by Courtney Olander | Feb 5, 2015 | Art, Indoor, Landscape Design, Materials, Outdoor Furniture, Trends
We spent the better part of the last decade slogging through a recession. We cut back, paired down and put off. Now it’s time to shake it off and have some fun in the garden. I’m not talking all out crazy – it’s easy to overdo it with the...
by Courtney Olander | Jun 27, 2014 | Art, Art in the Garden, Landscape Design, Materials, Seasonal Container Design, Succulents, Trends
Creating succulent arrangements is one of my favorite types of container design. Their sculptural forms lend themselves perfectly to contemporary design. I recently put together a new succulent arrangement of icy blue and dusty purple tones. While the plants are...
by Courtney Olander | Apr 21, 2014 | Art, Art in the Garden, Designers, Landscape Design, Landscape Designers, Materials, Outdoor Furniture, Trends
If you were lucky enough to get a ticket to this year’s Northwest Horticultural Society Symposium (it’s a sell-out event every year!), you were also lucky enough to hear about and see the work of Alameda, California based artist and landscape designer,...
by Courtney Olander | Feb 22, 2014 | Landscape Design, Materials, Plants
When a husband and wife have very different ideas about how they envision a garden… how do you tie it all together while still giving them everything they want? I recently had the opportunity to work on a landscape design for a wonderful couple who’d just...
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