by Carol | Jun 3, 2015 | Before and Afters, Design Basics, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Synthetic Lawn and Dogs
Hardscapes Support Lake Oswego Garden Landscaping Garden Consultation – Margaret hired me as a garden coach. We worked together for several years. Her property in Lake Oswego has typical problems; clay soil, greedy tree roots, soggy lawn with moss and drainage...
by Carol | May 20, 2015 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
Selecting Stepable Path Plants for Portland Landscapes Maybe it’s not fair that most people don’t know the finer points of selecting stepable path plants. The truth is planting between pavers successfully without insider knowledge rarely ever results in...
by Carol | Jul 7, 2014 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Synthetic Lawn and Dogs
Save Time and Money by Installing Synthetic Lawn The synthetic lawn and Landscape Design in a Day was a retirement gift Bob and Norma gave to themselves. They were so sure about synthetic lawn they had already purchased it. From the first phone call, I knew how many...
by Carol | May 2, 2014 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples
Landscaping for Your Dog Peanut was the only one using this back yard. My client Susan wanted the back yard to be private, very simple and wanted to solve problems such as where to put her bikes, hide the garbage cans and create a mud room for Peanut to come and go...
by Carol | Dec 12, 2013 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Fall Gardening, Garden Tips
Mushroom season dangerous to dogs. While walking with a friend and her dog in late November we noticed a miniature forest of mushrooms under a large tree right next to a dog park. My advice is to presume they are toxic even though they may well be harmless. Pick...
by Carol | Sep 19, 2013 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens
Last weekend I toured 16 Catios (patio enclosures for humans and their cats) on the first-ever Catio Tour. This tour is the brainstorm of the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon and the Audoban Society of Portland. Audoban’s idea being that fewer songbirds will be...
