Recent Install

I just finished working with a super sweet family in Sellwood. I have had the pleasure of working with this client for several years and was so excited to see the design come into fruition. When we first met to discuss what they wanted out of their landscape the words that followed were: peaceful, natural, relaxing, sustainable and playful. They also wanted to grow as many edibles as possible and have specific growing beds for their two young children to learn and experiment with the art of growing food.

My first mission was to remove expansive concrete (front and side yard) and an awkward deck (backyard). I also wanted to create a more inviting entrance to the front door. The front path (old concrete that led to concrete stairs on the east side of front porch) was deconstructed and replaced with a curvaceous irregular bluestone path that flows through the front garden to the center of the porch and up a new basalt staircase. A raingarden anchors the front garden and collects the homes storm water runoff.

The part-shade backyard provides an open gravel patio for entertaining that is nestled away from the expansive shared driveway and large garage. An intimate circular patio was added into the backyard as an additional space for relaxing in the garden. The backyard is primarily planted with Northwest natives including an evergreen huckleberry hedge and many native ferns.