DESIGNING WITH COLOUR Driving around the Okanagan recently, one cannot help but notice the beautiful and vibrant colours in the landscape. It seems as if the spring rains and sunshine have washed the world in a palette of colours for...
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Landscape tip on defining your planting areas. Lawn Edging Definition between your lawn and planting beds. Summer is settling in and all of the long grass and weeds have come along with it spreading around their seeds and roots to...
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One of my most exciting and interesting design projects this year was to complete the last corner of this eclectic garden. The owners of this wonderful outdoor space in south Kelowna, rebuilt after the fires of 2003, had...
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This beautifully crafted, cedar pergola built over a hot tub, with new concrete pavers in front of the hot tub and a new deck, has transformed our client’s outdoor living space! The brief for this project was...
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This very small, but still quite challenging design, for a back garden oasis in Winfield, was designed for a couple with strong ties to Japan. The clients wanted all the traditional elements of a Japanese garden including; water, beautiful...
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Landscape Design and Installation 2012 We began designing this garden in spring 2012 with the installation work carried out during the summer of that year. The property has been owned by the family for many years and has...
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Landscape Design Consulting and Installation 2011 We were really pleased to re-visit this landscape recently and see how it has developed in the two years since we installed it in the summer of 2011. The centerpiece of the landscaping...
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Above photo taken after installation. Photo below from this year after the plants have had some time to establish themselves. We began planning the renovations to this garden in early spring 2010. The installation work was carried out during the...
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It took us a while to convince the owners of this property that the huge shrubs which obscured half of the front of their house had to go! However, they put their trust in our hands and went with the...
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Work began building this beautiful garden in July 2012. The garden mainly comprises planting beds which wrap around a lawn but the main feature is a hand-built, dry river bed which runs down the length of the garden along the...
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