Rock gardens are a thing of beauty. They are highly sustainable, use little water, and literally elevate a landscape like nothing else. Outdoor Craftsmen is a local landscape design company that specializes in the design and construction of rock gardens, often using more than ‘rocks’, instead preferring large boulders with interesting shapes, colors, and sizes. […]
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Wellness Design
Outdoor Craftsmen founder Scott Deemer has long held the philosophy that outdoor landscapes and gardens should confer wellness onto the people who live in an environment with outdoor spaces. After 35+ years in landscape design and build we have not veered away from Scott’s original methodology of creating landscapes that engage all the senses so […]
What is home?
Outdoor Craftsmen’s unique design inspiration comes from nature but on a deep level due to our profession as landscape designers. We like to create ‘full-circle’ moments – recurring glimpses of happy moments like being a kid and hearing frogs on a summer night and then many years later from the patio of your own […]
Love your landscape
Whether you have a landscape that needs a revamp or one that could use some touch ups to align it with your full vision for outdoor living, loving your landscape is important. Your landscape provides incredible benefits both in your outdoor environment and in the way it connects to your indoor space. The environmental benefits […]
New Year, New Yard
Landscapes, like many things, can get old and tired and worn out. Pathways may crumble, plantings may perform less reliably after years of giving it their all, and even trees can show signs of aging by being unhealthy, pest oriented, or simply overgrown. When is the best time to consider a landscape redo? When you […]
Beauty is all around us.
You will quickly and easily find beauty by stepping outside and into nature. Senses are activated as you tune into a completely different experience than you were having indoors. Nature is an effective and pleasant way to reset. Your perspective on something might shift, an idea might come to you, or you might silence the […]
