A great yard starts with a plan that fits how you live and how your property drains. Evergreen Landscapes designs and installs complete landscapes across Portland, from a fresh front-yard makeover to a full backyard transformation. We start by walking your space, listening to what you want, and reading the things that matter here: sun and shade, slope, drainage, soil, and how water moves across the lot during our long rainy season.
Our design work is hands-on and practical. We map planting beds, lawn areas, pathways, focal points, and lighting, then choose plants that actually thrive in the Pacific Northwest. That means hardy natives like vine maple, sword fern, salal, and Oregon grape, mixed with proven ornamentals that give color through every season. We plan for mature size, not just how a plant looks the day it goes in, so your yard fills in instead of crowding itself in three years.
Installation is where good design becomes a real yard. Our crews handle soil prep and amendment, bed shaping, planting, mulching, sod or seed, and drainage corrections for the soggy spots almost every Portland property has. Because we build drainage and grading into the plan from the start, water gets directed away from your foundation and away from the areas you want to keep usable in winter.
We work in phases when that fits your budget. Plenty of clients start with the front yard or a single problem area, then come back for the next stage once they see the difference. You get a clear design, a written scope, and a price before any digging starts, so there are no surprises halfway through.
We are comfortable on every kind of project, from a blank builder-grade lot that needs everything to a tired older yard that needs a full reset. New-construction homes around the metro almost always arrive with compacted soil and no real plan, so we amend the ground, fix the grading the builder left behind, and put in plantings that will actually fill in rather than struggle. The result is a yard that looks established far sooner than the neighbors who went the cheap route.
Whether you are starting with a blank new-construction lot, tearing out an overgrown mess, or finally fixing the muddy patch that never grows grass, we will design something that looks intentional and holds up to our climate. Our award-winning designs have earned a 4.8-star rating from local homeowners who wanted more than a generic row of shrubs.
Call Evergreen Landscapes at (503) 555-0172 to schedule a free design consultation. We will bring ideas, show you what is possible for your space, and turn your yard into one you actually want to spend time in.