Investing in a new landscape for your home is a smart decision. Not only does it boost curb appeal and give you and your family a beautiful and functional outdoor space, landscaping increases your...
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Solutions for Landscape Drainage Problems
Even though drainage may not be the first thing that comes to mind as your next stunning landscape improvement, perhaps it should be. With an average of 36 inches of rain per year in the Portland...
Elevate Your Landscape With Raised Garden Beds
With visual appeal, convenience, and controlled soil conditions, it’s no surprise that raised garden beds are popular among novice and seasoned gardeners alike. Whether you’re just starting to work...
Big Landscaping Ideas for Small Backyards
For those of us who live in the city or on a smaller plot of land, we're constantly looking for landscaping ideas for small backyards. At Dennis’ 7 Dees, one of the main concerns we hear from some...
Summer Landscape Design Ideas
With warm weather beckoning you outside and cooler nights calling for family and friends to gather, summer may just be the absolute best time of year to enjoy your landscape. Make the most of the...
There’s No Place Like Home
As an owner of Dennis' 7 Dees, Dave Snodgrass takes great pride in his company, and his passion for landscaping and plants is unmatched. A few years ago, he went through the process of creating his...
Outdoor Living: Bringing the Indoors Outdoors
When beautiful weather beckons us to spend more time outdoors on the patio, enjoying al fresco dining, and laughing together around a fire pit, you know it's time to create an outdoor living area in...
Front Yard Landscape Renovation
A crumbling brick wall, drainage challenges, and outdated plantings were just not going to do for this Dennis’ 7 Dees landscape designer's home. Since purchasing the 1970s rancher, Eric and Traci...
The Green Industry: Creating a Better Environment to Live, Work, and Play
The green industry is much more than people growing, planting, selling, and maintaining plants—it is an art, a profession, a hobby, a science, and a lifestyle. It creates a better environment...
Incorporating Pantone’s Colors of the Year into Your Home & Office
After the crazy 2020 we’ve all experienced, Pantone (a universal language of color) thought we could use two colors for 2021’s “color of the year” and they were absolutely right! The two colors...
Is the Future of Landscape Design Lawn-Free?
Beautiful landscape design has long been associated with luscious green grass, vibrant flowers, and abounding trees. However, more and more property owners have been leaving the traditional behind...
Trees in the Landscape: Summer & Fall Focus
Summer has been long and hot, and every Summer and Fall we notice how important trees are in the landscape this time of year. Whether you’ve passed the time surrounded by towering Douglas Firs in...