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Plantings for Parking Strips
This article describes a very attractive but low maintenance planting and hardscape design for a parking strip in NE Portland. Making great access across a strip for dry, non-muddy feet is practical...
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Ultimate Courtyard Garden
Condominium owner Katherine Knight had a tiny disaster back yard. She went on Angie’s List and found Carol Lindsay Landscape Design in a Day and on the phone we hit it off instantly. She told me “It...
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Landscape Swamp to Garden Paradise
Landscape Swamp to Garden Paradise Vicki Masterson wanted her dream garden. She and her husband Pete were recently retired. She had a beautiful new home and was looking forward to having a yard to play...
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Full Season Color for a No Lawn Entry Garden
My client Susan is a gardener’s gardener. Susan wanted a colorful no-lawn entry garden for her picturesque Craftsman bungalow. Spending time puttering in her yard with her dog Peanut was a joy; full...
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Concrete Jungle into Graceful Entry
Can She Do it? Design 2 tiny concrete jungle gardens into unique graceful entries For Jeff and Carrie the biggest problem was the builder had planted two Aspen trees. The Design Challenge Jeff and...
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Do Experienced Gardeners Need a Professional Garden Designer?
“I hired Carol to help me make the most of every inch of my new property.” Photo by Kelly Uchytil Yes! But you may think being an expert gardener and having a life long passion for plants would mean...
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Quick Fix for Front Entry Patio
Kris Jones is a professional graphics designer of Red Door Designs. She hired me to help her with what seemed an impossible task. Kris wanted a private outdoor dining lounge in her tiny front...
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Big Ideas, Small Backyard
Mr. Kim likes his grass and didn’t want to see it disappear from the landscape. I met this happy couple at the Yard Garden & Patio show. They had the best little puzzle for me to work on. They...
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Cedar Mills Woodland Garden Design
Dave and Noelle love the dyed concrete used for the lower patio entertaining area. I drove out to Cedar Mills in NW Portland to meet prospective landscape design clients Dave and Noelle. They were...
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Landscape Designers Garden Tour 2017
Whimsical Iron gate at Designers Garden Tour 2013 Designers Garden Tour Save the Date: June 17, 2017 Saturday from 10 am – 4 pm This is my favorite event of the year. It’s not a typical garden tour...
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Modern NW Natural Landscape Design
Freshly installed Landscape Design in a Day. Emily says, “Carol got my desire for simplicity and my style both with the plant material and the hardscapes.” My new client Emily contacted me with two...
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Boulders Create Opportunity in Portland Landscape Designs
Bright blue Navel Wort – Omphaloides cappadocia ‘Cherry Ingram’ graces this dry stacked boulder wall in NW Portlands’ Willamette Heights. Clients love this plant! Boulders create opportunity in...
View ArticleMud Free Dogs-Dog Friendly Landscape Designer
Options for Dog Friendly Landscaping in Portland Oregon In my years working with my clients designing dog friendly yards, I’ve come up with many strategies to prevent my client’s dogs from bringing the...
View ArticleSelecting Dwarf Apple Trees for Small City Landscapes
Selecting Dwarf Apple Trees for Small City Landscapes Recently I specified apple trees for a client with a small yard. I chose ‘Liberty’ for disease resistance and flavor and ‘Akane’. Along with the...
View ArticlePrivacy for Tiny Urban Back Yard in Buckman Neighborhood
Tiny Buckman Neighborhood Backyard needs Hardscape Landscaping My client’s 1909 house fills most of his 36’ by 100’ lot. My mission? Transform his tiny narrow utilitarian “yard” into a private and...
View ArticleMid Century Modern Landscape Design Starts With the Right Fence
Woodstock Mid Century Modern Landscape Design Remodel Starts with the Right Fence Mid century modern landscape in Woodstock neighborhood I got a phone call from Larry and Jan. I could tell we were a...
View ArticleMid Century Modern Ranch Front Yard Landscape Design Tips in North Portland
Curb Appeal Tips for North Portland Mid Century Modern Ranch Front Yards Here are three landscapes where we focused on the treatment of the front porch and steps, downspouts, railing, columns and brick...
View ArticleCreating Privacy with Plants for Small N.E. Portland City Landscapes
Privacy for Small City Landscapes I like to use clumping bamboo for my small city properties to achieve privacy and to screen out unattractive views. Here are 3 small city landscapes that make good...
View ArticleFront Yard Landscape Designs in NE Portland
Four Portland Front Yards Get Landscape Makeover Pathways are an opportunity to connect your house to the land. These clients in the Irvington neighborhood had a pretty dinky underwhelming entry path...
View ArticleTips for Privacy Landscape Design In NE Portland
Happy Landscape Creating Privacy in Kerns Neighborhood I love to create privacy landscape design solutions that integrate solutions to all the issues. Next let me say I love this property because it’s...
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