Your home and garden should be a place of sanctuary where you feel you can relax and be away from the hustle and bustle of life. However, for most homeowners and renters, living in close proximity to each other is more than common today, with ever increasing small yards and narrow spaces. A front porch…
Category: Landscape Architecture
Inspiration & Passion – The Design Process
Inspiration and passion drive the creative process in ways that aren’t always tangible or logical. Inspiration can be found in some very strange places sometimes. It sounds completely acceptable to hear about inspiration for landscape design coming from nature, garden tours, nurseries, historical designs, endless hours combing Pinterest (guilty!). What about the unexpected though… the…
Low Maintenance Edible Gardening
Not everyone has the time to plant and tend to a vegetable garden. Tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, & broccoli are satisfying to harvest from your garden but take time to nurture and need to be planted each year. If you’re looking for something that won’t be quite as time intensive, here are some low maintenance edibles…
Small Backyard Design Ideas
A small outdoor space can be tricky but when done well can provide more than expected. By maximizing the useable space that you do have, you can fit in quite a few elements without feeling cramped. These ideas will help you get the most out of your backyard space. Strong Flow Patterns In a small…
Outdoor Entertaining Elements
There are many benefits to being outside (increased vitamin D, mood boost, help with short-term memory, to name a few) and if you want to spend more time outside, you’ll want to make your space as inviting as you can. Adding a few outdoor entertaining elements can really elevate your outdoor space while making it…
Top 5 Full Sun Plants
Living in the Pacific Northwest, it can sometimes feel like we’ll never see the sun again, especially in the winter. Despite that feeling, you can grow plants that love full sun in our area! These 5 plants thrive and will usually get their best flowering and foliage if planted in full sun locations with well-draining…
The designer’s role in the construction process
There are many great benefits to having your designer involved in the construction process. The main one is that they know your project better than anyone else and can provide direction, insight and answers to complex questions about the design that may come up during installation.
Maximizing value- How to get the most out of hiring a designer
If you have worked with multiple designers before you know firsthand that there are a lot of similarities in the process. If you have not worked with a designer before here are some tips to get the best results.
How to grow with your landscape
It is important when designing a landscape to take into consideration how the family can grow with the landscape. When you bought your home did you look for something with an extra bedroom for a future child, or the potential of an elderly parent living with you? Did you think about how many stairs were in the home and accessing living spaces as you get older? Did you consider the same scenarios for your garden space?
How to choose a landscape designer
Once you have decided that you need to hire a landscape designer it can be a confusing process to decide who the best designer for the job will be. There are many factors to consider. Services offered The services each designer offers will vary. Some of the services that could be important for your project…