Maximize Your Space: Design Ideas for a Small Garden

Maximize Your Space: Design Ideas for a Small Garden

With property sizes getting smaller nowadays, homeowners are faced with a new challenge of creating a functional and beautiful outdoor retreat with very limited square footage. While a sprawling backyard might seem wonderful, there are definitely advantages to having...
Get Backyard Habitat Certified!

Get Backyard Habitat Certified!

Would you like your garden to attract birds, butterflies, beneficial pollinators, and other wildlife? Do you live on a property in Oregon that is less than an acre in Multnomah, Clackamas, or Washington County, or within Clark County in Washington state? Did you know...
Lawn Be Gone! Five Alternatives to a Grassy Lawn

Lawn Be Gone! Five Alternatives to a Grassy Lawn

With the growing trend for sustainability, water-wise, and eco-friendly lifestyles, most of our clients have been rethinking the lawn. We’ve encountered many requests lately to reduce or eliminate grass in the garden. While a green lawn can be beautiful, it can also...
Fabulous Foliage Plants for Your Garden

Fabulous Foliage Plants for Your Garden

When thinking of plants for our gardens, we often think of flowers first. However, flowers are fleeting; they come and go, but foliage plants are hard at work bringing beauty to garden spaces and patio planters. Here are a just a few of the many plants to consider in...
Creating an Outdoor Sanctuary, Right in Our Backyards

Creating an Outdoor Sanctuary, Right in Our Backyards

  We now live in a whole new reality. Social distancing and shelter-in-place orders have us spending a lot more time at home than usual. With the coronavirus pandemic upon us, people are postponing or canceling their vacations.  Working from home is a mandate for...