by Alana Chau | Sep 24, 2020 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, No lawn back yard
Designing a Garden for Bees & Birds Client Wish List Doreen and Sam wanted a no-grass pollinator paradise in their backyard. They are successful vegetable and fruit gardeners and wanted to maintain that function in the new garden without sacrificing beauty. The...
by Carol | Apr 18, 2018 | Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Plants I Recommend, Spring Gardening, Summer Garden Tips
How A Garden Helps Your Portland Family By Helping Bees As a parent, you work hard to help your family. That means you have to look out for their welfare. And believe it or not, that includes helping bees. These insects do a lot for your family, but they are...
by Carol | Jul 26, 2017 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend, Summer Garden Tips
Coreopsis colorful easy low-water plantings As a Portland landscape designer I use Coreopsis verticillata and its’ cultivars because it’s a perfect colorful, low maintenance plant for modern landscape designs, bee friendly gardens, cottage gardens,...
by Carol | Oct 7, 2015 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Summer Garden Tips
Summer Heather – Perfect for year round color Summer flowering heather can be easy care I use heather at my vacation house because it’s so easy. I’m there once a month, have no irrigation system and I have hungry deer. It’s got to be a tough...
by Carol | Sep 27, 2011 | Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend
How to Prune Your Lavender Plants – Best Practice How to Make Your Lavender Last for Ten Years-Prune Twice A Year In late winter, (January and February) pruning lavender is an optimistic and happy task. If you are in on the secret this is when lavender gets the...
