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How to Elevate Your Landscaping with Outdoor Lighting
Do you avoid using your outdoor spaces after the sun goes down due to insufficient lighting? At night or on cloudy days, your landscape can feel lifeless, cold, and even a little spooky. Outdoor...
How to Identify and Handle Invasive Plants in Your Garden
Do you have invasive plants growing on your property? Would you know how to identify them if you did? Whether you’re dealing with stubborn plants that are taking over your garden or you’re planning...
How to Work With Native Plants in Your Garden (And Why)
It’s no secret that our treasured natural ecosystems and wildlife habitats have been shrinking over the last several decades, and this is especially noticeable in city environments. Although we in...
Bistro Lights
Installing an outdoor lighting system is a wonderful way to add beauty and style to one's home. After the sun sets it creates a warm, inviting environment and allows one to enjoy the outdoor space...
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...
The Benefits of Trees
While I don’t consider myself a ‘tree hugger’ in the sense that I want to protect every tree, I do love trees, and I have occasionally hugged one. I think we can all agree that not all trees have...
Plants for Shade Gardens
When many people picture lush landscapes, they imagine a sun-filled space full of colorful flowers and greenery. The shade garden, in contrast, is often seen as a peaceful, more subdued retreat....
Is Your Backyard a Conservation Zone? The Reality of Developing in Environmentally-Sensitive Areas
The Dream Having a natural resource on your property is a luxury most people don’t get to enjoy. In the landscaping industry, the most common situation we see is a new home owner who has inherited a...
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...
Creating a Sense of Community- the New Front Porch
Back in the day, many homes were built with large sweeping front porches. You could sit on a comfortable chair or porch swing and wave or chat to your neighbors as they passed by. You could keep...
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