Safari Landscapes

About Safari Landscapes

Houston's humidity is a burden nine months of the year and a gift to anyone planting near the Museum District, where elephant ears throw leaves the size of dinner trays and a banana will put on six feet in a season. Safari Landscapes leans into that lushness, building beds of bold-leaved tropicals and palms around the bungalows and courtyards near Hermann Park, then keeping them from swallowing the walk. Mowing and edging give the greenery an edge to push against; trimming, thinning and dividing keep the whole thing from turning into a wall. Mulch goes down deep to hold moisture through the August stretch, and spent fronds and leaves are cut out and carried off. Step through a gate on a still evening and it should feel a good deal farther from the freeway than it actually is.