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GOT MUD?

Combine our 40 years of design expertise with your dreams
to erase those dirty feet now with the installation of your new
or re-envisioned garden. We work with obstacles and
opportunities, intent and serendipity, listening & application,
expansive landscape and Lilliputian urban gardens.
We serve NE & NW Portland, Clark, Skamania,
& Cowlitz Counties in Washington State, including
Vancouver, Ridgefield, Felida, La Center, Camas,
Washougal, Kalama, Kelso, and Longview.
Our APLD-certified landscape designs are for projects
of all shapes, sizes, and types, new gardens, renovated gardens,
and everything in between. So no excuses...contact us!
Restore your self. Spark joy! BUILD A GARDEN.

WE DO THIS:

apply good environmental stewardship within the framework of good design
listen to you & advise you about how to improve your property investment
emphasize the value of engaging with Nature for inspiration and nurture
offer plant, planting, and combinations knowledge
develop ideas and recommend appropriate landscape materials
use every square foot to its best advantage (helps minimize hardscape investment)
act as your design advocate: matching you with the right contractor
align maintenance with your needs & capabilities; defining a maintenance program
add garden giggles and fun

ASK A DESIGNER

BEFORE YOU HIRE, ASK QUESTIONS.
WE WANT TO MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

How are you different from a landscape architect?
What services do your offer? (see our services page)
How much experience do you have and how many years have you been in business?
Are you design-only, design-build, or full service & why should that make a difference?
Ask to see examples of the designer's work.(see our portfolio)
Do you offer consultations?
What is your process?
What do you charge?
How will you help us with our budget?
How long does installation take?
How long does it take new plants to grow in?
What kind of maintenance can we expect?
Do you have a display garden that we can visit to get ideas?

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT VANESSA

Vanessa did a great deal of research to design
a garden for our challenging micro-climate --
salt air, raging winds and hungry elk.
The result is breath taking.
Bonnie Delaney, Gearhart, OR

She is professional, knowledgeable
beyond compare and someone who
truly puts her heart and soul into her projects.
Bernice Skoro, Portland, OR

Vanessa is an extraordinary person
and a joy to work with. She listens
to her clients and the result is that
each job is an individual accomplishment,
unlike some whose projects all look alike!
Sharri LaPierre, Vancouver, WA

"My garden really is good all year long, but spring
and summer are just breathtaking. I walk the yard
everyday to see the changes that happen."
Teresa, Vancouver, WA

Use conifers and broadleaf evergreen plants.

Use a greenhouse during the winter.

Add garden bones for garden framing: arbor, fence, gate, pergola.

Include plants with interesting bark or form with or without their leaves.

See your 4-season garden at night with garden lighting.

Include winter-flowering shrubs and those with colorful berries

Add garden art as focal points

Include rain gardens to keep stormwater on your property

Add deciduous shade trees on the south and west side of your home.

Maintain your landscape organically,

Have a landscaper install low-mow turf, eco-friendly lawns, low-water irrigation.

Use eco-friendly paint everywhere it's needed.

Lighting is a beacon - use low-voltage, eco-friendly LED lighting.

Clean with eco-friendly cleansers.

Minimize the lawn - it minimizes watering.

Mow what you have with an electric mower.

Use organic fertilizers.

Apply soil & pollinator friendly weeding practices.

Consider a meadow or try a little 'Fleur de Lawn' seed.

Plant drought (or wet)-tolerant, native or non-invasive plants

Cook organically grown edibles on an outdoor grill.

Make cocktails at your patio bar from your herbs, vegetables, and fruit trees.

Select heirloom seeds and flowering annuals to lure beneficial pollinators and deter pests.

Reduce your food costs.

Grow organically to improve your carbon footprint.

Use calories working in your garden and get vitamin D.

Improve your nutrition with fresh edibles straight from your garden.

Nature nurtures your physiology, your psychology, and it tastes good, too!

Create edible gardens and outdoor cooking spaces.

Coordinate your garden and interior styles with your architectural style: use similar materials, textures and patterns.

Synchronize art, furniture and fabrics outside with inside.

Light the garden to extend your time in it, but make sure it doesn't create glare!

Use color, color, color to increase harmony!

Extend your living space into your garden with a patio,

deck, fountain, planters, garden furniture & fabric, fireplaces,

fire pits, and outdoor audio/video.

Add a water feature, gazebo or pergola to help harmonize your home and garden with a livable garden...not a muddy yard.