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Front Courtyard Garden
8450 SW Brentwood, Portland Designed in Late fall 2024. Landscape built in Feb and March 2025. Partners of this project are M & M Stonehenge construction installed all hardscaping Neyda custom hardscapes helped install plantings and water feature. Backyard containers...
West Slope Frontyard Remodel
8550 SW Brentwood street Partners on this install: ANNIEBAM Landscape solutions and Neyda’s custom Hardscapes for plantings and irrigation. ALS Concrete did the Porch, walls, and walkways. Oregon decorative lighting did night lighting. The story of this garden remodel...
AnnieBam’s Garden
6536 SE Plum drive Milwaukie 97222I bought this house in October 2020. It had been flipped, unfortunately, in a “lipstick on a pig” kind of way. The yard had sod laid on top of weeds to prepare it for sale, the wood fence was nearly falling down and the rest an...
Milwaukie Garden
4990 SE Leone court, Milwaukie 97222 Designed and Built in 2018Installers: ANNIEBAM Landscape SolutionsFront YardThere are few honors like designing for friends, especially those you’ve known since your children were in preschool. Chris and Lauren remodeled the...
Eastmoreland Garden
The Peacock runway Designed in March 2023Built in September 2023Partners: Neyda Custom Hardscapes.Getting to design a garden for the wellknown, published interior designer and Geotuner, Brittney Herrera, was an amazing opportunity - and, if I’m being honest, a little...
SE Portland Landscaping: Richmond Backyard Reimagined
Backyard in SE Portland's Richmond neighborhood. New cedar fence, deck arbor, and Holland pavers. Raised beds for vegetable garden with adjoining hammock posts.
Sheet Composting: Sheet Mulching on a Slope and More
How-To’s of Sheet Mulching 1. First things first, clear the way. You will want to cut all grass and weeds to the ground in your sheet mulch area. Leave these trimmings on the ground -- this material will decay and provide food for decomposers. Also transplant...
SE Portland Landscaping: Sellwood Backyard Boost
This backyard in SE Portland’s Sellwood community went from non-functioning to having multiple functioning “rooms,” including a raised composite deck, new patio for better dining experiences, and drainage solutions.
Gardening with Children: Fairy Gardens for Kids
Gardening with children is a magical process. It provides the chance to be open to all types of possibilities for creation, whether it is letting go of order and watching the organic process happen or listening to the sweet chatter that develops between children and...
SE PDX Fun House
This family home in SE Portland went from drab to fab with super fun features: a covered gazebo, greenhouse, and a deck with hot tub.
Luxury Outdoor Living
New outdoor living spaces for relaxation and entertaining took this luxury home from great to incredible. Take a peek at some of the before & after photos...
NE PDX Complete Overhaul
We did a complete overhaul on this wonderful little NE Portland home and it turned out fantastic. Check out these before & after photos...
Lasagna Gardening
Lasagna Gardening could be called lazy-man’s gardening or super-efficient gardening. The benefits of this style of gardening is to enhance and continue good soil tilth, feed the soil, protect the soil from erosion and provide a low cost way of dealing with debris....








