by Carol | Mar 9, 2022 | Drought Tolerant Garden, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend
Portland Loves Low Maintenance, Pollinator Friendly Plant Sempervivum I love to use these plants hens and chicks -Sempervivum in my low maintenance landscape designs. The name Sempervivum means ‘always alive’ so even new gardeners will be successful with this...
by Alana Chau | Jul 17, 2021 | Before and Afters, Drought Tolerant Garden, Easy Edibles, Gardening Green, No Lawn Front Yards
Wildlife Friendly Front Yard Landscape Design The front of Erin’s home is a very wonderful spot to sit. It has a high roof and deep overhangs- perfect for an outdoor loveseat. What the front yard did not have was any reason to sit out there at all. In fact,...
by Carol | Jun 17, 2021 | Before and Afters, Drought Tolerant Garden, Garden Tips, No Lawn Front Yards
Portland Landscape Designers Visit Front Yards in NE Portland We enjoy visiting our installed landscape designs and today we are in North and NE Portland. We will see installed front yard landscape designs and gardens in St. Johns, Rose City Park and Cully...
by Alana Chau | Jun 3, 2021 | Before and Afters, Dramatic Flowers, Drought Tolerant Garden, No Lawn Front Yards
Creating A Dream Portland Front Yard with Drought Tolerant Plants Jazz up the Entry of this Modern Style Home Ashley and family had just taken down two huge trees in the front yard. As they stared at the piles of mulch from grinding the stumps, they thought “now...
by Carol | Mar 28, 2021 | Accessory Dwelling Unit ADU, Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Drought Tolerant Garden, Garden Tips, No Lawn Front Yards
Drought tolerant garden design in North Portland My client Laurie had lived in her 1950’s ranch style home for over a decade and was only the 2nd owner. She removed all the lawn and added exuberant plantings that hid much of the house from the neighborhood. She loved...
by Alana Chau | Feb 9, 2021 | Before and Afters, Drought Tolerant Garden, No Lawn Front Yards, Spring Gardening
Portland Hardscape Landscaping Makeover in Beaumont Neighborhood In May, I met with Pam and David to collaborate on their front yard design. They knew they wanted a new approach to the front door; the existing access up the driveway was not what they wanted but...