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 […]
Plants and Flowers
Using ornamental grasses in a residential landscape
Outdoor Craftsmen creates landscape wonderlands for exacting clients with very good taste. Every project draws from a toolbox of craftsmen who know and love everything natural. We also have secret weapon for the best possible outcome in any landscape: ornamental grasses. They come in an enormous variety of sizes, colors, and fronds (their version of […]
Moon Gardens
“By the light of the silvery moon…” is the topic of this month’s landscape design blog post. Moon gardens are an especially nice kind of garden to have within the greater landscape because of year-round interest and a whole new perspective on the outdoor environment for homeowners and visitors alike. A moon garden uses primarily […]
Add a little Zen to your landscape with Japanese inspired landscape design
Many who know Outdoor Craftsmen Landscape Design don’t know that its roots are steeped in a strong aesthetic of Asian-inspired calm and the thoughtful use of earth’s elements fire, water, stone, wood, and metal. Outdoor Craftsmen’s founder Scott Deemer has long been drawn to Asian garden influences, including feng shui and a peaceful, contemplative approach […]
Sneaky Ways to Sabotage your Landscape
After having your property professionally landscape designed and built by Outdoor Craftsmen, there is the upkeep. Many homeowners want to perform basic maintenance task themselves, which should be doable if not for the self-sabotaging (but easily rectifiable) mistakes unwittingly made by the homeowner. A few examples: When a plant/shrub/tree needs to come out and you […]
Landscaping around a deck
We are frequently asked to tackle challenging landscape design problems. Outdoor Craftsmen are experts at providing solutions that really work for our clients with unique issues like grading, poor drainage, unsightly views, and bad soil. One request we get a lot is for landscape design around a deck. Landscaping around a deck can go […]
