by Carol | Dec 26, 2018 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants, Spring Gardening
Garden Remodel in a Rose City Park’s Craftsman Home Kay hired me to design her garden remodel in the Rose City Park Neighborhood after she had a seismic upgrade done to the foundation of her old Portland craftsman home. The construction process destroyed much of her...
by Carol | Jan 24, 2018 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend
Portland Year-Round Color Using Chinese Fringe Flower As a Portland residential landscape designer, I have many clients who want exciting year-round color in their landscapes. If they love burgundy foliage (either you love it or hate it, it seems) I often consider...
by Carol | Jul 13, 2016 | Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Spring Gardening
Modern Landscape Design with Portland Designed Heuchera Plant Dan Himes, Portland’s own plant designer, of Terra Nova Nurseries took the old fashioned Coral Bell, a simple cottage garden plant that was beloved for pale spring flowers and created the dramatic...
by Carol | Jan 5, 2016 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
If you love Hellebores (like I do) don’t miss this open garden. The O’Byrne family designs Hellebores and have an international following. Marietta and Ernie are rock stars in the garden design world. Their Hellebores will dazzle you with color and...
by Carol | Oct 21, 2015 | Customer Testimonials, Design Basics, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips
My client, Sheri Mead, sent me this note from Camas, Washington. What she had to say points out several important garden design concepts: “Hi Carol, I thought of you this morning as I got to the bottom of my stairs, turned the corner and was greeted with a...
