Marine Veteran-Owned. Family-Operated. Reachable.

The problem this business exists to solve

Ask around Double Oak or Flower Mound about landscaping companies and you will hear a version of the same story. The quote changed once the crew was already on site. The work needed doing again a season later. Somebody started the job and then stopped answering the phone.

None of that happens because landscaping is hard. It happens because there is no accountability in a business where the person who sold you the job is not the person doing it, and neither of them is the person you can reach afterwards.

Semper Fi is built the other way round. Justin Holt owns the company, does the estimates, works on the jobs, and answers the phone. There is no layer between you and the person responsible for the outcome.

Who Justin is

Justin Holt is a United States Marine Corps veteran. He runs Semper Fi as a family business out of Double Oak, and his kids have grown up around the equipment — which you will see in a couple of the photos further down this page, because it is genuinely part of how this business operates rather than a marketing prop.

The name is not decoration. Semper Fidelis — always faithful — is the Marine Corps motto, and the Corps runs on three values: Honor, Courage, Commitment. Translated into landscaping, that is roughly:

• Honor — you get told the truth about your yard, including when the honest answer is that you do not need the thing you called about.
• Courage — quoting a job at what it actually takes to do properly, rather than at whatever number wins the bid and then finding the difference later.
• Commitment — showing up when we said we would, and finishing what we started.

What we actually believe about yards

Drainage comes first. In North Texas clay, water is the thing that ruins everything else. Beautiful plantings on a lot that holds water are a waste of your money. If we look at your property and the real problem is grade, we will tell you that even if you called about something else.

Preparation is most of the job. The visible part of a sod install is a crew laying pallets. The part that determines whether it is still there in two years is what happened to the soil first. Same for a patio: the difference between one that lasts and one that heaves is a base you will never see.

A good estimate takes time on the property. You cannot scope a drainage job from a satellite photo, and a number given over the phone without seeing the yard is a guess wearing a suit. Justin walks it with you. It is free, and it takes as long as it takes.

You should not have to chase anybody. The single most common thing in our Google reviews is responsiveness — ten of them mention it specifically. That is a strange thing to be known for in a trade business. It should be the baseline.

Where we work

Double Oak is home base. From there we cover roughly fifteen miles: Flower Mound, Highland Village, Lewisville, Denton, Argyle, and the smaller communities in between — Bartonville, Copper Canyon, Lantana. We will travel further for the right project.

The honest limits

A few things we will tell you up front, because you will find out anyway:

• We are not the lowest bid, and we do not try to be. If the deciding factor is price alone, there is a truck out there that will beat us. What we sell is the job not needing doing twice.
• On irrigation we stay in the repair lane. We troubleshoot and repair existing sprinkler systems. We do not make licensed-trade installation claims, and we would rather say so plainly than blur it.
• We are a small operation, and we schedule honestly. If we cannot get to you when you need it, we will say so rather than book you and slip.

Ready to talk?

Call (469) 400-9581 and you will get Justin. Describe the problem in whatever words you have for it — nobody expects you to know whether you need a French drain or a regrade. That is the point of the visit.