SE POrtland Mt Tabor Permaculture Garden One of the main goals of this project was to create a space for the owner’s interest in permaculture. On this oversized Mt Tabor lot we put in trellises, garden boxes, and planted copious amounts of fruit trees, berries and other edible and medicinal plants. In addition to edible […]

NE PORTLAND Stunning Shade Garden This beautiful garden on a corner lot surrounds a historic home in the Irvington Neighborhood. Creating native habitat was a primary goal as our clients were working on their Backyard Habitat Certification. We planted a variety of native plants in the front corner and throughout the design. The lighting on […]

NE Portland Edible Backyard Escape Growing food and entertaining were top priorities for this backyard garden. Blueberries were added as a dual purpose ornamental with a fruit crop. We designed a custom garden box to expand their food production and modified their existing box to match. Our clients wanted more privacy and to hide the […]

NE Portland Pollinator’s Paradise This corner lot in the Roseway neighborhood was designed to support pollinators. We removed most of the grass in the front and created a heavily planted rockery to stabilize the slope adjacent to the sidewalks. We filled the garden with great pollinator plants such as Lavender, Blanket Flower, Penstemon, Black-Eyed Susans, […]

North Portland Entertainer + Edible Garden This garden had some good initial structure but needed to be updated and refreshed. Using some of the client’s existing plants and bringing in some new, we re-designed the front yard to have more varied, height, texture and color interest. We updated the edible garden space and put in […]

SE Portland Enchanted Garden A flagstone walkway leads you into this enchanted backyard garden. Tucked away in the Lents Neighborhood is this backyard gem. It features a large flagstone patio for entertaining and a shed for their gardening gear. Fruit trees and Blueberry bushes are accompanied by a full herb garden. There is a small […]