More stores and nurseries were beginning to stock outdoor decorations and furnishings, and new plant selections were flooding the market. The goods were here but the creative labor was not so easy to find.

Houston was loaded with landscape contractors and architects, but no one advertised themselves as designers. There is a difference, as anyone who has used an interior designer and an architect will tell you. And to decorate the outdoors with plants and furnishings, you need a designer, not a horticulturist, or a contractor, or an architect.

 

The company

Glorious Gardens was started in 1993 and incorporated in 1996. The company was structured to fill a void in the Houston landscaping industry and to capitalize on the increasing popularity of gardening.

Martha Stewart in her Living magazine and on her newly created TV show was stirring interest in outdoor living and the idea of decorating outdoor rooms. And a new TV station, Home and Garden TV (HGTV) began broadcasting nonstop gardening and decorating programs.

Meanwhile in Houston, the city was a sea of hawthorns, azaleas, and photinias. It seemed the only people with gardens were those who did the work themselves, or those fortunate to have personal gardeners.

Glorious Gardens began unplanting the typical landscapers' installations. Ordinary shrubs were replaced with diverse selections of annuals and perennials and more interesting ornamental shrubs and trees. Flower beds and foundation plantings became gardens.

Today, Glorious Gardens creates pages from the magazines for select clients around Houston. The service isn't for everyone; just those who want to see what Glorious Gardens can create and grow for them, for years to come.

the boss

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