News from Preferred Landscape and Lighting

May 2013

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In This Issue

Spring Fling

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Customer Connection

Look at what some of our recent customers had to say about their experience with Preferred:

"About 3 years after Preferred Landscape did a beautiful job on a complete renovation of our back yard, which created a wonderful outdoor living space we use just about every day, we called them again for another idea we had in mind for the front yard. We started with only a vague idea, and Darryl came up with a great design that echoed elements of the back yard. It involved creating a completely new front patio, replacing walkways from the street and across the front of the house, and building two new stone walls.

The walkways, patio and rock walls were done by Daniel Cardenas and his team, who did a wonderful job. Daniel and the team leader, Miguel, were both excellent at communicating and dedicated to doing high quality work and making sure they addressed any concern, however small. Miguel and his team worked tirelessly, with great attention to detail. They put in very long days to catch up after losing two days to rain. It was amazing to watch them work together as a team, with everyone having a job to do and doing it well, anticipating where help would be needed, and staying ahead of the next step. In building the stone walls, their level of craftsmanship was really an art.

We've already had a passerby pull over and want to know who did the work because it looks so awesome. The greenscape and lighting going in now will finish off another beautiful space. Thanks so much for another great job, and especially to Miguel and his team for their talent, hard work, and creativity.

~Laurie W.

Drought Educational Seminars

Preferred Landscape and Lighting puts on educational seminars or 'lunch and learns' for corporations to explain landscape design, irrigation, tree care, and subjects such as dealing with a drought.

We have a professional one hour seminar presented by Certified Arborists, Licensed Irrigators and professional landscape designers. Firms that we have presented to include NuStar, Pape Dawson, Cox and Smith, Padgett Strateman, Catto and Catto, DHR Architecture and Spectrum Property Management.

If your firm would be interested in one of our free seminars, let us know. We act as subject matter experts and do not present a one hour commercial about our firm.

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Water Restrictions

Despite the recent thunder storms that have been rolling through our area, we are still under Stage 2 water restrictions. SAWS has made some changes to the restrictions this year we wanted to make you aware of:

1. Landscape watering with an irrigation system, sprinkler or soaker hose is allowed only once a week from 7-11 a.m. and 7-11 p.m. on your designated watering day, as determined by your address.

2. Watering with drip irrigation or 5-gallon bucket is permitted any day, but only between 7-11 a.m. and 7-11 p.m.

3. All residential fountains and indoor commercial fountains can operate at any stage of drought.

4. Residential car washing allowed during drought once per week on Saturday or Sunday as long as there is no water waste.

For more information and complete listing of all the restrictions , please visit SAWS website at www.saws.org.

Please contact us at 210-657-7737 or email us at info@preferredlandscapetx.com. Thank You!