Real properties, real transformations — befores, afters, and the years in between.
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Fifteen years, one backyard
Some clients hand us a project; this one handed us a place. Stone steps first, back in 2011. A flagstone sitting circle — and the homeowner’s "Secret Path" sign — by 2016. Then a waterfall and pond that grew into the hillside like the forest built it. Fifteen years of building, planting, and keeping it sharp on one Lake Oswego hillside, and we’re still there. That’s the quiet advantage of hiring the builder who also maintains: the yard never starts over — it just keeps getting better.
A pond built like a foundation
The old waterfall had quietly failed — liner past its life, water finding ways out. We stripped it to bare slope and rebuilt the whole feature in one season: excavation, plumbing, then a full steel grid over the shell before a drop of water went in. By October it was boulders, twin falls, and clear water over pebbles, with planting pockets ready to blur every edge. Build the part nobody sees right, and the part everyone sees takes care of itself.
The hill that wouldn’t stay put
This backyard fell away so fast you couldn’t stand on half of it. The fix wasn’t a fence at the top — it was ground that stays put: formed and poured concrete walls with steel where nobody will ever see it, then our carvers working the faces by hand until raw concrete reads as stacked stone. Stair treads cut straight into the hillside. By the third season it was planted, walkable, and holding its line like it grew there. Look close at the steps — every shadow in that rock came off a trowel.
The koi that never get fed
A Wilsonville backyard with a secret: the three koi arcing out of that wall are carved concrete — sculpted on site, painted by hand, and plumbed like fountains. The pond below them is real. So is the fire pit carved from the same material, and the colored-concrete entry that glows after dark. One material doing a dozen jobs, and by the next summer the plantings had moved in around all of it like the whole thing had always been there.
Same walk, brand-new welcome
January 2021: a handsome walk, a pretty door, and beds running on empty. We didn’t tear anything out — we brought it to life. A basalt bubbler moved into the island the next year, boxwoods and hydrangeas built the structure, and every summer since we’ve packed the borders with color. Five years of steady care later, the same walk earns a double-take. Not every transformation starts with an excavator.
Curb appeal, built in layers
Curb appeal is a system, not a plant list. This Lake Oswego frontage started as soggy winter turf you’d hurry past. The rebuild gave it structure instead: paver and stamped concrete walks that pull you through the yard, beds built in layers — evergreen bones first, then texture, then the color spots that catch you from the sidewalk. A seating area waits out back, espaliered greenery trained flat along the fence behind it, and where a lawn still earned its place, artificial turf holds this green every month of the year. Five years of tending later, the same stretch of street stops people mid-walk.
A tired corner becomes a waterfall
The wall was there, the bones were there — but the corner had gone mossy and bare, with pond plumbing showing. A few focused days later: a stacked-stone waterfall spilling into a pebble pond, fresh river rock underfoot, and planting pockets that will soften the wall by next season.
Bare dirt to fish in a week
Mid-July this was open ground, a mini excavator, and a plan. A week later: a stepped waterfall, a pebble-bottom pond, and goldfish settling into their new address. The resident chickens conducted their own water-quality inspection — and now hold a standing reservation at the rock bar.
Cracked concrete to a paver patio
The cover was worth keeping — the cracked concrete under it wasn’t. Three weeks later the whole surface is a paver field with charcoal banding, stepping cleanly out from under the roof to a second sitting area by the pond. Same bones, whole new floor.
A front yard becomes a water feature
A flat, ordinary front lawn reimagined as a design/build showpiece — a custom water wall spilling into a boulder-lined basin, a dry creek, layered plantings, and low-maintenance turf tying it all together.
Bare ground to finished grounds
New-construction grounds for a community church — from a graded dirt lot to a finished landscape with fresh lawn, mounded planting beds, and a clean entry. Commercial or residential, we carry the whole site from excavation to the last plant.
Overgrown hedge to a clean fence line
A tired, overgrown arborvitae hedge cleared out — roots, stumps, and all — and replaced with a straight, solid cedar privacy fence. The kind of reset that gives a property years of easy upkeep back.
Natural lawn to year-round turf
A natural lawn converted to premium artificial turf — green every month of the year, with no mowing and no watering. A great fit for shady spots, slopes, and anyone ready to trade the mower for their weekends.
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