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:

"Are you guys busy?" A great question, but one this high end landscape designer hates to hear. Why?

 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.

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? 

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?

We at Ross NW Watergardens are happy to announce that we have been named one of 12 finalists for Total Landscape Care's "Landscaper of the Year" award! 

​Early spring we had some great weather. You probably walked through your landscaping and came up with all sorts of improvement plans. This is the year your garden really takes off!

A project does not have to be complicated or challenging to be satisfying. When the change is dramatic and the customer is thrilled we are happy campers! A recent landscape design-build project in Beaverton, OR illustrates that well. 

One of our gardens in Lake Oswego, OR just had their property designated a "Backyard Habitat". The certification acknowledges the efforts made by a homeowner to make their landscape friendly to native plants and animals.

"Are you guys expensive?"

I get asked that quite often. And I never know how to answer it. There are so many types of projects, so many different kinds of landscapers, and just as many varieties of customer. It's impossible to just say "Yes" or "No". And most potential clients don't want a soliloquy...

So here are the two sides of the full answer: