Testimonials

Our Heritage Tree Care team has collaborated with Sarah Yant for more than a decade and with her team at Twistleaf Land Design since its inception. Our experience together is simply excellent. The quality and professionalism produced by Sarah is reflected by her entire team.

It is truly a pleasure to be able to work with consummate professionals. From the client relations and the project design to the implementation with contractors and the final follow up, their entire process showcases attention to detail and great quality work.

The land design services she provides not only fill in a gap in that industry but advances it, as land services are too often heavy handed and invasive. Twistleaf instead is showing a delicate and elegant approach to land management, providing a layer of green infrastructure logic inside carefully curated design and client driven functionality. We look forward to seeing many more projects from Sarah’s team.

I am a photographer, biologist, organic gardening columnist and past president of the Highland Lakes Master Naturalist Chapter. Through photographing Horseshoe Bay Nature Park, one of Twistleaf’s projects, I’ve seen firsthand how this new Central Texas green space brings our community together through land stewardship and nature education. Our special park has something to offer for everyone, from native plant lovers to bird watchers.

Twistleaf’s thoughtful design and construction is evident throughout the nature park, from the selection and placement of the park’s amenities (benches, bike racks, garbage and recycling containers, a water fountain and more) to the use of organic materials that blend with the surrounding environment. A decomposed granite gravel trail winds through the eleven acres and mirrors the local geology. The sandstone steps are a favorite, and I also love the creative use of cedar log fencing for the signs.

Horseshoe Bay Nature Park has become an important part of the Highland Lakes area and reflects the vision, quality and craftsmanship of Twistleaf’s work. I highly recommend this team for park and trail design and construction!

My hospitality agency Méldeen had the opportunity to collaborate on a luxury private estate rental project in Fredericksburg, Texas, with the Twistleaf Land Design team last year. We joined the project after the process was well underway and it is rare to find collaborators who approach their craft with such genuine enthusiasm, communication, and thoroughness as a team. Their efforts supported us in getting up to speed quickly and helped set the tone for the pace we needed to step in to execute the brand, marketing and guest operations.

What I believe truly sets Twistleaf apart in their field is their unwavering commitment to detail. From every blade of grass, to fence stain selections, and exterior lighting choices- each were meticulously selected. With unique levels of intentionality, I have so much respect for their ability to understand with expertise information that ranges from the local soil, to the pedestrian flow for this unique property use.

The Menagerie would not be the same without Sarah, Shannon and the Twistleaf Land Design team and I look forward to future collaborations. Highly recommend them for residential, commercial and hospitality focused projects.

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Twistleaf on the planning and development of a unique commercial project. As landscape architects and planners, Sarah and Shannon brought their shared experience, expertise and guidance to the project team to help define an ambitious project located on a challenging site where Austin meets the Hill Country. Sarah and Shannon’s vision, and their ability to work with the natural features of the property and identify opportunities was impressive and essential. On top of that, they are genuinely fun people to work with. As a civil engineer with 20 years of experience, I look forward to teaming with Twistleaf on many more projects.

Having had the experience to work with Sarah Yant and her team both personally and professionally has demonstrated to me their exemplary performance and cutting-edge innovation and trend setting regarding land preservation and protecting the natural environment. Their record of continued growth in the development of private and community-based public projects also certainly speaks to their abilities to deliver award-winning solutions.

Having worked and managed a Professional Engineering/Architecture Design and Construction firm for the entirety of my 43-year career, I have collaborated with numerous firms on a multitude of projects. The comprehensive design-build integrated approach utilized by Twistleaf is a unique model that benefits the profession.

In my role as Design/Construction Manager for the Horseshoe Bay Nature Park, I found them to be a joy to work with during the entire planning, design, scoping, and construction implementation process. The entire staff at Twistleaf was professional, thorough, and committed to delivering a superior quality product - both on time and in-budget - under challenging conditions and time constraints.

Twistleaf implemented the conceptual design and construction for Horseshoe Bay Nature Park.

Thoughtful landscape design, such as boulder placement and natural coyote fencing resulted in a beautiful natural setting for visitors to enjoy.

Twistleaf went above and beyond their financial obligation by volunteering for our nonprofit and coordinating in-kind donations such as website development, park logo, and children’s activities.

As a Board Member, we are grateful for the excellent work completed by Sarah and her team including Sophia, Amelia and Shannon.

Sarah Yant and her talented Twistleaf team designed and implemented the construction of our Nature Park as planned and on budget. This was a challenge, given the number of moving parts and in-kind donations.

Our Nature Park had our Grand Opening and Dedication Ceremony in December. We have received glowing praise from our community for the much better than expected results.

