Sustainable Design Companies in Salem

“Alana and Melanie did outstanding work for us on a large-scale landscape design, planting plan, and installation for our home located in an open, woodland setting in Portland’s West Hills. The scope of the project included deck revisions, gravel pathways, planters, stairways, and five planting zones with a wide variety of perennials, shrubs and trees. The result is a stunning setting in which we’ll enjoy our outdoor space for many years to come. In addressing our project, Alana and Melanie understood our wishes for a landscape that would highlight our home’s features along with its natural setting. Throughout the process, they were always interested in and responsive to our ideas. Detailed and easy to interpret design plans and photographs of all proposed plants were provided in a very timely manner. Alana and Melanie did wonders dealing with the challenges finding lovely, habitat friendly plants that will stand up to the ever present deer who graze in our yard. They helped us plan our site and select plants suited to the new climate stressors occurring in the Pacific NW. We were invited to accompany Alana and Mel on nursery visits to view plants before purchasing, which was a lot of fun for us. On a professional level, Alana and Melanie are wonderful to work with. They were attentive to our budgetary needs, their communication with us was excellent, as was their working relationship with the contractors who installed the hardscape and plants. They are both trained as landscape architects with extensive knowledge and experience regarding landscape design. They also have a broad knowledge base covering plant varieties and growing requirements. On a personal level, they are warm and engaging, and so easy and pleasant to work with. We will continue to work with them as future projects come up and give them our highest recommendation!”