by Carol | Nov 20, 2025 | Before and Afters, Drought Tolerant Garden, Garden Tips, Landscape Styles, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No lawn back yard
Could we magically transform a small water-hog backyard to low-water plants with modern style and beauty galore? Here’s a story about one of my favorite recent backyard remodels — a small North Portland garden that turned into a low-water landscape design success. My...
by Carol | Apr 4, 2018 | Before and Afters, Design Basics, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Tree Selection
Trees for Portland Residential Landscape Design in Woodstock neighborhood One September afternoon while in Portland’s Woodstock neighborhood I drove by a former client’s home. My clients had moved, and I was curious to see how the design (installed a...
by Carol | Sep 21, 2016 | Before and Afters, Easy Edibles, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Tree Selection
Washington Hardscape Landscaping My new clients were from southern California and now lived in Ridgefield, Washington. They were new to the Northwest. They loved their new home and neighborhood and believed all their difficult small back yard needed was the right...