As President of our 501c3, tax exempt corporation, I am proud to recommend Twistleaf for their proven expertise and integrity.

We have a ranch property near Wimberley, Texas, with beautiful, historic period structures on the property. The team at Twistleaf came in and took it to the next level!

Sarah has put together an amazing team and they are a well oiled machine. Shannon’s attention to detail and vision comes to life when she arrives with detailed design maps, laying out placements of new plantings and hardscapes. With Sophia’s help and her beautiful hand-drawn artist rendering of what our project would look like, it was obvious we had the right people hired for the job. The installation crews they work with are nothing but the best. I can’t say enough about them. They are on time, work incredibly hard, are very knowledgeable about the project, skilled, approachable, respectful, and all around very nice guys!

Overall, Twistleaf’s knowledge, ideas, vision, and execution made our project so much fun - in fact we’re already in the planning phase of our next install project! Thank you to: Sarah, Shannon, Sophia, Adan, Roman, and everyone at Twistleaf!

We decided to renovate our central Austin home by adding a detached guest house and swimming pool. We had no idea that our project would become so complicated, have so many moving parts, or take so long! Fortunately for us, Sarah and the Twistleaf team were with us every step of the way.

Prior to construction, Sarah worked directly with our builder and architect to help us envision and design a beautiful, natural space that we would love. Due to architectural complications outside of Sarah’s control, it took many iterations. But, Sarah and her team were undaunted. Their patience, persistence, and thoughtful design kept us moving forward.

Sarah’s reputation for quality work, land stewardship, and conservation precedes her. Sarah deftly coordinated the complicated schedules of her teams and those of our builders so that all of their landscaping work could be completed quickly and efficiently. Their deliverables were always on time and they would continuously go above and beyond for us.

There is literally nothing this team can’t do! Because of Sarah and her team at Twistleaf, our yard is now a beautiful extension of our home. We love it, we use it often, and we couldn’t be happier with their work!

Sarah and Twistleaf have done an excellent job for us every time we've used them. We first used Sarah and her talents in 2012 for a renovation of the landscaping of a house we had just purchased in West Lake. Her crew did a great job. From designing new patios off the pool, to replanting areas with native Texas plants, to adding really cool, private sitting areas, to fixing an issue with our driveway, Sarah was great to work with. We used her again in 2016 when we moved to Spanish Oaks. She worked with her crew to redesign the landscaping, to adding new sitting and outdoors areas, to new wildflowers on the meadow and hillside, to irrigation and lighting, to adding sculptured tiers to compensate for a hillside, to adding privacy screens and other features, to building a firepit area, to adding drainage to fix a runoff issue with our driveway, to designing and maintaining planting areas, she and her crew was great to work with.

We highly recommend Sarah and Twistleaf. Great design. Great resources. Lovely approach to plant selection. Great work with welded steel. Conscientious of plant choices (new and existing) with an eye for what works in Central Texas. And great people to work with.

I love working and collaborating with Twistleaf! Sarah Yant and her team are professional, reliable, and forward thinking. I really appreciate their dedication to incorporating soil and water conservation into their designs. They understand how to create a beautiful landscape that is also functioning to enhance our local natural resources for future generations. The Horseshoe Bay Nature Park is a great example of this important work. If you are looking for a Landscape Architect, Twistleaf is the best!

As a water well contractor on Sarah and her team at Twistleaf's project, The Menagerie, a vacation rental property in Fredericksburg, the level of professionalism blew me away, commitment to the client's needs, and communication between myself and the other contractors on the job.

It is rare to find someone who takes the time to understand the whole scope of the project and works with us to design a system that works in sync with our system. Sarah and her team went above and beyond to work with me and the irrigation company to design a system that works as a cohesive whole.

I can not recommend them highly enough, and I look forward to our next project with the team at Twistleaf.

The Twistleaf team guided our group of novices through every step of developing a first-class Nature Park. All of them were pleasant, patient, professional, and competent.

We could not have created the Park without them!!

Sarah Yant and her team at Twistleaf are professional, creative, focused on timely performance, and pleasant to work with while meeting every deadline.

The Horseshoe Bay Nature Park is proof positive.

Our residential project with Twistleaf was almost a complete redo of our yard.

From landscape and hardscape design through installation and punch list, Sarah, her team and her subcontractors were wonderful to work with.

The Twistleaf team was efficient, thorough, dependable, and most importantly, on time. When Sarah said they were completed, they were. There were no lagging items or details to be completed.

We love our outdoor spaces and highly recommend Twistleaf!