Resources & Design Examples
The best pollinator gardens include a diverse array of plants throughout your yard that provide both pollen and nectar for a wide variety of pollinators such as butterflies and beneficial insects.
Testimonials
Design Plan for DIY Homeowner
We bought a home with a blank canvas backyard and we thought we knew our way around a nursery to do our own landscaping. We quickly learned, we did not. In came Nuthatch Garden Design to the rescue! Upon our first consultation, we knew Becky understood our vision, our style, and our budget. She provided us with a plan, complete with a beautiful detailed drawn map and the list of plants we needed to create our oasis.
We enjoyed searching for our plants at our favorite nursery, and discovered others at Becky’s suggestion. What fun bringing them home and knowing just where to plant them! Knowing that Becky considered the sunlight requirements and how the plants would complement each other, gave us a great peace of mind.
Simply put, we couldn’t create this beautiful yard without her! We highly recommend Becky at Nuthatch Garden Designs for all your landscaping needs. She’s a delight to work with and her expertise is invaluable!
Design Plan and Install Support in Beaverton
I moved into my house a year ago and needed a full landscape redesign. Becky at Nuthatch Garden Design had a real vision for my yard, incorporating my own favorite plants with her suggestions for native planting, year round color and interest, and what would do best in the different areas of my yard.
The overall result was beautiful with each area naturally flowing into the next. I now have curved pathways, a honeysuckle climbing over an arbor, and gorgeous plantings that flourished in the heat of summer. Becky’s love of gardening and of our natural surroundings comes alive in the plan that she created for me. I highly recommend her services.
Design Plan for Editing a Mature Garden
We were looking to update our hardscape and planting design on our home of 30+ years. We had tried to refine and elevate the design on our own, but learned that we needed help. Becky worked with us on both front and backyard updates.
She began with an extensive consultation on what we were looking to accomplish and followed up with very detailed and thoughtful design options. Her insight and knowledge about design and native plants were invaluable to us.
Once our plan was finalized, Becky provided very detailed design plans, plant lists and care instructions for each plant; fabulous information that will help us plant and maintain our updated spaces. Becky was an absolute joy to work with and we would highly recommend her services.
Design Plan and Install Support for Habitat Garden
We are huge fans of Becky and Nuthatch Garden Design!
Becky is efficient, creative, knowledgeable, flexible and kind. She took the jumbled ideas of what we wanted and turned them into a finely-tuned and delightful plan.
We highly recommend her for your garden consultation needs!
Consultation with On Site Sketch
Becky was wonderful! She took all of our thoughts and turned it into a plan that we could picture.
We appreciated the different options for levels of service - for us, having a consultation and a draft plan was perfect for us to get the ball rolling.
Becky was able to answer our questions and weigh in on why certain plants were better than others and what would suit our needs the best.
She also gave us a lot of information that we had never considered and opened our eyes to a lot of different options. When she left, we had a sketch of our yard, hardscaping, plant options, and an idea of how to tackle the plan in measurable steps.
Absolutely recommend!!
Design for Small Front Yard Nook
We are so glad we chose Becky to create a native, drought resistant garden design plan for our front yard.
She was able to incorporate existing plants, understand our vision, and bring her own expertise and artistry to make a complete project that exceeded our expectations. Her detailed plant list enabled us to easily find the plants at local nurseries and make substitutions when necessary, as well as empowering us with the knowledge to care for the plants for years to come.
We would highly recommend her services if you are specifically looking for someone who understands microhabitats and native gardens, or are just looking for a beautiful, unique outdoor space to enjoy!
Contractor Recommendation
Working with Becky has been amazing! She knows all plants, has incredible vision for designs and overall has mastered her craft.
If you need any and all design work, you have found the best professional in the trade.
Design Plan for DIY Homeowner
My husband and I worked with Becky over the last 6 months to design our front and back yards. We're new homeowners and the landscaping of our house is a disaster of weeds and inappropriately placed plants.
Becky walked us through what all the random plants in our yard are and what we should keep or lose. Then she listened to all of our wants, dreams, and favorite colors and designed a beautiful landscaping plan.
Her attention to detail is off the charts. Our plan includes watering schedule, where to buy plants and garden supplies, and pruning instructions!
Honestly, we were totally overwhelmed, but thanks to Becky, we feel like we can actually tackle our yards and build an outdoor space we'll love. Thank you!!
Consultation with On Site Sketch
Becky was so kind and easy to work with. We particularly liked that she offered us several options including the one that worked the best for us which was providing a consultation for our unique front yard project
For us, we weren't looking for a full "to-scale" design, but rather ideas for design and plant suggestions that would look good and be functional in our yard. Becky followed up after our in-person consultation with a thoughtful email filled with additional plant ideas to give us even more options. When I realized that I had accidentally deleted her email while attempting to clean up my overflowing inbox, she was immediately gracious enough to re-send it along with her previous reference for a landscape contactor.
We would recommend Becky to anyone looking for creative solutions and design ideas using beautiful plants to attract pollinators and birds.
Thank you, Becky!
Design and Install Support for Courtyard
Becky was wonderful to work with on a very small, but challenging courtyard.
Her knowledge of plants, native or otherwise is unsurpassed. She is passionate about our ecosystem and loves designing meadowscapes that work just for you. We had a very tight budget and she was very respectful of that. She redid our design a few times and our end result was lovely.
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