A very warm thank you to Valerie Easton and the Seattle Times for featuring our garden in Pacific Northwest Magazine. Valerie is such an outstanding garden writer and we are fortunate to have her local. If you have not seen the article yet – www.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2015874618_pacificpnwl21.html. Valerie also writes a blog “Plant Talk” – www.valeaston.com and has a new book coming out in 2012…I’m sure I will adding it to my collection.
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Bliss in Seattle Times
Posted in about bliss, press on 2011/08/26 | Leave a Comment »
spring gardens
Posted in about bliss, garden design on 2011/07/09 | Leave a Comment »
I can finally sit back and reflect on the gardens installed this spring and enjoy the spaces we created. I think the end tally was seven gardens that were installed or spruced. I had some wonderful clients & projects and made fabulous new furry friends (that means you Louie and Sadie…). Sadie would bound outside every time I came to the garden – except the days it hailed. Then she stayed on her kitty bed inside, nice and warm. At another garden, Louie was always thrilled to see me and even happier to lick my face.
Sadie
Louie
A few before and afters. Looking forward to seeing the gardens fill in over the next year…
Beach Garden -
This is a gem of a garden proves that you can accomplish much in a tight space. Like most beach properties, neighboring houses are situated close around this garden and a sense of enclosure was needed without creating a dividing wall between neighbors. Horizontal fencing not only adds a modern flair, but echoes the existing screening. Fence sections were offset to create privacy without making the space feel closed in. New stairways were added from the house to connect home and garden. A stock tank water feature ties into the metal siding on the house and the modern architecture. This is a garden I could live in. See before & after shots below.
before
after
Hilltop Garden -
The house was perched at the top of a knoll, yet disconnected from the landscape. The clients had done a great job on the back gardens and wanted a new direction for the front. We needed structure and formality, while still relating the gardens to the rural surroundings. The clients wanted a Pac NW modern/Asian feel, yet the architecture is country modern. So we settled in the middle for a design with modern tones that honors the site and architecture. The entrance is more formal and plantings are predominantly evergreen to provide all season interest. Around the terracing and a small patio within the garden, the plantings become less formal and evocative of the surrounding mowed field.
before - front entrance path
after - front entrance path
before - front garden
after - front garden
Meadow Garden – Year 3
The third year brings lush growth and maturity to the Meadow Garden – see Case Studies on the Bliss site for more information about this garden. A few pictures from this spring….
before
after - year 3
bliss in sunset magazine
Posted in about bliss, press, Uncategorized, tagged bliss garden design, Sunset Magazine on 2010/09/25 | 2 Comments »
Thank you to Jim McCausland and the folks at Sunset Magazine for including Bliss in an October 2010 article on border color – see page 45. Adam just brought 6 copies home in his bike panniers…
On newsstands now!
bliss on sunset.com
Posted in about bliss, press, tagged Sunset Magazine on 2009/10/27 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Sunset for including a Bliss garden on the gardening homepage! See “Savvy in every Season” at www.sunset.com/garden.
sunset blog
Posted in about bliss, garden design, press, tagged Sunset on 2009/04/05 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Jim McCausland & Sunset for recently including Bliss in their ‘fresh dirt’ blog. Check it out:
http://freshdirt.sunset.com/2009/03/from-ditch-to-delight.html
bliss in sunset magazine
Posted in about bliss, press, tagged bliss garden design, Sunset Magazine on 2009/02/20 | 2 Comments »
The folks at Sunset Magazine were kind enough to include Bliss Garden Design in this month’s issue (March 2009) which just came out today. This is the second time Bliss has been in Sunset. Since I am an avid fan of Sunset, it is an honor to be in the magazine. Check it out on a news stand near you!
