 enlarge 72KB, 640x480 1 Tree Pruning 50 foot wide Mt. Fuji flowering cherry tree pruning - Wilsonville
|  enlarge 141KB, 524x640 2 Central Point Water Feature Small pond & falls. Scroll to VIDEO in this same album
|  enlarge 139KB, 640x480 3 Tigard design Part of a landscape design and planting. Grasses are blue Fescue and blue oat grass
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 enlarge 77KB, 640x480 4 Beaverton Bare dirt prior to planning
|  enlarge 90KB, 640x481 5 Digital imaging Digital concept prior to hand drafting a design plan
|  enlarge 130KB, 640x480 6 Wilsonville Quartzite path, planting, small pondless water feature
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 enlarge 101KB, 640x480 7 Japanese maple pruning That nice looking lawn is fake. We don't install artificial turf, but thought it was worth noting
|  enlarge 125KB, 480x640 8 Topiary pine tree Pruning - same yard
|  enlarge 107KB, 640x480 9 Pruning of maples Another view. Just a small pruning project for several Japanese and vine maples
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 enlarge 111KB, 640x480 10 Pondless feature Same water feature close-up
|  enlarge 101KB, 640x480 11 Water feature Preform pond shell, hollow fill material, drilled rock
|  enlarge 103KB, 640x480 12 Water feature Rock border and screen to support rock covering
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 enlarge 110KB, 640x480 13 Water feature Finished surface with small round rock layer
|  enlarge 143KB, 640x480 14 Japanese maple These trees look much better thinned from the inside
|  enlarge 91KB, 640x480 15 Beaverton Planting Prep 2003 - Same yard as next frames. Pile of soil blend.
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 enlarge 109KB, 640x480 16 Beaverton Design Same patch of soil as previous frame, 7 years later.
|  enlarge 82KB, 640x459 17 Beaverton Planting 2008 - Same yard as previous frame
|  enlarge 132KB, 640x480 18 Beaverton Design Same yard as last few frames. Bubbling rock, shrubs, grass
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 enlarge 139KB, 640x480 19 Miscanthus Excellent ornamental grass. Tidy green summer form
|  enlarge 112KB, 640x480 20 Miscanthus Early winter: golden. Small trees are mountain hemlock
|  enlarge 128KB, 640x480 21 Miscanthus Autumn & seed stalks. Can divide winter: ax & sharpen shovel
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 enlarge 124KB, 640x480 22 1 gallon plants Ferns and Nandina on the way to get planted in back
|  enlarge 105KB, 640x480 23 Lake Oswego, Oregon Removing 1 stem against the house: Himalayan birch
|  enlarge 113KB, 640x480 24 Smoke Tree: Cotinus A Smoke Tree can become a nice looking tree
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 enlarge 99KB, 480x640 25 Decaying wall Before: old wood steps and wall decaying: disintegrating
|  enlarge 116KB, 480x640 26 Wall project Removal of wood, contour earth. Some small roots pruned
|  enlarge 111KB, 480x640 27 Block wall New manor stone block wall. Ready for barkdust
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 enlarge 43KB, 640x480 28 Seminar Portland Yard Garden & Patio Show presentation on Tree Care
|  enlarge 73KB, 640x480 29 Tree Seminar Portland yard show - another year. This image in Public Domain
|  enlarge 96KB, 640x480 30 Small Paver Patio Small paver patio about 1 year after install.
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 enlarge 0KB, 640x490 31 Planting Gravel path. New Zealand flax with burgundy leaves.
|  enlarge 118KB, 640x480 32 Basic box step Treated wood steps with crushed gravel in backyard
|  enlarge 70KB, 640x480 33 Planter box Basic planter box with copper cap accents
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 enlarge 90KB, 640x480 34 Part of new parking lot Small bed with remnant pine left by excavating contractor
|  enlarge 90KB, 640x480 35 New parking area bed Remarkable what Nandina, barkdust and decorative rock add
|  enlarge 111KB, 640x480 36 Basalt steps Stacking basalt for steps up a hill to be mass planted
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 enlarge 58KB, 640x480 37 Training apple tree Some sprouts can be converted to fruit spurs
|  enlarge 48KB, 563x640 38 Fruit spur Same tree 2 years later. Already produding fruit
|  enlarge 104KB, 640x487 39 Liberty apple In a couple of years. Liberty apple is a fine addition of summer color
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 enlarge 90KB, 640x480 40 Paver driveway section Replaced busted concrete drive section with pavers
|  enlarge 85KB, 640x480 41 Landscape design At Nehalem Bay campsite for Seaside condo design - leisure
|  enlarge 57KB, 640x480 42 Hand draft design Design plan for a front yard in Beaverton
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 enlarge 141KB, 640x480 43 Walnut Before Previously topped walnut tree with boards and nails
|  enlarge 118KB, 640x480 44 Walnut Pruning After 3 hours of work later - the road to improvement begins
|  enlarge 135KB, 640x480 45 Walnut Tree 2 years later. Getting better, but not quite done
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 enlarge 0KB, 640x444 46 Topiary This was a yearly topiary pruning project in Portland
|  enlarge 93KB, 640x480 47 Root pruning Root barrier panels can be put in soil to hinder roots
|  enlarge 138KB, 640x480 48 Protect trunks Bark should be shaded at planting to prevent sunburn
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 enlarge 92KB, 640x421 49 Water feature Part of water feature design in Portland, Oregon
|  enlarge 70KB, 640x480 50 Edge of small pond Small preform pond edged with quartsite landscape stone
|  enlarge 121KB, 640x480 51 Pondless water feature Small pondless feature. Very simple and affordable
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 enlarge 65KB, 640x480 52 Hillsboro Before Before the front was designed or stripped bare
|  enlarge 89KB, 640x480 53 Same yard About 10 days after removing the old worn out yard
|  enlarge 70KB, 640x480 54 Entry area bed Bland leaf-catcher entry area shrub bed
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 enlarge 113KB, 640x480 55 Same entry Leaves blow right off this crushed quartzite. Blue fescue grass
|  enlarge 126KB, 640x480 56 Play & garden area install Sand box, edging, slate stone, crushed gravel, boxwood
|  enlarge 119KB, 640x480 57 Tigard Before Small budget renovation. Beginning of day 1.
