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 Carol | Feb 23, 2022 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Tree Selection, Water features
New University Park Landscape Design Clients Need Shade In my first conversation with Jay, the words he used to describe what he wanted for his back yard were oasis, outdoor sanctuary, shady and cool, privacy, colorful lush plantings, and low maintenance. Then he...
by Carol | Feb 8, 2022 | Before and Afters, Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Landscape Styles, No lawn back yard, Plants I Recommend, Rain Garden, Shade Garden Tips, Shade Plants
Decades Designing a NW Natural Garden Landscape Design Creating a NW Natural Native Garden Design for a hillside home in Portland, Oregon? Why say time travel? I met D and R and we created their first native garden design in 1997 and they are still enjoying their...
by Alana Chau | Jan 20, 2022 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Synthetic Lawn and Dogs
Protecting Plants from Dogs in Portland Landscapes Carol had the opportunity to be interviewed by Houzz about Protecting Your Pet From Your Yard and Your Yard from your Pet. There are more tidbits and photos in this blog. But first, a story… Some clients of...
by Carol | Dec 30, 2021 | Accessory Dwelling Unit ADU, Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, No lawn back yard, Tree Selection
Happy Landscape Creating Privacy in Kerns Neighborhood I love to create privacy landscape design solutions that integrate solutions to all the issues. Next let me say I love this property because it’s tricky and the design is going to be all about happy outdoor...
by Carol | Dec 14, 2021 | Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
Planting Under Mature Trees in Portland Landscapes A designer pal of mine asked for some help with selecting plants to grow under large mature trees. Here is what I have learned over many years. Also a thank you to Bruce Hegna (Nature Nurture Landscape Design) for...
