Maintaining a high-value property requires more than basic landscape care—it demands a specialized team that understands the intricate landscaping and grounds maintenance needs of luxury estates. For affluent homeowners in Oregon City, West Linn, Lake Oswego, and Tualatin, finding the right landscape maintenance company can be difficult but it’s important to preserving both the beauty…
Replacing an old, rotting timber retaining wall not only improves the stability and safety of your landscape but also offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your property’s beauty, functionality, and curb appeal. Timber walls, while popular for their initial affordability and natural look, often face issues like rot, warping, and pest damage. If your existing…
In Oregon, retaining walls are more than a functional necessity—they’re an opportunity to enhance the beauty, usability, and value of your property. With Oregon’s diverse terrain and unique environmental needs, a well-designed retaining wall can transform a sloped or uneven area into a stunning, functional landscape. Whether you’re looking to add curb appeal, create outdoor…
Like many things in our lives, the front yard is often overlooked and under prioritized. Finding the time and money for improvements can feel overwhelming. Don’t let the size of your to-do list stop you from getting started. There are many things you can do right now that are quick, affordable, and effective. START SMALL…
WHAT IS MULCH? Mulch is any material that covers the ground’s surface to form a protective layer. It’s designed to mimic what happens typically in nature when plant debris and fallen leaves blanket the soil. When you add mulch to your landscape and garden, it creates healthier soil by conserving moisture, reducing erosion, stabilizing temperatures,…
You spend time, energy, and money trying to make your yard beautiful, but it’s hard work, and you’d rather be enjoying the space instead of ticking off that lawn care maintenance checklist. But what can you do? Scaling back on the mowing schedule leaves the grass too long, and cutting down on watering leaves it…
Do you dream of a beautiful backyard where you could spend your time relaxing and entertaining friends but feel hopelessly lost when you look out the window at the size of your yard? Here are a few ideas to show you how a few key changes can make the most out of your small backyard. …
Even for the most veteran gardeners, landscaping and gardening can feel like a rollercoaster ride. One minute, your yard is beautiful and lush, full of thriving greenery, and the next, leaves are falling early, and things just aren’t blooming the way they’re supposed to. Plants, trees, and shrubs can be temperamental, high-maintenance, and fussy at…
If you live in a hilly town, sloped neighborhood, or rolling countryside, you know how intimidating it can feel when you are trying to landscape. Sloped yards can be difficult to walk on, awkward to work from, and challenging to maintain. They have an increased risk of soil erosion and sliding if handled poorly, which…
Landscape lighting is the secret weapon of landscape design. It’s one of the most affordable ways to elevate your yard, no matter what kind of shape it’s in. The lighting focus for the front yard is mainly safety, traffic flow directions, and curb appeal. The backyard, however, is all about enjoyment. Of course, the lighting…
White Oak Landscapes is a locally owned, full service landscaping company based out of Oregon City, OR and serving the surrounding area. We specialize in hardscaping such as paver patios, retaining walls, walkways, driveways, firepits, and water features. We also install new softscaping including garden bed construction and new plantings, tree and privacy hedge planting, lawn sprinkler system installations, landscape lighting, and more. Property maintenance services include hedge and shrub pruning, mulch installation, and seasonal yard clean ups.