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 enlarge 126KB, 640x480 58 Tigard After Same yard end of day of next day 2
|  enlarge 75KB, 640x480 59 Large Stump Grinder Grinding prior to soil ammendment and planting
|  enlarge 73KB, 640x480 60 Lawn Crossing Plywood prevents soil compaction when rolling weight
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 enlarge 93KB, 640x480 61 Same house A few of some 7 tons split basalt for 170' pathway
|  enlarge 143KB, 640x480 62 Broken Pine This is why we prune defects from trees at planting time
|  enlarge 113KB, 640x480 63 Hornbeam Trees New planting play area using sand for mulch instead
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 enlarge 104KB, 640x480 64 Leaning birch removal Help from Roots and Shoots tree service
|  enlarge 92KB, 640x480 65 Bird feeder Made by a bird feeder company, after a birch removal
|  enlarge 46KB, 640x480 66 Hiking stick Hhiking stick made of corkscrew willow limb from pruning
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 enlarge 63KB, 640x480 67 Mario Vaden Organizing is virtually a hobby at the residential office
|  enlarge 138KB, 640x480 68 Japanese Maple Before Neglected Japanese Maple loaded with dead twigs & leaves
|  enlarge 133KB, 640x480 69 Japanese Maple After Later. One of 6. Lake Oswego. Ladder is 10' tall
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 enlarge 154KB, 640x480 70 Japanese Maple Close-up look at one of the same Japanese Maples
|  enlarge 104KB, 640x480 71 Scarlet Runner Beans On 14' bamboo poles - nice flowers. Attract wildlife
|  enlarge 111KB, 640x480 72 Plants Lily, mountain hemlock and New Zealand flax foliage
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 enlarge 120KB, 640x480 73 Moonglow juniper Two shearings over the period of a year, formed this blue column
|  enlarge 113KB, 640x480 74 Arborist removing tree Removal of a sweetgum tree loaded with structural weakness
|  enlarge 103KB, 640x480 75 Pondless Water Feature Small pondless water feature with drilled rock in Beaverton
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 enlarge 102KB, 640x480 76 Pots Ceramic pots give endless options to add variety and color
|  enlarge 120KB, 640x480 77 Pruning birch Pruning Himalayan birch to raise it 8' over sidewalk for code
|  enlarge 120KB, 640x480 78 Orange Lilies Orange lilies with Wooly Thyme groundcover
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 enlarge 122KB, 640x480 79 Prune Dogwood Simple task - pruning dogwood tree away from the roof
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80 VIDEO: Bloomington, Indiana 2008, Mario Vaden visited arborist Douglas Fowler
|  enlarge 69KB, 640x480 81 Maple Seed Art A customer, Violet Frost, made artwork with maple samaras
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 enlarge 127KB, 640x480 82 Port Orford Cedar Before: blocking view from the home
|  enlarge 110KB, 640x480 83 Port Orford Cedar Same trees. Gained 500 sq. ft. of yard and view
|  enlarge 117KB, 640x480 84 Willow Interesting natural graft allowed to remain in a corkscrew willow
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 enlarge 128KB, 640x480 85 Diseased Japanese maple Verticillium wilt. Not our pond install with liner over roots
|  enlarge 125KB, 640x480 86 Maple removed Suggested planting different species, farther away
|  enlarge 35KB, 640x480 87 Fasciation: Flowering Cherry No crisis when occassional fasciated twigs occur
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 enlarge 105KB, 640x480 88 Leyland cypress - 21 years 45' wide canopy already! Not a good small area hedge tree
|  enlarge 62KB, 640x480 89 Tree in deck Don't wait until the trunk grows into wood.
|  enlarge 69KB, 640x480 90 Tree in deck / same Cut away wood to allow room for growth.
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 enlarge 105KB, 640x480 91 Sunburn damage Sunburned: neighbors removed a tree on sunset side
|  enlarge 58KB, 640x480 92 Oregon Landscape Board Meeting in Grants Pass 2005. Mario Vaden, last term
|  enlarge 101KB, 640x480 93 Pond Trouble-shooting Not our design. Found water spilling over liner in 8 spots
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 enlarge 106KB, 640x480 94 Troubleshooting pond Not our install. Reduce water loss at falls and liner
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95 VIDEO - Water Feature VIDEO: Moss Rock stream and waterfalls. Central Point, Oregon
|  enlarge 54KB, 640x429 96 landscape design 1 One of many hand drawn design plans. 24" x 36"
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 enlarge 45KB, 640x469 97 landscape design 2 Another landscape plan. Plans come with plant lists and notes
|  enlarge 86KB, 396x640 98 1989 Newspaper Ad Early ad: 1989 Beaverton Valley Times with Fowler
|  enlarge 132KB, 640x480 99 Ivy detailing Long reach pruners to shape ivy on fireplace brick
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 enlarge 128KB, 640x480 100 Miscanthus November Season's end cut & groom. Divide center with sharp ax
|  enlarge 125KB, 640x480 101 Miscanthus Sheared & divided. Use sharp shovel around edge of roots
|  enlarge 126KB, 640x480 102 Miscanthus Still has good curb appeal. A 5g plant 16 months later
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