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Landscape Designs – Before and After Pictures and Plans

Explore this portfolio of water-wise landscape and garden designs I’ve created over the years, including recommended plants. I add to this portfolio from time to time so check back. If you’d like more info, please contact me. Enjoy!

Boring now scoring…

Before and after. Boring foundation planting next to the patio living space in the backyard. We jazzed it up with shrubs and perennials that will bring color and interest all season long.

CAD drawings helped with visualization and layout in Montrose

This home in Montrose needed a complete makeover. With a color CAD drawing, the homeowner was able to see the complete layout of the yard and where all of the new plants should be placed.

Here is the before shot of the back corner

*Front corner finished with happy homeowner*

Montrose landscape makeover

Featuring a landscape remodel in Montrose showing the before and after of two areas in the front yard. Adding drought tolerant shrubs and perennials add color and texture all season long.

Small spaces can make a difference

This planting bed faces north and gets afternoon shade. So hydrangeas, viburnum, lamium and coral bells give color all season while the maidenhair grass give motion and texture.

A jolt of curb appeal

Front corner needed a jolt of curb appeal. With full sun and low maintenance required, we added barberries, blue mist spirea, snow mound spirea and salvias to give color and interest.

Total landscape redo provides relaxation for happy owners

This full yard remodel created a beautiful landscape the homeowners can enjoy all season long. We also added raised vegetable beds on a sunny side of the house that was never used before. Shade and ornamental trees along with easy care shrubs and perennials complete the landscape.

Redlands Mesa – terrific new xeric landscape

This home was new construction so we had a blank canvas to work with. The HOA required drought tolerant plants and the homeowners had a very good idea of what they wanted. We put it all together and it turned out wonderful.

This extensive new landscape in Redlands Mesa incorporated beautiful native trees, shrubs and perennials with a stunning contemporary custom built home. We choose plants that had an architectural vibe and structure to compliment the home while blending in with the subdivision’s landscape requirements.

Yuccas, lavenders, brooms, agastache and grasses are just a few of the plants we chose to add curb appeal to this home.

Rock retaining walls, dry stream beds and rock mulch all add to the natural look we were going for on this project.

Innovative outdoor living space in Clifton

Starting from scratch, a new construction project in Clifton was a blank slate. Between the client, KB Concrete and T & S Landscaping, everything the client wants will be installed this year.

Blank slate in the back yard. Client wants raised beds along fence, firepit, pondless waterfall and extended patio. — Blank slate in the back yard. Client wants raised beds along fence, fire pit, pondless waterfall and extended patio.

Even though this is a small backyard, everything the client wants can be done and look great.

Blank slate in the front yard. Client wanted dry stream bed to harvest rainwater from downspout and water wise plants.

Here is the digital design. Pinon pine, lavender, agastache, ice plant, artemesia, russian sage and fern bush give color and texture all season long.

Simple updating for curb appeal

This Grand Junction homeowner needed an updated front yard. T & S Landscaping did a great job of making the design come to life.

Overgrown evergreens and awkward shade tree add no curb appeal to this front yard.

By removing the evergreens and adding concrete curbing, rock mulch and colorful shrubs and perennials, this front yard is low maintenance and beautiful.

New front yard looks updated and has lots of curb appeal. The Hot Wings maple tree will add interest all season long.

Easy additions add livability to a Colorado backyard

The homeowners of this Grand Junction home wanted a place to bbq and add more plants to the corner of their backyard. — The homeowners of this Grand Junction home wanted a place to BBQ and add more plants to the corner of their backyard.

Dull and overgrown… revitalized vistas in north Grand Junction

North Grand Junction project took an overgrown landscape and brought it up to a colorful, interesting front yard and entrance. T & S Landscaping did a great job of bringing this design to fruition.

Low growing veronica, lavender and spireas has color and texture to the front entry.

Lavender, bridal veil spirea and sand cherries add color under the shade trees.

Curb appeal is everywhere after we added lavender, spireas, butterfly bush, sand cherries and a lovely crab apple tree.

Courtyard refresh on the Redlands

An overgrown and neglected landscape on the Redlands. The new owners wanted a fresh, clean look for their beautiful courtyard.

Before we cleaned up the overgrown plantings.

After we cleaned up the area and planted a beautiful pinon pine.

Firestone front yard — After the addition of a crab apple tree, roses, ornamental grass, spireas and an upright juniper the curb appeal of this home in Fruita went through the roof.

Grasses, groundcovers and perennials really make a difference in this front yard. — Grasses, ground covers and perennials really make a difference in this front yard.

Meditation area, flooring and planter boxes add tranquility to Redlands yard

A backyard make-over enriched a Redlands homeowners’ lifestyle. We created a meditation area and built planter boxes around the patio to grow herbs and flowers.

We turned a corner of the yard into a meditation area complete with a fire pit.

Much more usable deck with planters surrounding the new flooring.

Curb appeal makeover delivers increased rental revenue

A major curb appeal make-over for this duplex on the Redlands was needed. With the new design installed, they are able to command more rent because of the attractive and useful landscape.

Duplex in need of a landscape make over.

Shaver patio and driveway view before design

Updating existing raised beds renews backyard enjoyment

This Grand Junction backyard needed more color, texture and interest to soften the impact of the large raised beds.

What a difference colorful perennials and shrubs make to this planter.

Making the most of small spaces with colorful plants

So much more color and texture in this Redlands mailbox planting bed.

A plum tree, agastache, lavender, sedums and lilac bush all help this front entrance become interesting all year long.

Front yard plantings increase listing price for home

Just a fence and small planting beds on either side of the sidewalk make a huge difference in a Redlands front entry.

Natural surroundings enhanced with water-wise plantings

Our client had a blank slate to work with. I designed a xeriscape planting to blend in and enhance the natural surroundings. The patios and walls were constructed by Johnson Landscaping.

*The planter wall with new plants inside.*

Welcoming front yard in The Ridges

Our client had the views of the valley from The Ridges but no interest in the front yard. Now it is a pleasure to drive up to this beautiful home.

Stunning annual displays in Downtown planters

I have been designing and planting the Enterprise Building planters in downtown Grand Junction since the Spring of 2007. Every year we do it a little different but the result is always the same… stunning!