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Colleen Hanzen

Landscape Designer & Office Manager

With my dad being an arborist, I grew up always trying to answer his favorite question: “What kind of tree is that?” everywhere we went (and now I ask my husband all the time!). I spent much of my childhood going to job sites and helping with maintenance and building small landscape designs my dad would create. While attending the University of Idaho for Theatre Arts, I gradually started taking more and more landscape design classes and by the end of my 4 years, had found myself back in the landscape world and ended up minoring in Landscape Architecture.

Right after my husband and I graduated from U of I (Go Vandals!), we moved to the Seattle area where I got to work with Kryssie for 2 ½  years. In 2018 we decided to move to Boise, Idaho and have lived here since then. We welcomed our first baby right in the middle of the pandemic in May 2020 and we don’t really know what we did with all of our free time before little Emma came in to our lives! When I do have a spare second, I love gardening and being outside, wood burning, embroidery, snowboarding, and the occasional video game. I also run my own Etsy shop and sell my wood burnings and embroidery pieces there and create custom pieces! If you’d like to check it out, you can visit my Etsy page here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/hanzoncrafts and you can follow my art page on Instagram @hanz_oncrafts

I really enjoy getting to work from home in a supportive role as the Office Manager & Landscape Design Assistant for Kismet Design. You’ll often see me posting new blog posts (if you have a topic you’d like to see discussed, let me know!), updating you through our newsletters, and of course, working with Kryssie to get your designs ready to go. I love learning about new plants and materials and how everything works together in a landscape design. I hope to see you on Zoom!

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.
-Jesse H.

Inspiration and Musings

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoGamvbju60/ Natural playgrounds can blend seamlessly into your landscape while providing hours of entertainment for your kids. What are your favorite natural play elements? Just got new Structure & Tree lighting samples. This might be my new favorite fixture! Aahhh, every garden needs a few winter blooms! Loving this Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' These beautiful stone risers are ready for some plants! At this time of year, when we long to be out in our gardens, many may be thinking of adding a greenhouse. They are great for extending your growing season, starting seeds, and providing stability and flexibility for more tender plants. While greenhouses can be a beautiful addition to your garden, there are a few things that should be thought about before diving in. Photo Courtesy of NW Green Panels. We use our native Carex opnupta for rain gardens and boggy areas all the time. Its fantastic! Here it is growing on its own, you can see why it does so well in a rain garden 🌿 Part 1 of the new podcast episode with Lisa Bauer of @chartreuselandscapedesign  just came out. I had so much fun learning more about Lisa's business and of course, nerding out on plants and design! Stay tuned for part 2 Little to the left... little to the right... perfect! I love rock setting days!

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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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