Category: Landscape Design
Winter Maintenance for a Year-Round Beautiful Landscape
With rain falling and wind blowing, winter may not seem like the ideal time to consider your outdoor living space. However, at Landscape East & West, we believe the cold season is the perfect time to ensure a high-growth spring and enhance your landscape. That’s why we work with our clients to create year-round maintenance plans that guarantee your yard is in top condition, no matter what the weather is doing.
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A Green Landscape Brings Green to Your Pocket
Curb appeal is a familiar phrase coined by real estate agents to describe the importance of having your home look attractive on the outside to entice buyers. While the concept of drawing people in through a well-kept yard that hints at the beauty found inside the house makes sense, Landscape East & West discovered a report that provides real numbers to prove the value in maintaining your landscape. (more…)
Communication Is Key to a Thriving Landscape
We may be biased, but at Landscape East & West, we believe the same care and appreciation you have for your house should be extended to your landscape. After all, your yard is an extension of your home, offering an outdoor living space where you can stretch your legs and breathe in the fresh air. It took time to create the perfect outside oasis, so don’t skimp on regular care and maintenance to keep it as beautiful and functional as it was when it was first created.
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Choosing the Right Landscape Professional for Your Project
A fresh start for a new home or a makeover for a space you’ve outgrown - whatever leads you to rethink your landscape will benefit from the expertise of a landscape professional. The challenge is deciding who you need. (more…)
Time to Design Your Spring Landscape
When you look out your windows this month, it may seem hard to believe that spring will eventually be here. But it arrives every year, and as the days get longer and warmer, thoughts turn to spending time in the great outdoors. If the view from inside your home is less than enticing, start planning now to design the landscape of your dreams and be ready for sunny days and star-filled nights enjoyed right in your own yard.
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New Home, New Landscape
A new house provides the opportunity to start fresh on your home design. Each room is a clean slate waiting for your personal touch. The same is true for what sits outside the windows. A new home deserves a new landscape, whether it’s replacing the builder’s special square of grass and cement patio or transforming a chaotic wildlife habitat into something more useful. Planning your outdoor living space should be exciting. The consultants at Landscape East & West are ready to help you create your design and get to work installing the yard of your dreams. (more…)
Transform Your Winter Landscape From Mudpit to Magnificent
Flying into the Portland International Airport this time of year, you’ll see how lush and beautiful our state is, with healthy forests and huge swaths of bright green grass. But upon closer inspection from the ground, those lovely lawns can look downright soggy and muddy. This time of year is when Oregonians begin to question just how much rain their lawn can absorb before they’re left with an unwanted swimming hole right in their own backyard.
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The Benefits of Hiring a Landscape Designer
It may be tempting to think that as a homeowner, you know your yard best and can put together the perfect landscape that meets your needs and looks beautiful. We would like to politely disagree. The award-winning landscape design experts at Landscape East & West have spent decades studying sound design principles and producing beautiful outdoor spaces throughout the greater Portland metro area. We don’t guess and we don’t take chances. When we create a design, you can be assured a yard that is functional, eye-catching, and built to last.
Let’s explore exactly what a landscape designer brings to a project.
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10 Tips to Match your New Landscape to your Budget
At Landscape East & West, we always applaud you for dreaming of a beautiful new outdoor space for your home. Spending time outdoors is good for your physical and mental well-being, and who doesn’t like some fresh air no matter what time of year? But before your dreams get too big, we recommend creating a budget to ensure your finances match your new landscape desires.
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A Challenging Pacific Northwest Outdoor Living Space Project
It’s easy for Pacific Northwest residents to love where we live. We’re surrounded by beauty and never let a little rain keep us from enjoying the outdoors. Outdoor living spaces, like covered patio structures, can provide protection from the rain in the fall as well as summer shade.
Like many Portlanders, our clients in SW Portland wanted to create an outdoor space they could use throughout the year. Since Landscape East & West experts specialize in designs that add function to exterior spaces, we transformed their patio and deck into a seamless all-weather outdoor living space.
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