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Planting with Richard
Planting with Richard

Richard lays out bulbs for a new Seattle garden.

Land Morphology Promotion
Land Morphology Promotion

Land Morphology is pleased to announce the promotion of Dylan Crawford to Associate Principal Landscape Architect.

Shore Blocks Wins LUXE Excellence in Design Award
Shore Blocks Wins LUXE Excellence in Design Award

We are proud to announce that we received a LUXE Regional Residential Excellence in Design Award from LUXE Interiors + Design for our Shore Blocks project.

Yew Dell Opens Castle Gardens
Yew Dell Opens Castle Gardens

“Without the support of members, places like this are not around long enough to actually plan a project like this,” said Paul Cappiello, Executive Director of Yew Dell Botanical Gardens.

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The Case for Fall Containers
The Case for Fall Containers

Containers require more improvising than normal because you can’t wait for the plants to grow in – they have to be effective immediately and there is limited space to ad lib.

Postcard from England: Navigating Sissinghurst and Great Dixter in One Day
Postcard from England: Navigating Sissinghurst and Great Dixter in One Day

Graphically, the gardens read beautifully from all angles, and make it impossible to forget you are witnessing a living, breathing, evolving piece of art.

Enter the Wandering Woodland – A Living Storybook at Leach Botanical Garden
Enter the Wandering Woodland – A Living Storybook at Leach Botanical Garden

As part of Leach Botanical Garden’s dynamic transformation, the upper meadow is being reimagined as the Wandering Woodland—a temporary yet impactful space for families and children to explore, play, and connect with the natural world.

The Chimpanzee Memorial Garden
The Chimpanzee Memorial Garden

In 2023 and 2024 Land Morphology volunteered our services to create a memorial garden for the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest (CSNW) near Cle Elum, Washington.  The Chimpanzee Memorial Garden plan offers CSNW staff and guests a peaceful place of gathering and reflection.

How the Passion to Shape Landscapes Shapes Us
How the Passion to Shape Landscapes Shapes Us

As landscape architects, we like to believe that our work is about shaping the land—crafting outdoor spaces that are beautiful, meaningful, and ultimately make the world a better place.

Hellebores on the Seattle Waterfont
Hellebores on the Seattle Waterfont

With flowers that emerge in early winter and tough evergreen foliage, hellebores are a mainstay of both our public and private gardens, where we always try to design for four seasons of interest. Exquisite on a small scale and sensational on a large scale, they are well-suited for a variety of different settings and styles.

Another Perfect Plant: Corylopsis spicata
Another Perfect Plant: Corylopsis spicata

On the Seattle Waterfront, Corylopsis spicata is found growing in the large, raised beds just south of the new aquarium. 

Another Perfect Plant: Trachelospermum jasminoides
Another Perfect Plant: Trachelospermum jasminoides

Trachelospermum jasminoides, or star jasmine, is a low-maintenance, evergreen vine with fragrant, white flowers. Native to Eastern and Southeastern Asia, it is dependably cold-hardy in the Puget Sound region. It creates a beautiful backdrop when trained up a trellis or over an arbor

Model Renderings
Model Renderings

Models are a way to provide visuals for the client to see the spatial relationships, scale and the overall aesthetic of a project.

Timeless Boxwood
Timeless Boxwood

Our boxwood of choice is Korean boxwood, Buxus sinica var. insularis ‘Wintergreen’ or Wintergreen boxwood, a variety that performs well and withstands blight.  

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