A CandysDirt.com feature.

Sam Artz, president and principal designer of Artz Landscape Designs, uses team and sports metaphors a lot when he speaks. As such, you might hear him talk about having “the right team” or “when each player knows his position.” But the origin story of Artz Landscape Designs is more like a rock and roll band member who breaks out and goes solo with wild success. Now, Artz has built his own team and company from the ground up, and the results are visible.

Family Footsteps

A native Texan, Artz is the son of a landscape architect. He grew up in the business, watching his father’s work and deciding that he wanted to be in the family business. He studied landscape architecture at the University of Arkansas and returned to his home state to do what he loves to do.