Landscapes, Lawns & Plantings

A paver entry to this beach cottage is surrounded by lush plantings that frame the front door.

Colorful plants line this patio and walkway. Path-lights allow for safe passage on the darkest of nights.

Stream cuts through lawn with stacked stone wall and colorful plantings on the hillside.

Formal boxwood English garden with urn and crushed gravel walkway at the end of a reflecting pond.

Sango kaku Japanese maple with beautiful fall color, one of our favorite trees.

Clean and tidy planting plan that accentuates the house’s character.

Lush lawn and vibrant planting beds provide a beautiful entrance to this home.

Meandering slate walkway, colorful trees and shrubs in the fall.

Lush low-growing foundation plantings and driveway island frame in the entrance to this house.

Mature Japanese maple and dwarf Hemlock shrubs border this driveway corner with plenty of perennials for spring and summer excitement.

Synthetic lawn creates a usable extension to the pool patio year-round. This space has been used for table seating at large parties, sleeves and pits have been installed for volleyball and horseshoes respectively.

Dwarf firs, hemlocks and rhododendrons and boulders create a natural woodsy feel to the entrance of this Newberg vineyard.

Helicopter view of vineyard in Newberg with large retention pond, sprawling lawn areas, hillside plantings and asphalt parking area.

Dry-stacked basalt walls flow throughout the lawn and garden leading the eye around the corner to a casual seating area. Colorful plants and trees frame in the space.

Synthetic lawn was installed to provide zero maintenance in this shady front yard. Just rake the leaves and forget it!

Vast, multi-purpose open space covered with synthetic lawn. Gravel base underneath keeps the grass dry year-round and serves as a drainage low-point for adjacent concrete patios.

Hillside plantings, boulders and dry-creek beds run throughout the property tying in the natural theme requested by the client.

Two curved stacked boulder walls circling the driveway provide bank support and ample room for plantings and outdoor lighting.

Brick walls enclose this multi-purpose pool area surrounds by lush plantings and a casual brick fireplace area under a vine covered trellis.

Large boulders accent planting beds along a free-flowing lawn. A cluster of large birch tree are set as the focal point and will be up lit with low-voltage lights.

Cottage stone face with brick-capped raised planter is the center point in this turn-around driveway. Permeable pavers were used to enlarge the turning radius and large boulders serve as bookends to the planting bed below.

A small patch of synthetic lawn was install on the side yard of this house next to the utility room for their small dogs to use as a ‘potty’ location. The grass in antimicrobial and can be cleaned up quickly with a hose, and allowing their real grass to look great.

A small triangular planting bed in the corner of the driveway is planted with low-maintenance shrubs and an Akebono flowering cherry tree that is up-lit, along with the boulder wall.

This house has a lot of charm and character, especially at the entrance. Stone columns were enhanced with Italian cypress trees and up-lit with LED lighting. A flagstone pathway casually leads to the backyard.

This turn-around driveway is lined with up-lit trees and vast open lawn areas that surround the house. Bermed islands and peninsulas jut out to provide color, interest and break up the somewhat flat space.

This life-like synthetic lawn has a pathway along it’s edge and large boulders placed and cut around for a natural appearance.

Flagstone walkway leads to a side patio and entrance  with natural plantings, boulders and LED lighting to provide interest and safe passage year-round.

Synthetic lawn can be a very useful component to many landscapes. It provides the softening to a lot of concrete or paver patios. Since it’s built upon 6″-10″ of gravel, it permeates water through quickly. It’s hard surface enables tables and chairs to easily sit without wobble or dents.

This mature planting bed spills onto the entry walkway. The vibrant colors of the flowers and contrasting textures of the evergreen shrubs provide interest year-round.

Beautifully shingled house landscaped with boxwood hedges and framed with Japanese Snowbell trees. The lush garden follows the turn-around driveway up to the expansive lawn.

The key to making synthetic lawn look more natural is to have curved lawn lines and elevation changes both in the lawn and the surrounding beds to develop a more realistic appearance.

Colored stamped concrete upper patio with dark slate bands to match house. Circular concrete patio and outdoor cabana surround pool.