2001-2015: Fifteen Years of Gardening on the North Shore

Anne and Peter, West Vancouver

'English Garden'
(Co-Design/Planting, long-term Maintenance of entire property)

Original Condition:

• Newly purchased home, over-mature garden (ivy/heather)

Before:

Anne and Peter, West Vancouver

• Removed existing plantings
• Relocated perennials and woody ornamentals from previous garden
• Reconfigured/new plantings over time

Established plantings:

Anne and Peter, West Vancouver

Anne and Peter, West Vancouver

Anne and Peter, West Vancouver

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Patricia and Bob, North Vancouver

'Painter's Courtyard Garden'
(Design, Installation, long-term Maintenance of entire property)
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Pam and John, West Vancouver

'Mixed/Perennial Border'

(Co-Design, Planting, long-term Maintenance of entire property)

• Original smokebush/holly/peonies
• Perennials/annuals/grasses/bulbs reconfigured every season

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Eva, West Vancouver

'Driveway Pocket Garden'
(Design, Installation)

Original Condition:

• New landscape/boulders along driveway and existing Japanese maple

Newly planted:

Eva, West Vancouver

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Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

'Grotto/Stream Bed Garden'
(Design, Installation, and long-term Maintenance of entire property)

Original condition:

• Tiered rock wall with former veggie/herb garden and cedar hedge
• Lawn
• Massive cedar tree (with invading roots) to left

Installed:

• Dry river-rock creek bed 
• Basalt waterfall and pool with recirculating pump (assisted by Paul Sra Landscaping)
• Crushed granite pathway
• Perennial /woody ornamental garden

During installation:

Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

Established planting:

Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

Sheena and Terry,West Vancouver

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Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

'Bog Garden'
Original condition:

• Seasonal sub-surface creek under gravel

Installed:

• Raised garden beds
• Water irises, grasses, native reeds, Crocosmia, perennial Fuchsia eventually

Year after planting:

Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

Established planting:

Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

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Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

 'Entrance Garden'

Original condition:

Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

Installed:

• Expanded garden beds with salvaged/divided plants 
• Installed crushed granite pathway for continuous path around house

Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

Sheena and Terry, West Vancouver

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Bean Around the World (Barney), West Vancouver

'Public Patio Garden'
(Design, Installation, and ride-by/coffee-pitstop Maintenance)

Original Condition:

• Outdated planters and worn-out plantings!

Before:

Barney, West Vancouver

Established plantings:

Barney, West Vancouver

Barney, West Vancouver

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Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

'Small Space/Courtyard Garden'
(Co-Design, Installation, and periodic Maintenance)

Original condition:

• Concrete patio and salvaged plants from their friend's garden
• Lots of drainage/root zone issues

During demolition:

Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

Installed:

• Recycled concrete pathway and planting berm
• Perennial/woody ornamentals

During installation:

Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

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Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

'Entrance Garden'
(Design, Installation, periodic Maintenance)

Original condition:

• A lot of escaped bamboo, volunteer Daphne laureola, and spindly rhodos!

Before:

Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

Installed:

• Recycled concrete retaining wall
• Perennial and woody ornamental garden

During installation:

Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

Established plantings:

Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

Moira and Robert, West Vancouver

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Jim and Wren, West Vancouver

 'Terrace Foliage Garden'
(Co-Design, Planting, long-term Maintenance of entire property)

Original Condition:
A lot of English bluebells, old heather, and dying Hebes

Before:

Jim and Wren, West Vancouver

During renovation:

Jim and Wren, West Vancouver

Established plantings:

Jim and Wren, West Vancouver

Jim and Wren, West Vancouver

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John and Margot, West Vancouver

'Natural Bedrock/Mountainside Garden'
(Long-term Maintenance for entire property)

• Inital years, helping owners expand garden to all property lines

New planting:

John and Margot, West Vancouver

Established planting:

John and Margot, West Vancouver

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Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

'West Coast Contemporary Garden (Front)'
(Co-Design, Installation, long-term Maintenance of entire property)

Original Condition

• Newly installed landscape (within 3 years) by a different company

Before:

Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

• Reconfigured existing plantings/new additions over time

Established plantings:

Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

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Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

'West Coast Contemporary Garden (Back)'

• Reconfigured beds/plantings over time

Established plantings:

Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

Patti and Pierre, West Vancouver

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Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

'Pool Deck Planters'
(Co-Design, Installation, long-term Maintenance of entire property)

• New annual and perennial displays every year, against a 'White Garden' scheme

Established plantings:

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

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Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

'Hanging Baskets'

• Seasonal annuals/perennials/cuttings in handbuilt moss baskets

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

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Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

'Pond/Rhododendron Grotto Garden'

• Maintenance/new plantings in waterlily/iris pond and rhododendron/forest garden

Roswitha and Bob, West Vancouver

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Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

'Shade Garden'
(Design, Installation, long term Maintenance of entire property)

Original Condition:

• Shady lawn

Before:

Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

Installed:

• Bluestone pathway and perennial shade garden 

During installation:

Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

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Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

'Open Woodland/Rhododendron Garden'

Original Condition:

• Rectangular concrete patio with mixed perennial/rhodo/native woody plants

Installed:

• Reconfigured plantings/new additions before and after patio renovation

Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

Jim and Kathryn, North Vancouver

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Jim and Rojeanne, West Vancouver

'Hillside Meadow Garden'
(Co-Design, Installation, long-term maintenance of entire property)

Original Condition:

• Weedy slope and overgrown perennial border

Jim and Rojeanne

Installed:

• French lavender, various grasses and perennials over the years

Jim and Rojeanne, West Vancouver

Jim and Rojeanne, West Vancouver

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'Perennial Border'

• Reconfigured existing plantings/new introductions (eg. heritage rose from cuttings, blue monkshood) over time

Jim and Rojeanne, West Vancouver

Jim and Rojeanne, West Vancouver

Jim and Rojeanne, West Vancouver

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Sandra and Don, North Vancouver

'Rock Wall Garden and Boulevard'
(Co-Design, Installation, long-term Maintenance of entire property)

Original condition:

• 30-year-old junipers, from top of wall to curb

Installed:

• River rock boulevard interplanted with Cotoneaster dammeri
• Rock garden with mixed woody ornamentals, perennials and bulbs

Before:

Sandra and Don, North Vancouver

Years later (on a chilly November day):

Sandra and Don, North Vancouver

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North Vancouver

'Safe-house garden'
(Consult, Design, Installation)

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Bev, East Vancouver

'Duplex Specimen Garden'

(Co-Design, Installation, periodic long-term Maintenance)

Bev, East Vancouver

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Ellis, North Vancouver

'Duplex English Garden'
(Co-Design/Planting, periodic long-term Maintenance)
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Steve and Audrey, Bowen Island

'Seaside Oasis Garden'
(long-term Maintenance, Planting)
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Deb and Dan, North Vancouver

'Front Garden'
(Long-term maintenance of entire property, planting, co-Design)
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Sue and Hugh, West Vancouver

'Faery Garden'
(Long-term Maintenance/Reconfiguring)

Sue and Hugh, West Vancouver

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Paula, North Vancouver

'Old Growth Stump Garden'

(Co-Design of entire property, Installation)

Before:

Paula, North Vancouver

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Cheryl, North Vancouver

'Mixed Veggie/Perennial Garden'

(my own! 2012-2015)

Cheryl, North Vancouver

Cheryl, North Vancouver

Cheryl, North Vancouver

Cheryl, North Vancouver

Cheryl, North Vancouver