A matrix-planted meadow, Mediterranean favorites, custom raised beds, and low-water, low maintenance natives fill this maximalist landscape that was once crispy dead lawn and an old concrete foundation.

Front and back landscape renovation utilizing a mixture of earth elements for an organic Japanese feeling garden that stays true to the Mid-Century modern architecture of this sweet ranch home in Cully.

Staggered architectural slabs invite you through a whimsical walk in this densely planted garden. A succession of perennial blooms, edible berries and herbs, fragrant ground covers, and re-seeding native wildflowers will leave no soil exposed over time for a lush cottage garden feel.

An island garden bed of edible treats, a sunken rain garden resembling a dry river bed, meandering pathways, brightly colored blooms, and raised beds made from Restoration Juniper take this front yard beyond curbside appeal to a true exploration garden for this young family in Cully.

The primary goal of this garden, which welcomes Airbnb guests, was zero water and very little maintenance. A mixture of native flowers and tough-as-nails xeric evergreen shrubs do the job, with unfazed growth through heat waves and ice storms since the garden's installation in 2020.

Craving a feeling of enclosure in a busy neighborhood off Hawthorne Blvd, this owner now has privacy and a sense of sanctuary in this small but mighty garden with the help of PNW woodland and Japanese plantings, custom raised beds for veggies and herbs, and lush seasonal pots to bejewel an entertaining deck.

A lawn-be-gone story where rock reins supreme through curvilinear steel- edged pathways and a patio hugged by a dry creek bed in the back, and a gravel-mulched xeric garden in the front in the style of Beth Chatto. 

Feature on two different transformed slopes in full Southern sun in NE Portland, where xeric and native plants create a tapestry of texture and color that far outshine the previous lawn and juniper hedge dominating the landscape.