by Carol | Jul 1, 2022 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Landscape Styles, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No lawn back yard, Plants I Recommend, Tree Selection
Adding Native Oregon Plants to the Trees My friend Larry bought a property with huge Douglas Fir trees and he wants to create landscape for wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. He wants a back yard forest. He sent me a photo of his new property’s back yard after I...
by Alana Chau | Jun 24, 2022 | Before and Afters, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No lawn back yard
Outdoor Living Needed in Grant Park Residential Landscape Design These Grant Park homeowners just finished updating the stucco exterior of their home and were eager to finally tackle the landscape. The entry was not working at all; it wasn’t clear how to get to...
by Carol | Jun 10, 2022 | Before and Afters, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Landscape Styles, No lawn back yard, Water features
Hardscape Solutions for Portland Back Yards With A Modern Twist We enjoy visiting our past back yard designs and today we are in NE and SE Portland. We will see installed back yard hardscape landscape designs and modern gardens in Portland neighborhoods Grant Park,...
by Carol | May 19, 2022 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No lawn back yard, No Lawn Front Yards, Shade Garden Tips, Synthetic Lawn and Dogs
Dog friendly Back Yards in North Portland Here at Landscape Design in a Day we create a lot of dog friendly landscapes for our Portland clients. Today I’ll share my experience (pro and con) with 5 typical surfaces for dog friendly backyards. And I’ll...
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 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...
