being poured as well. We have a generator and propane tank in our back yard. This will make it much easier for workers to check on these systems, and also easier for us to not have mud and dirt tracked across our back patio on every visit. Win, win!

Home Improvements by Eagle A. Improvements

We also have a small area that lies between our house and garage. This was piled with bricks that the former homeowner left behind. Eagle was able to utilize some of these bricks for our back tiered planting area, and the rest they are going to haul off for us. Albert advised that gravel would work best in this area. Due to the way it slopes down, it will make it easier to drain off when it rains. It is an unused area, so no need for grass maintenance here either.

They’re getting it prepped for white gravel.

It’s going to look so neat and clean, and no worries on upkeep.

Okay gang, onward and upward!

All the folks at Eagle “A” (thank you very much!) Improvements have gone out of their way to make this a wonderful experience for me and Willie, and to make sure that we are seeing our dreams brought into reality.

We could not be happier. Everything is exceeding our expectations on every level.

Till next time, stay safe, and follow your joy. God is truly good!

Johanna and Willie

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March 3, 2025 0

The Eagle (Improvements) Has Definitely Landed Today!

Can you hear the sounds of progress today?

Hello everyone!

I certainly can. Eagle Improvements is here in full force, and things are really coming along very nicely with Royalview’s landscaping.

There’s work going on in the front and back today.

They are working on building a tiered garden for the back yard. You can see the outline of the structure better in the photo below. It’s all going up-hill in a 3 layer tier. This is one of the first things I could envision when we first looked at our new home. There was a large stump here from a downed tree from our most recent hurricane, but I could see that there was a natural curving and layering here that would be perfect for a beautiful garden. Albert and Keren from Eagle were right there with me in this vision. They could see the outline and layering as well, and I’m so excited to see it coming to life!

All the garden areas have been cleared and marked for planting and for seating areas.

It’s going to be so wonderful to be able to sit out here and view the lake from our yard. We’ve ordered 2 swings that will be sitting in the little garden areas in the front.

I’ll be back with more updates. They’re working pretty fast today, so I’m headed back out to see the new progress. We’re very honored today to have another of Eagle Improvements’ owners present, Anthony. We met him first thing this morning. Our favorite dynamic duo, Albert and Keren, are out purchasing plants this morning and have been keeping us informed of their finds. I’ll be sure to snap some photos when all the beauties arrive today!

So excited! I believe I’ve said that before, and I’ll probably keep saying it!

And where’s Willie? He’s out having fun organizing the garage, listening to some tunes. It’s a happy work-place today!

Till next time, stay safe, and follow your joy!

Johanna and Willie

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March 1, 2025 0

Landscaping has Begun!

Landscaping by Eagle Improvements, Houston, TX

Today’s the day! Landscaping for Royalview has officially begun!

The crew at Eagle Improvements showed up bright and early today, and it’s been a blast already. Willie and I have been so excited to get things going over here, and Eagle was been with us every step of the way in regards to design, budgeting, and choosing the right plants for the look we’re going for, as well as the hardiness of different species for our see-saw weather here in Southeast Texas.

This morning you guys, was a very special treat. Keren and Albert of Eagle went plant shopping with us! We’ve been sending pictures back and forth, Keren has visited several garden centers, and has sent us numerous pictures, but they thought it may be beneficial to shop together since we have a garden center not too far from us here. So yay! A field trip today!

We’re going for a casual, by the lake look, with varying green tones, whites, blues and purples.

Here are a few pics of our visit to the garden center and plants we’re loving:

We are choosing gardenias because of the beautiful deep green leaves and very fragrant white flowers.

And look at these little beauties. These are Lanai White Imp. Trailing Verbena. I love the white flower clusters.

Keren spotted these right away! And there’s Albert. These two are so artistic and creative, and know which plants are going to be perfect for our setting. They are such a joy to collaborate with.

Here are a couple more hedges that we’ll be utilizing. I know that one is named Wax Leaf Texanum.

These are my favorite, that I’ve been asking for, Big Blue Liriope! They will have purple blooms.

Keren found these really pretty plants called Dwarf Lily of the Nile. I’m really loving the blue and white flowers on these.

Here’s one more little flowering plant. I cannot remember this one’s name, but the flowers are a really pretty purple.

We’re of course, very excited to see how everything will come together. The crew has made great progress today in getting things cleared and cleaned, and have begun digging out the grass in areas where they will be installing walkways and planting/seating areas.

Here are the computer art pictures that Keren sent us to give an idea of the completed look:

We’ll keep you up to date as Project Royalview continues, so stay tuned! Please be sure to subscribe by email to get new post alerts.

Till next time, stay safe and follow your joy! God is truly good!

Johanna and Willie

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February 27, 2025 0

Meeting with our New Landscapers, Eagle Improvements

Yesterday was definitely a hot chocolate and coffee kind of day here in Southeast Texas! We’re not used to our high temperatures being in the 20’s or 30’s, but our new landscapers, Eagle Improvements, braved the frigid temps to pay us a visit at Royalview.

I came across these fine folks on Instagram, months before we actually moved, and when I saw their landscape work, I told myself, “this is who I want to work with”. Besides beautiful landscaping, Eagle Improvements also specialize in all types of home improvements, so I knew their wide range of expertise would most likely come in very handy. I’m so glad I saved their information on IG. Yesterday was their third visit.

We’ve been discussing with the team, the look, feel, and vibe that we’re hoping to create here, and they have really listened, and they came back yesterday with some very creative plans for us to go over together.

Landscape Drawing by Albert, Eagle Improvements

Meet Keren and Johanna of Eagle Improvements. Johanna is one of the owners, and Keren is her sister. This is a family owned business in Houston. These special ladies have really gone out of their way to be very gracious and helpful. Keren has been visiting garden centers and sending us pictures of plant species that would potentially fit into our theme, as well as rendering gorgeous 3D computer models for us to choose from. Along with computer generated specs, they have also provided this very detailed hand drawn visual.

The above detailed plans were drawn by Albert, their expert landscaper, with 20 years experience. He has very creative ideas, that will be perfect for our new home, such as outdoor sitting areas with swings overlooking the lake, and bridges from the road to the yard in the front, at the bottom of our hill.

Albert and Keren have been walking the property, taking measurements, and gaining inspiration. It’s going to be very nice to be able to utilize the front door. Right now, it’s a bit difficult for anyone to enter via the front door, as the steps stop mid-hill. They are working on a beautiful solution to this issue so that we and visitors can easily reach our front door.

It’s all so exciting! And this team helps keep it all exciting and fun. I can see and feel their enthusiasm for project Royalview, and it’s just a really great pleasure to collaborate with such talented people.

For the back yard, we’re planning a nice focal-point layered planting area that slopes and curves organically with the flow of the landscape.

The team is also working on a plan to ensure great drainage in this area. The hillside in the back, slopes down towards our home.

Willie and I cannot wait till groundbreaking begins. They say it will not be very far away.

Before their last visit, we did have 2 pine trees that had to come down, and 8 stumps removed. I’ll post about that fun experience next, before all the excitement begins with the beautification. This is something I’ve dreamed about for a very long time. Getting to work with very artistic and creative people on a landscaping project, so I am absolutely thrilled beyond words, and Willie can tell you, I cannot quit going on an on about how fantastic the Eagle Team has been on this journey aleady. We have interviewed a number of other landscaping companies, and I can tell you, these are the people (Eagle Improvements), that you want to be a part of your dreams.

Till next time, stay safe, and follow your joy! God is truly good!

Johanna and Willie

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