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With 20 years of experience as a residential Portland landscape designer, Carol Lindsay enjoys combining your lifestyle and interests with her exceptional awareness of the design potential of your home garden and patio spaces. She has extensive knowledge of plants including NW native plants and home-garden designs.
Landscape Design In A Day Blog
1w ago
Growing Joy: My Love for Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia) and Other Garden Favorites Let’s get to know black-eyed susan (rudbeckia) for colorful pollinator friendly Portland landscapes and gardens. Welcome to Portland Oregon, my little corner of the world where greenery thrives, colors burst, and landscapes transform into picturesque retreats. I’m Carol, and as a landscape designer, […]
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1w ago
Spruce Up Your Yard for Curb Appeal: Expert Tips from a Landscape Designer Are you planning to downsize in the next few years? You might be ready for a simpler life, but before you sell your house, giving your yard a touch-up—or a full redesign!—could make a considerable difference in attracting potential buyers and getting […]
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2w ago
Taming the slope for a family that loves to be in their back yard! Imagine walking into your own lush, forested oasis, where every corner is alive with the buzz of pollinators and the chirping of native birds. If you value sustainability, desire to sequester carbon, and want a landscape that thrives with native flora […]
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1M ago
Wood Chips including Cedar Chips are a great way to have healthy plants. For many of our non-lawn garden designs, we opt for cedar chips instead of the traditional dark brown bark dust as a top dress. While some prefer the look of bark dust, cedar chips offer distinct advantages: they last for years, conserve […]
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1M ago
Be careful: dryness under your house’s overhang can kill your new plants over their first winter. If you have an overhang on the house, your new shrubs will need watering on the back side this first winter to make it. It will be stone dry back under the overhang. This means the root system on […]
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1M ago
Brighten Your Portland Landscape with Colorful Orange Flowers – Geum (Avens) If you’re looking to add lively colors to your garden, let me introduce you to Geum, also known as Avens. This charming perennial bursts with vibrant blooms ranging from soft yellows, pumpkin and peaches to fiery oranges and scarlets, making it a sought-after choice […]
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3M ago
Switch Grass is a Native, Low Maintenance Addition to Your Portland Garden Design Switch Grass: Colorful grass blades with drought tolerance too Switch grass is a native American grass that offers dramatic color and form, making it a standout in any garden: Mass Planting: This grass looks fantastic when massed or used as a […]
The post Low Maintenance Ornamental Grasses for Your Portland Garden: Part 3 of 3 first appeared on Landscape Design In A Day.
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3M ago
Low Maintenance Fountain Grass: The Steady Eddie of Ornamental Grasses In Your Portland Garden Design Fountain Grasses: Versatile, Vibrant and Low Water Fountain grasses are popular for a reason – their graceful, often arching foliage and feathery plumes add movement and texture to any garden. They work beautifully in both formal and informal settings and […]
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4M ago
Including Existing Trees & Plants In Eliot Neighborhood Front Yard Landscaping When revamping a landscape I like to start with the existing trees. The tiny front yard of the Eliot Neighborhood property features two prominent trees: a young Dogwood, approximately 12 feet tall and wide, in the lawn area, and a young Serviceberry, about 10 […]
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5M ago
A Garden Full of Joy in Portland Starts with Planning & Hardscaping I always love designing for small city backyards. Then there’s something incredibly rewarding about working with a repeat client—especially one like Leslie, whose vision challenges me to push my creativity and expertise. I first designed a landscape for Leslie’s North Portland home two […]
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