by Carol | Jan 20, 2026 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Easy Edibles, Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, PNW Garden Maintenance, Spring Gardening, Summer Garden Tips
A Care & Fertilizing Guide for Growing Blueberries in Portland, Oregon Gardens, from your landscape designer — for clients with backyard blueberries (and maybe a dog or two). 1. Safety First — For Dogs and Plants Before adding any fertilizer or mulch, think about...
by Landscape Design in a Day | May 19, 2025 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Deck Design, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Landscape Styles, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No lawn back yard, No Lawn Front Yards
Hi everyone! I’m Carol Lindsay, Portland landscape designer since 1992. In those years I have seen just about every front and back yard situation you can imagine. I’m excited to share several landscape transformations right here in NE Portland. March brought us...
by Landscape Design in a Day | May 12, 2025 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Deck Design, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Landscape Styles, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No lawn back yard, No Lawn Front Yards
Hi everyone! I’m Carol Lindsay, Portland landscape designer since 1992. In those years I have seen just about every front and back yard situation you can imagine. I’m excited to share several landscape transformations right here in NE Portland. March brought us...
by Carol | May 6, 2025 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Deck Design, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Landscape Styles, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, No lawn back yard, No Lawn Front Yards
Hi everyone! I’m Carol Lindsay, Portland landscape designer since 1992. In those years I have seen just about every front and back yard situation you can imagine. I’m excited to share several landscape transformations right here in NE Portland. March brought us...
by Carol | Apr 11, 2023 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Outdoor Living
Back Yard Office Shed And Dream Landscape – Have Both! Recently Stacy in NE Portland worked with Landscape Design in a Day to add a 12′ x 10′ Tough Shed for her back yard home office studio. Stacy wanted her dream landscape with lots of outdoor...
by Carol | Aug 31, 2022 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Privacy
North Portland Back Yard Gets Private, Colorful Plantings My new clients, Michael and Ryan, moved to N Portland’s Concordia neighborhood from a farm in Pennsylvania. They knew some horticulture science and had a lot of confidence coming into the project from both a...