A Mid Century Inspired Ardenwald Neighborhood Garden Includes Pollinator Friendly Plants In the second part of our blog series about the Front Yard Makeover in the Ardenwald neighborhood of Portland, we’ll delve deeper into the selection and installation of the plants that brought the design to life. Finding the Plants for the Landscape Design When […] The post Portland Pollinator Friendly Garden Plants for the Ardenwald Neighborhood Front Yard part 2 appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Portland Plant Tips In Kern Neighborhood Residential Landscape Design In Part 1, I dropped by my clients Chris and Veronica’s Kern neighborhood back yard to get my eyes on their privacy tree, a Japanese elm called City Sprite planted 3 years ago by Landscape Design in a Day. It was doing beautifully but my clients […] The post Privacy Screening Landscape Design for Kerns Neighborhood Portland: Part 2 appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Japanese Elm Update for Portland Privacy Landscape Design I dropped by my clients Chris and Veronica’s Kern neighborhood back yard to get my eyes on their privacy tree, a Japanese elm called City Sprite planted 3 years ago by Landscape Design in a Day. It is lush and filling in beautifully to minimize the impact […] The post Privacy Screening Landscape Design for Kerns Neighborhood Portland: Part 1 appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Dream Cottage Garden Plantings for NE Portland Outdoor Living Space Shade Trees for Small City Properties An aside about shade trees…..Most clients these days want to invest in a shade tree given how much hotter summers in Portland are with global warming.  It’s tricky to get a tree that will take the heat we are […] The post Outdoor Living Oasis for Grant Park Backyard Part 2 appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Design a Magical & Spacious Backyard Makeover for Outdoor Living in NE Portland’s Grant Park Neighborhood Recently I had the pleasure of designing with Annely and Wayne, a lovely couple living in Portland’s northeast side. They wanted to turn a small and rather typical back yard into a magical outdoor living oasis. Using my collaborative Landscape Design […] The post Outdoor Living Oasis for Grant Park Backyard Part 1 appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Corner Lot Landscape Transformation in Rose City Park Neighborhood We return for Part 2 to the challenging Portland corner lot project completed by Landscape Design in a Day’s Alana Chau. Exceeding the expectations of our clients for their corner lot landscape design in Rose City Park neighborhood. Rain Garden Functional for Drainage and Fun Play […] The post Portland Backyard Needs an Outdoor Living Space Fix Starting With the Front Walk: Part 2 appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Rose City Park Has a Unique Outdoor Living Space Landscape Problem As a landscape designer, I’m always delighted to work on challenging projects — especially when the solution exceeds the clients’ expectations. That’s exactly what happened with the corner lot landscape design in Rose City Park neighborhood that Landscape Design in a Day’s Alana Chau […] The post Portland Backyard Needs an Outdoor Living Space Fix Starting With the Front Walk: Part 1 appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Privacy Landscape Design for Gardener’s Yard This small city front yard was fun because my clients Sam and Austin love plants and Sam in particular was itching to get his hands in the soil.  They wanted to see year round plants in the front yard from inside the house and sit on the front porch […] The post Landscaping for Privacy in Portland Small Front Yard appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

NE Portland Yard Gets a Pollinator Friendly Makeover I’m Hilary Hutler and I am thrilled to be joining Carol and Landscape Design in a Day! Carol asked me to introduce myself and share one of my pollinator friendly landscape designs here on our blog. About me:  While this is my fifth year working full-time as […] The post Pollinator Friendly Garden Makeover in NE Portland appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more

Tips for Tricky Native Plants in NE Portland Garden Design Welcome to part 2 of my blog series on drought tolerant pollinator friendly plants for North Portland home landscapes. My disclaimer: This is my experimental and play garden so while some of the plants listed here are easy to grow and meant for a typical […] The post Northeast Portland Test Garden for Drought Tolerant & Pollinator Friendly Plants appeared first on Landscape Design In A Day ..read more