Pictures from a landscape designer’s visit to the Portland Japanese Garden!

Do you need a landscape design? What exactly is a landscape design? And if you don’t need a design, what do you need? Our landscape designer answers all those questions here.

Camas, WA landscape project by Ross NW Watergardens. See how we took a boring front yard and back slope and transformed it into something modern and special…

As a homeowner, landscaper, designer or architect we spend a lot of time deciding what to put into our landscapes.

It is just as important, though, to know what not to include in your design. Landscape preferences are subjective, of course. But the following three things should never be in your Portland landscape design.

Steel is fantastic in landscapes. It is a versatile material, which is what custom landscape designs demand. Steel ages really well, taking on a natural patina that fits with your garden's core ingredients.

So how, exactly, do we work some steel into your landscape? Glad you asked!

We have three projects proudly entered into the 2018 Considered Design Awards by Gardenista. All three are projects we have profiled here, and are in our portfolio as well.

A large landscape project in Ridgefield is wrapping up, here are some progress pictures from the last few weeks!

Sometimes local experience is really valuable. I believe landscaping and gardening is an area where you should seek out local advice. Why?

Everyone has a budget. Even if you don't know how much you want to spend on landscaping, you probably know how much you won't spend.  If you are a DIY-er then you will need some tricks of the trade to keep your budget in line. Here are 5 good ways to keep the budget in line.

Our design process has been developed over several years, with one goal in mind: provide high quality designs in a way that is enjoyable for our clients and us.

Our landscape design service page lays out the details and process pretty clearly. Of course, even with such a comprehensive page we still get lots of questions. Most often the question has to do with our collection of the design fee in full before starting.