November 2, 2018
We just completed a woodland garden in Granite Falls. It all started with a trip to the Northwest Flower and Garden Show where the clients purchased a soft tub spa and found a greenhouse they fell in love with. Our first trip out to the site was in the snow but we were still able… Read more >
March 29, 2018
Spring is here and with each flicker of sun grows the excitement to spend time outside in the garden. Spring is a time when many people start looking into their gardens and dreaming of what is to come. Anytime of year is a good time to start planning and begin the design process but as… Read more >
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August 25, 2017
Plants play a very important role in any garden but there is much more to a well-designed garden than just plants. The design of any garden or landscape starts with the structure and hardscape. Landscape design is an art that involves the use of a very wide range of mediums beyond just plants, like: concrete,… Read more >
Organized under 3d Modeling, Design Style, Landscape Architect, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Design, Outdoor Gathering Space, Screening, You don't know what you don't know. Labeled as 3-d model, 3-d modeling, bluestone, budget, cedar deck, cedar decking, crushed stone, deck, decking, drainage, fire pit, flagstone, gas fire pit, grading, gravel, hardscape, Hardscaping, landscape design, landscape plans, landscape style, landscaping for usable space, parasoleil, plants, softscape, softscaping, usable space, well-designed garden, what goes into a landscape design.
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.
Woodland Garden
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Landscape Design: More Than Just Plants 
What is Your Landscape Style? 
Designing with Ornamental Grasses 
