Everyone loves lists- and this time of the year there are a million of them. How about a list of 1? Easy to read. Easy to follow. Landscaping gold.

I was once involved in a convention, participating in a  walk through the organizer was doing with the speakers . (Yes, some landscapers can speak.) He asked one of the speakers: "Do you know what your main points are?" There was an awkward pause. He then said: "Just make sure do. If you don't, no one else will either".

In a similar way, if you don't know what your landscape is about, no one else will either. The focal points in your landscape are the main points, the high points that let us know what your garden means to you. "Focus" on this one tip and reap the rewards in 2013.

(I totally stole this idea from this great article.)

I have written about Kyle before. I recently realized, however, that something was missing. An apology. I can't really talk about Kyle without saying sorry to some people. So here we go....

Some day in January you will wake up to find ice or (even better) snow covering the ground. Your first thought is "I hope I have some good coffee in the house!" Once you have dodged that bullet another question will smack you in the face:

Should I have winterized my water feature?

Portland is full of landscape companies. What makes Ross NW Watergardens stand out?

See how Ross NW Watergardens built a koi pond water feature in three minutes! Our client, in Lake Oswego Oregon, filmed and edited this short video of his back yard being landscaped.

As a first post this seems like a reasonable question. Why would a landscaper need (or want) to blog? Why not build a large site that answers every possible question?​