Rose City Park
Garden

portland, Oregon

  • Landscape Master Planning

  • Extensive Planting Plans

  • Sand-finish Concrete Retaining Walls

  • Steel and Cedar Trellis Fence

  • Bluestone Patio Build

  • Landscape Lighting Installation

  • Rain Garden Installation

  • Cedar Privacy Fence Build

  • Steel-edged Gravel Paths

The new owner of this elegant and stately Craftsman home on a prominent corner lot in the Rose City Park neighborhood of Northeast Portland was looking to elevate a landscape that had been untended for many years.

The Pistils team began by re-designing the front entryway to better match the distinctive character of the home, and then enhancing the street presence with a series of grounding, sand-finish concrete retaining walls, stairs and walkways.

A custom cedar-and-steel welded wire trellis fence and gate creates a mid-tier area of architectural interest that is surrounded on all sides by lush plantings.

Crushed basalt gravel paths with steel edging wind from the front yard around the south side of the property, resolving at a custom cedar deck and adjacent rain garden to manage storm water, with colorful plantings on all sides, including specimens like Sedum, ornamental grasses, coneflower and Hydrangea.

Per the request of the client, an emphasis was placed on a selection of hardy plants that thrive in the Pacific Northwest, including an array of natives, to reduce water dependency and eliminate the need for lawn. 

A rustic bluestone paver patio was built alongside the rain-garden to create a cozy outdoor room for gathering and relaxing.

The collective result was a massive upgrade that greatly transformed the grounds of this high-profile landscape in Northeast Portland.

Sand-finish concrete retaining walls create a dynamic terraced landscape in this Northeast Portland garden.
Smooth sand-finish concrete retaining walls line with plantings and custom cedar fence above define the south property line.
Colorful plantings enhance the newly installed hardscape elements, which include sand-finish concrete retaining walls and a custom cedar and steel trellis fence.
Gravel pats with steel edging navigate the lush plantings along the south side of this Rose City Park garden in Northeast Portland.
Summer-blooming Hydrangea complement both the custom cedar fence and the steel edged gravel path.
The terraced landscaping of this dynamic Pacific Northwest garden include Mediterranean garden plantings, a custom cedar fence and a sand-finish concrete retaining wall.
The landscape renovation of this classic and beautiful Northeast Portland home has been elevated by the inclusion of sand-finish concrete retaining walls, stairs and paths, as well as a custom cedar and steel trellis fence.
Coreopsis in full-bloom along a steel-edged gravel path, mid-summer, in this multi-faceted Portland, Oregon landscape.
Handsome sand-finished concrete retaining walls and a custom cedar fence, interplanted with Mediterranean garden plantings.
Steel-edge gravel paths, lush plantings and custom cedar ands steel trellis.
Custom cedar and steel trellis fence with a steel-edged gravel path lead to a bluestone paver courtyard patio.
The newly terraced landscape features sand-finished concrete retaining walls, a custom cedar and steel trellis fence with airy ornamental grasses nearby.
A bluestone paver patio with Mediterranean garden plantings and a custom cedar deck.
Lush plantings border a steel-edged gravel path in this in this Northeast Portland garden.
Colorful perennials and ornamental grasses soften the foundation below this roomy porch.
A steel-edged gravel path flanked by a colorful perennial planting.
A steel-edge gravel path and a custom cedar and steel trellis fence connects the front yard to the backyard in this dynamic corner landscape.
Steel-edged gravel paths with Mediterranean garden plantings and custom cedar fence.
Mediterranean garden plantings border a steel-edged gravel path.
Echinacea blooms at the height of summer in this Rose City Park garden.
Profuse native grasses soften the sand-finish concrete retaining wall in this terraced landscape.
Purple Echinacea blooms amidst the dynamic planting in this urban Pacific Northwest garden.
An extensive series of sand-finished concrete retaining walls create an elegant terraced landscape on this prominent corner lot in Northeast Portland.
Contemporary sand-finish concrete retaining walls, with colorful Flox and Sedum planted above.
Camellia blooms in front of a classic covered porch in the front yard garden of this classic portland home.
A custom cedar and steel trellis sits atop an elegant sand-finished concrete retaining wall with textured ornamental grasses in-between.
A detail of the custom cedar and steel trellis fence, with white Astilbe blooms in the foreground.
A handsome sand-finished concrete retaining wall anchors the perimeter of this Northeast Portland corner landscape.
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