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We are truly grateful for the sanctuary you created for us. We so much enjoy it every evening when using the tub and Greg and I noticed that we stay more connected by having our quiet time in the tub. I love the outdoor shower. This has truly changed our life after work!    -Susanne Domhan and Greg Hartman

Here are a few transformations designed by Lori.

Slope needs retainment

BEFORE The Richards recently cut this slope and built a new shop on their beautiful wooded site, but needed help with design of the retaining walls and patio. AFTER Double short curving walls hug the living spaces (dining table and firepit), and lift the planting beds so they are easily enjoyed from the inside dining table.


Alpine front yard with stone "creek"

A garden-savvy couple built this gorgeous Tudor style home in a new development with a tiny lot. I was able to design the hardscape in time for the builder to incorporate better paths and landings and avoid cheap "builder special" landscaping. The sunny front yard includes a dry stream bed, rare dwarf conifers, a stone bench, and other choice alpine plants.

Lushly planted diagonal stone patio Although the shady backyard is barely 15' deep, the diagonal design, high quality materials and carefully chosen plants make it "live large." The owners installed the bluestone square-cut pavers themselves, according to my design, and had their builder install a concrete hot tub pad instead of the standard-issue concrete pad off the back door.  


BEFORE   This family wanted to screen the ugly access road from their view, but keep the view of the lovely golf course. They also wanted a flat lawn, rather than the unusable slope which housed dying junipers and emphasized the cyclone fence and gravel road.

 

actual newly installed boderback
AFTER   The solution involved a 4' retaining wall (invisible from the house) which leveled the lawn, and raised the planting bed so the hedge (soon to fill in, and kept to only 3' high) and plantings block the view of the cyclone fence and still allow windows of view towards the golf course.

BEFORE  When the children were small, they delighted in having a climbing structure, swings, and lots of lawn.Swingset and lawn

20 YEARS LATER   The play structure became an arbor and the lawn shrunk to accomadate a grown-up mixed border.

NEWLY INSTALLED   With the swingset transformed to an arbor, the hidden patio was paved with broken concrete, and a hammock chair was hung where the old swings had been. The borders have been planted with northwest natives (Evergreen Huckleberry, Oceanspray, False Solomon Seal, Maiden Fern and Vancouveria), which should thrive under the canopy of Douglas Fir, and emphasize the quiet woodsy feel of this retreat.

Arbor Retreat belies history as Swingset



BEFORE   This side yard was nothing but a pass-through and catch-all for utilities, but the owners felt it could be an easily accessed and protected retreat.
actual installed patioback
AFTER   The transformation included a more solid fence and gate, a more attractive overhead, a couple of raised planting beds and a lovely stone floor. It's location right off the kitchen means it will be used constantly for summer-time meals and private retreats.

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Last updated June 26, 2008
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