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Claire Hardwick

Landscape Designer

I’ve always had a passion related to gardening, starting with designing my own cut flower garden at 13 years old. My road to becoming a Landscape Designer has been a bit of a meandering path, but always plant based. After finishing high school, I was set to become a wedding florist but then the 2008 economic crash hit, and had to figure out how to find a way to still have a career related to what I love to do in designing with plants…

I’m always one that “if there’s a will there’s a way” to finding an alternative solution to make it happen. I came across Lake Washington Institute of Technology’s Environmental Horticulture AAS degree program in Kirkland, WA. The program expanded my mind that a career in Horticulture is possible, while gaining an excellent foundation in sustainable gardening practices and wanted to pursue further education.

In September 2012, I moved across the globe to Edinburgh, Scotland after receiving an acceptance letter from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to be in their BSc Honors degree in Horticulture and Plantsmanship, awarded by the University of Glasgow. During the 3 years living in Edinburgh, my time at RBGE enabled me to gain in depth knowledge of plant taxonomy, garden design history, and the importance of conservation. I took any opportunity to gain as much knowledge as possible, being fortunate to work in the Botanical gardens and research glasshouses during the summers of 2014 & 2015.

I then relocated back to the Pacific Northwest in 2015 after graduating with my bachelor’s degree, working as a fine maintenance gardener at University Village grounds while expanding further course studies in landscape design at Edmonds Community College. As of 2018, I’ve been professionally involved creating garden designs and working in the Landscape Construction Industry in Seattle and Redmond/ Eastside.

What I love about being a Landscape designer is being able to create peoples dreams of how to use their yard space, whether for entertaining or to contemplate and relax in. Being a Landscape designer has perfectly meshed with both my background in Horticulture and Floristry. From a florist perspective of knowing how to design with color and textures that is both impactful and aesthetically pleasing, and from a horticultural perspective knowing the proper placement of plants for their ultimate health and natural ecological habitation within the landscape.

I often get my design inspiration from my travels from afar, exploring local haunts and the natural beauty the Pacific Northwest has to offer. I still keep up with my floral design skills but in more of a fun pastime and friends’ weddings. You’re more than welcome to take a peek at my Instagram floral page.

I am excited to be part of the Kismet Design team and look forward to creating beautiful spaces for you and your family to enjoy!

What does Kismet Mean?

kis-met

Noun

Destiny; Fate: an event or course of events that will inevitably happen in the future.

When you encounter something by chance that seems like it was meant to be, then it could be kismet, your destiny. (vocabulary.com)

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Wonderful results. Amazing talent and listener! Kryssie is organized, great at coordinating with others, and an absolute joy to work with.
-Lori S.

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Extremely polite and very knowledgeable. A pleasure to do business with.
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Inspiration and musings

  • Stone benches taking shape and the fire pit will get started next week #outdoorliving #landscapedesign #iamapldwa #kismetdesignco #ilovemyjob
  • Working over spring break looks like teaching my son LandFX (AutoCAD), he
  • One more reason, as if you needed one, to explore the garden this time of year. Love seeing ferns unfurl❤
  • Checking in on this project completed 6 months ago was great! #kismetdesignco #landscapearchitecture #bluestone
  • Today is Claire
  • When one of your favorite forman tells you his wife is expecting a baby ! I loved how they turned
  • This small backyard is complete and now has 4x the entertainment space! The previous deck and patio were only 8x8
  • Its snowing, gotta love spring in the PNW #pnwlife #springgardening #kismetdesignco #iamapldwa

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Kryssie Maybay is a fantastic Landscape Architect. She has comprehensive knowledge in all aspects of creating outdoor living environments. From grading and drainage, hardscapes, decks, outdoor rooms, water features and pools, to planting and site amenities/furnishings, Kryssie is truly one of the most inventive and inspiring designers I have known. Besides her ability to work closely with her clients in creating their vision, Kryssie’s complete understanding of the constructability of the work makes her incredibly valuable to the installation team. In general, projects rarely go perfectly smooth, but Kryssie is able to minimize most problems on her projects because she maintains a huge commitment to collaboration within the team. Kryssie’s clients always get high quality landscaping projects with the best value. 
-Dave H.

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