August 2, 2017
With these warm summer nights, many of us want to get outside as much as possible before the rainy weather sets back in. And what better way to enjoy your garden than with friends and family sitting by a fire and roasting some marshmallows. We can’t think of a better way to spend our summer!… Read more >
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July 28, 2017
Take our quiz to find out what your landscape style is and let us know in the comments what you got! You can also share your results and have your friends take the quiz on other social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Link to share is at the end of the quiz!
Organized under Design Style, Landscape Design, Trends. Labeled as asian, asian landscape style, contemporary, contemporary landscape style, design style, english, english landscape style, landscape design, landscape style, landscape style quiz, Northwest, northwest landscape style, prairie, prairie landscape style, style quiz.
July 19, 2017
Ornamental grasses can provide year-round interest while being easy to maintain and incredibly versatile. In the spring and summer, ornamental grasses are bright and lush and in the fall and winter, provide texture and color. They come in all sizes from small, mounding groundcovers to 12 feet tall flowering grasses. Their range in color, texture,… Read more >
Organized under Design Style, Low Maintenance Gardens, Plant of the Month, Plants I Dig, Water-wise Gardening. Labeled as acorus, Acorus calamus ‘Variegatus’, Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’, alopecurus, Alopecurus pratensis ‘Aureus’, Arrhenatherum elatius bulbosum ‘Variegatum’, Beni Kaze Japanese Forest Grass, Black Mondo Grass, Blue Oatgrass, Blue Zinger Sedge, Bronze Baby New Zealand Flax, Bulbous Oat Grass, Bunny Blue Sedge, Burgundy Bunny Fountain Grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster, Carex, Carex flacca ‘Blue Zinger’, Carex laxiculmus ‘Hobb Bunny Blue’, Carex morrowii ‘Aurea-Variegata’, Carex plantaginea, Carex siderostricha ‘Snow Cap’, Cordyline banksii ‘Electric Pink, Dechampsia cespitosa ‘Northern Lights’, designing with ornamental grasses, Electric Pink Cordyline, Elijah Blue Fescue, festuca, Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’, Giant Feather Grass, Golden Variegated Hakonechloa, Golden Variegated Sweet Flag, grass, Greater Wood Rush, hakonechloa, Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’, Hakonechloa macra ‘Beni-Kaze’, Helictrichon sempervirens, Isolepsis cernua ‘Live Wire’, Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass, landscape design, Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’, Little Bunny Fountain Grass, Live Wire Fiber Optic Grass, Luzula sylvatica, Mexican Feather Grass, miscanthus, Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’, Morning Light Maiden Grass, nassella, Nassella tenuissim, Northern Lights Tufted Hair Grass, Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’, ornamental grass design, ornamental grasses, Panicum ‘Prairie Fire’, Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’, pennisetum, Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Burgundy Bunny’, Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Little Bunny’, Pennisetum glaucum ‘Purple Majesty’, phormium, Phormium tenax ‘Bronze Baby’, Prairie Dropseed, Prairie Fire Switch Grass, Purple Majesty Pearl Millet, sedge, Seersucker Sedge, Shenandoah Switch Grass, Snow Cap Sedge, sporobolus, Sporobolus heterolepis, Stippa gigantea, Striped Sweet Flag, Variegated Japanese Sedge, Variegated Lilyturf, Yellow Foxtail Grass.
June 21, 2017
We’re featured on Houzz in 12 Stylish Ways to Plant Your Summer Container Gardens! If you’ve been thinking of sprucing up your container gardens for Summer, take a look at these fun ideas. 12 Stylish Ways to Plant Your Summer Container Gardens
Organized under Buds and Blooms, Containers, Design Style, Gardens, Plants I Dig, Small space gardening, Trends, Whats New. Labeled as container gardens, containers, featured on houzz, featured post, four season interest, houzz.
October 28, 2016
The northwest garden style includes many different aspects including asymmetry, year-round interest, and using native plants and a mix of woody and perennial plants. Asymmetrical landscape designs have a more natural, casual feel which is why they fit in so nicely in the northwest landscape. Having a mix of woody and perennial plants along with… Read more >
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