Whole Gardens

The big question we ask in all our landscape designs is how can we evoke nature's beauty for you in your garden. Over the past twenty years, we've made landscape gardens big and small, modern and natural, native and exotic. They all have one thing in common: they're each, in their own way, a celebration of nature. When we're not making gardens, Aaron and I get our nature fix by camping and hiking around Oregon. Observing plant communities on our treks, we've learned that three-foot spacing is best for sword ferns and that underneath will always be covered with green: wood sorrel, inside-out flower, and Columbia tiger lilies, if you're lucky.

Anything that's worth pursuing starts with a clear vision, a picture of where you're headed, and a design that maps the way to get there. That's why we start your landscape renovation with a rich and comprehensive design phase. I think of your design as a marriage between your goals and the nature of your site. The input you provide through our conversations and the design questionnaire guides me towards a plan that feels right for you. Our survey work observing, measuring and getting to know your yard as it is guides the design, too, so that what we create works harmoniously with the land.

After your landscape renovation is clarified through the initial design phase, we'll have all the information we need to make it real. Because your garden is one-of-a-kind, we take extra time to prepare your installation plan and proposal. Addressing a variety of landscape elements and their sequencing takes more planning that simply giving a bid for a certain square footage of, say, lawn. It's important to us to plan well for all the variables before we start digging. This means that you'll get an accurate proposal so you feel confident in what you're getting for your investment.