

2025 Austin Outdoor Living Tour
Breeze block entry courtyard On Saturday, May 3rd, from 10am to 3pm, our project in the Allandale neighborhood, Hersh Residence , will be...


2025 Home & Design Awards
We were so excited to have three projects as finalists in the Austin Home Magazine's Home & Design Awards. They were: Best Flexible...


Open Envelope Studio is 12!!
December 9, 2023 marks our 12th year in business. I want to break the rules a bit after I use this anniversary to thank everyone, in...


Our Design and Build Process
What to expect going through the Design process, starting with Consultation and going all the way through Build.


Featured in ProLandscaper South: Woss Residence
Our first cover! I was interviewed for the March/April 2021 Sustainability Issue about the landscape design and build for Woss...


December 2020: We're Celebrating 9 years!
What a year! Trips were cancelled, school was online, and employees worked remotely. So many families spent more time at home and in...


Blanket Fort at Fortlandia
The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center held a design competition for 10 forts to be exhibited in their arboretum from September 2018 to...


December 2016: We're Celebrating 5 years!
5 years ago, Matt and I started OES with one employee - our longtime project manager, Shawn Latta. A few weeks after we put all of our...


Cost of Landscape Design + Build in Austin, TX
The most common question we get during the consultation process is about an appropriate landscape budget. This of course can vary based...


Clumping vs Running Bamboo
Bamboo is a great way to get immediate privacy without taking up a lot of real estate, which can be very helpful when you're screening a...