Dundee, Oregon, wine country. Modern landscape design with corten steel panels to retain the slope. The red hue of the panels ties in with the red-hued Jory soil boulders. The grapevines beyond gives the landscape a sense of place.

Mid-century home in Raleigh Hills, Oregon. Our clients request was to keep their one much loved windmill palm. Since one palm seemed out of place, we added a few more for a cohesive look. We designed a centrally located walkway that zig-zagged to the front door, short retaining paver walls, and paver planter boxes that helped level the slope.

Raleigh Hills, Oregon. Contemporary landscape design. We designed the zig-zag paver walkway and Mexican pebbles in-between for an interesting pathway to the front door. Originally the only walkway access to the front door was from the driveway.

Raleigh Hills, Oregon. A traditional NW landscape backyard design. We added the short retaining paver wall to gently level the slope and for height interest.

Lake Oswego, Oregon. Modern landscape design on the lake.

Lake Oswego, Oregon. Modern landscape design. The classic lotus position statue disappears as you walk around it. Perfect for the homeowner who teaches yoga at her home studio and on her lakefront terrace.

Lake Oswego, Oregon. Modern landscape design. The White Pear also maintains and manages fine gardening for the property.

Lake Oswego, Oregon. Modern landscape design. Masses of acorus grasses and repeating oakleaf hydrangeas.

Portland, Oregon. English cottage style garden design. Colors always pop against a black fence.

Portland, Oregon. English cottage style garden design with boxwood hedges and lots of perennials.

Portland, Oregon. One of my first tulip loves—Spring Green tulip! Very elegant.

Vancouver, Washington. Craftsman style home front entrance. Fabulous planters from Campania International. 

Vancouver, Washington. Traditional NW landscape style. This corner is where the side of the house meets the backyard. We designed a green and white garden with white shasta daisies, white alliums, and white roses. The homeowners now have a lovely area to sit next to while they dine alfresco. 

McMinnville, Oregon. Before and after photos. Side yard garden design. Designed a double landing staircase with large paver landing steps to transition down the steep slope. Designed plant material on both sides of the double staircase.

McMinnville, Oregon. Before and after photos. We designed double retaining walls on a steep slope. The first upper wall enabled us to design and build a large patio. The second lower wall enabled us to design a pathway between the two walls. Both walls afford a premier lake view.

Lake Oswego, Oregon. Cottage style garden design with tulip, tassel fern, heuchera, and allium.

McMinville, Oregon. Summer blooming side yard garden design.

Ridgefield, Washington. During our initial consultation, the homeowners mentioned to me that they would drag their chairs over to sit under this tree, so we designed this paisley shaped decomposed granite patio for them to have a defined space to sit under their tree. 

Ridgefield, Washington. We designed the plant material for this existing water feature.

Portland, Oregon. Layered cottage style garden design. 

Portland, Oregon. Cottage style garden design. Summertime blooms of echinacea, agapanthus, and phlox.

Portland, Oregon. Cottage style garden design. Blue agapanthus wows against chartreuse hakonechloa grasses.

Raleigh Hills, Oregon. Stunning springtime display of Clearwater white tulips, Ilex Sky Pencil, and Hebe Golden Karo Esk. 

Raleigh Hills, Oregon. Side yard garden design with windmill palms, lavender, and golden sedum Angelina.