A Conroe Clearing

Southeast Texas holds pine forest, coastal prairie, and bottomland woodland within a few miles of each other. This three-quarter acre in Conroe holds all three at once. A fire pit clearing surfaced in decomposed granite and edged in corten sits at the social heart. A prairie border of pink muhly, little bluestem, and black-eyed Susan runs the length of the house. A wildlife pond and natural trail anchor the far edge. Nine zones from deck to back fence — designed for a family and everything else that lives here.