How does a landscaping project get on our schedule? And is the start date set in stone?
Read MoreShould Your Landscaper Be Licensed?
You need a license to drive, sell liquor, kill, and.... landscape?
Read MoreWhen Is The Final Payment Due?
Your landscape project, after a gestation period of several months, has started and is nearing completion. From our perspective, your project is not complete until you are totally happy with every detail.
Does that mean that final payment is not due until every detail is completed?
Read MorePortland's Green Street Program
Portland's Green Street facilities are small rain gardens that catch rain water, letting it naturally return to the ground. Why should you care?
Read More2013's Landscape Design Winners and Losers
From my perspective, landscaping tastes change gradually- but they are always changing. What rose or fell in 2013? Here are three winners and three losers:
Read MoreThe Downside of "Busy"
"Are you guys busy?" A great question, but one I hate to hear. Why?
Read More5 Questions This Landscaper Dreads Hearing
Answering questions is part of my job as a landscape designer. That doesn't mean I like every question I get asked...
Read MoreNorth Portland Japanese Landscape- Before & After
Profile of a Ross NW Watergardens project from summer 2013. This landscape started as a barren and blank front yard with a dated retaining wall. See what it became!
And read more about our Japanese garden design-build service here.
Read MoreWhat Is "Custom" Landscaping?
Here at Ross NW Watergardens we describe ourselves as "custom residential landscape contractors" (and sometimes I throw "high end" in there too). What does "custom" mean? Isn't every landscape custom?
Read MoreRoss NW Watergardens is a Certified Wildlife Landscaper
Note: The NWF no longer certifies landscape professionals.
Ross NW Watergardens is proud to be Certified as Wildlife Landscaping Professional by the National Wildlife Foundation. What does that mean?
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