by Carol | May 13, 2024 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Drought Tolerant Garden, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No Lawn Front Yards, Plants I Recommend
Portland 1960s Ranch House Transformed With No Lawn Landscape Updating Curb Appeal for Windowless 1960s Ranch Home As a landscape designer, I recently had the opportunity to transform the front of a windowless ranch house in the Reed neighborhood of SE Portland. The...
by Landscape Design in a Day | Aug 16, 2023 | Before and Afters, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, No lawn back yard, Outdoor Living, Plants I Recommend
Dream Cottage Garden Plantings for NE Portland Outdoor Living Space Shade Trees for Small City Properties An aside about shade trees…..Most clients these days want to invest in a shade tree given how much hotter summers in Portland are with global warming. It’s...
by Carol | Aug 2, 2023 | Before and Afters, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, No lawn back yard, Outdoor Living, Plants I Recommend
Design a Magical & Spacious Backyard Makeover for Outdoor Living in NE Portland’s Grant Park Neighborhood Recently I had the pleasure of designing with Annely and Wayne, a lovely couple living in Portland’s northeast side. They wanted to turn a small and...
by Carol | Jun 20, 2023 | Before and Afters, Dramatic Flowers, Drought Tolerant Garden, Garden Tips, Landscape Styles, No Lawn Front Yards, Plants I Recommend
Privacy Landscape Design for Gardener’s Yard This small city front yard was fun because my clients Sam and Austin love plants and Sam in particular was itching to get his hands in the soil. They wanted to see year round plants in the front yard from inside the...
by Carol | May 3, 2023 | Dramatic Flowers, Drought Tolerant Garden, Gardening Green, Plants I Recommend, Summer Garden Tips
Tips for Tricky Native Plants in NE Portland Garden Design Welcome to part 2 of my blog series on drought tolerant pollinator friendly plants for North Portland home landscapes. My disclaimer: This is my experimental and play garden so while some of the plants listed...
by Carol | Mar 28, 2023 | Dramatic Flowers, Drought Tolerant Garden, Garden Tips, Gardening Green, New Improved Plants, No lawn back yard, No Lawn Front Yards, Plants I Recommend
Testing Xera Plants for Wildlife in North Portland Welcome to Part 1 of a 2 part blog series on drought tolerant plants for North Portland front yards. As a Portland landscape designer, I understand how important it is to choose drought tolerant plants to help...
