"Best plants" is subjective.

But this list is full of plants that I commonly use in landscape designs and have found my clients love as well. Some of these are native plants, others are well adapted and behave themselves here in the Pacific Northwest. They are all plants that will add something distinctive to your garden!

If you have been considering a new landscape, now is the best time to lay the foundation. Let’s work together and design a garden that bring you joy for years to come. We will minimize or eliminate in person meetings by collaborating via email, FaceTime, Zoom, Skype, Teams, text…. whatever works for you.

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Cover the ground with weed barrier fabric, put mulch or bark dust on top, and never worry about weeding again. Or, if you fancy yourself a realist, cut down drastically on the amount of work needed to take care of weeds.

Here is the problem: weed fabric rarely works and is often a really, really bad idea. This raises some questions:

Are you looking for someone to design and build custom fencing for you, perhaps one with horizontal slats? Do you need someone skilled to guide you through the options for your new cedar or ipe deck?

What should you do when you need a new landscape?

You could DIY and you might even be happy with the results. However, there are some really good reasons to hire a design-build landscape company to do the work for you. In fact I can think of at least...

The three recommended tree services below have all worked for us or our clients. They are true pro's: licensed, bonded, and insured, and experienced. Can you say the same thing about the guys with a chainsaw and a truck on Craigslist?

Have a big water feature and wonder how to care for it? Learn how to maintain your pond and streams, understand your filtration system, and what to do if you have a leak. Ross NW Watergardens is here to help!

Great landscape design is a little like magic. Control the eyes, direct the feet, and draw people towards focal points in the landscape. In most landscapes this means hiding less desirable elements. A/C units, house foundations, neighbors all threaten the illusion your landscape design is creating.

Screens and fences are the answer to this landscape design problem. See how using horizontal slats can help you design and build distinctive fences and screens.

Almost all our sprinkler systems are now getting smart irrigation controllers.

I have installed Rainbird’s entry, plus Hunter’s wifi controlled unit, looked into Hyve, managed a bunch of Hydropoint controllers, and installed a bunch of Rachios- all three generations. Guess which one I like best?

Over the last 11+ months Ross NW Watergardens has been working on our largest project ever- a triple lot on Lake Oswego. Here are some progress pictures!