Lawn Care & Sodin The Colony.
The Colony sits right on Lewisville Lake, a mix of master-planned lakeside communities and established older sections. We're based one suburb over in Carrollton, family-owned since 2010, and we've run routes here the whole time.
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- 4.1 stars8 Yelp reviews
- Carrollton-basedfamily-owned since 2010
- 15+ yearsDFW landscape expertise
Loera's Landscaping holds a 4.7-star rating across 32 Google reviews from North Texas homeowners and has been family-owned in Carrollton, TX since 2010.
Two services. Done right.
Sod Installation
Bermuda, Palisades Zoysia, or St. Augustine — laid fresh, on graded soil, ready to root. Most yards are done by sundown.
- Removal + haul-away of old grass included
- Soil prep + precision grading for The Colony's clay-heavy lots
- Watering plan handed to you on install day
- Free on-site estimate from Omar
Weekly Lawn Care
Weekly lawn service across The Colony. A healthy, sharp-edged lawn every visit. Reach us by text, phone, email, or the website form.
- Mow, edge, line-trim, blow — every visit
- Bed care, hedging, and seasonal pruning included
- Spring + fall cleanups baked into the calendar
- Optional: fertilization, pre-emergent, mosquito control
We're not just a DFW landscaper.We're your landscaper.
Lake-adjacent grading.
Lots near Lewisville Lake have their own drainage quirks — higher water tables in spots, runoff that has to be managed. We grade with the lake's hydrology in mind so new sod actually roots instead of washing out.
Master-planned standards.
The Tribute, Austin Ranch, and Stewart Peninsula each have their own landscape expectations. Omar walks the property and tailors the quote to fit the neighborhood from day one.
One drive over.
Carrollton to The Colony is a 15-minute drive up the Tollway. We're not flying in from another county — local response, local schedule, in-house Loera crews.
Weekly lawn care and sod across The Colony
The Colony sits right on Lewisville Lake, a mix of newer master-planned communities and older established sections, and we run weekly routes across both. The Tribute, Austin Ranch, Stewart Peninsula, Stewart Creek, Eastvale, Legend Crest, Hidden Cove, The Cascades, and the older blocks toward Memorial Park and Liberty all see the same full routine every visit: mow at the right height for the season, edge every bed, walk, and drive, line-trim the fence lines and tree rings, and blow every surface clean. Bed care, hedging, and seasonal cleanups are part of the plan, not an upsell. We hold a fixed The Colony route day so your lawn is cut the same day each week, and we handle fresh sod installs alongside the maintenance route when a yard, new build or older lot, needs more than mowing can fix. Carrollton is a fifteen-minute drive up the Tollway, so we run here as a local crew.
Lakeside builds, Lewisville Lake drainage, and why grading comes first
The Colony's newer lakeside builds carry two soil realities at once. The region is Blackland Prairie Houston Black clay, heavy and slow to drain, and the lots closest to Lewisville Lake add their own quirks: higher water tables in spots and runoff that has to be managed before any sod goes down. On the master-planned sections like The Tribute and Stewart Peninsula, the typical new-build problem is a thin builder-sod layer dropped over compacted construction clay that never rooted. We grade for drainage first, find the low spots where water collects, amend the soil where it needs it, and only then lay turf on a base that will actually root instead of washing out toward the lake. On lake-adjacent lots that prep is the difference between sod that holds through the first big storm and sod that floats off the grade.
Master-planned HOA standards in The Colony
The Colony's master-planned communities each set their own landscape expectations, and the newer-build HOAs tend to be specific about sod, edging, and color match. The Tribute, Austin Ranch, and Stewart Peninsula all carry their own standards for turf condition and front-yard appearance, and a fresh build is held to them from the start. Omar walks the property, talks through the scope, and quotes the work so it fits the neighborhood's requirements from day one. If your section needs a written scope for the board, or you have had a violation notice over something a service should be handling, we sort that out before the first visit rather than after. The older established blocks are looser on paperwork, but we hold the same standard of finish whether or not an HOA is checking.
The Colony watering rules and summer survival
The Colony follows the regional twice-a-week watering schedule most years, on days assigned by your address, and that schedule is what carries a lawn through a North Texas summer. New sod gets a temporary 30-day variance, and we leave you with a watering plan matched to your assigned days. For established lawns we raise mowing height in July and August so the grass shades its own roots and holds moisture between the two allowed days. Grass choice depends on the lot: Bermuda is the default on the full-sun lakeside lawns at The Tribute and Stewart Peninsula, Palisades Zoysia suits partial-shade properties, and St. Augustine is the answer for the shaded older yards toward the established sections. We pick the cultivar for the actual light on your specific spot so the lawn that goes in is the one that survives the heat.
Every part of The Colony.
Don't see your neighborhood? Call us — we probably already cover it.
Real questions, real answers.
Do you serve all of The Colony?
Lakefront homes — anything different about sod near Lewisville Lake?
What grass works best in The Colony?
The Tribute / Austin Ranch HOA — do you handle the standards?
Watering schedule in The Colony?
Do I need to be home when the crew comes?
How do I know what was actually done each visit?
What happens when rain pushes my service day?
Your yard, this week.
Free on-site estimate within 1 business day. No pressure, no nonsense, no upsell.
Omar Loera
Owner, Loera's Landscaping · 15+ years across the DFW metroplex
Born and raised in North Texas. Started Loera's Landscaping in 2010. Today the team handles sod, synthetic turf, lawncare, hardscape, native design, outdoor lighting, and holiday lighting across Carrollton, Plano, Frisco, Dallas, and the surrounding metroplex. Omar still does every on-site estimate personally.
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