Scrolling through down loads of photos that my face book friends submit, I was struck by this focal point in the landscape made in the UK. I found it extraordinarily beautiful. There were no formal plantings, flagstone or paver patios, or an area to even sit and meditate on the feature. In fact, if you notice that much of the body is indigenous weeds. The head of the mud maiden seems to be a large clump of Iris. I wonder if the flowers are yellow, blue or purple? If they are yellow I guess our maiden is a blond.

The only sculpted form I see in the whole landscaped area is with the creating the head. The rest of the area has nothing more than soil which has been artfully crafted to resemble the shoulder and arm.
What came to mind is that there are so many different ways to make your landscaping beautiful. Most of us don’t have a large enough piece of ground to pull off something like the mud maiden, but majestic beauty in the landscape comes in small packages as well as big.
The mud maiden shows me that in this case of a woodsy area, a truly beautiful landscape does not have to have structured plantings, patios, retaining walls, water features, just a well thought out focal point that truly is majestic.
We have been serving the Vancouver WA area for over twenty years with award winning landscape services.

In fall of 2011 I went up to a property in Kalama when a gentleman called me after looking at my web site and blogs. He wanted a formal garden setting that required different levels, as the property has steep slopes. The idea behind the landscape was for his personal enjoyment and to have weddings held at the site. It has a wonderful view of The Columbia river valley and will be quite exceptional when finished. The only issue we have is that at this point, there is no home, no electricity and no water. I’ve got to say this is the first time I’ve landscaped a property without a home on it. Let alone water or electricity.
The gardens will be quite formal with up to five water features, paver patios (one of which may be a huge chess board), decomposed granite walkways with steps that match the retaining walls we are installing, led landscape lighting, plantings, irrigation etc. It now sounds like the fire pit we have built will have some additions on it by putting a water fountain behind the fire pit.
The landscape designer is Troy Outman with Outman’s Landscape Design. Below I will post a couple of the photos showing some of the beginning progress of the landscape project.
The first photo shows some progress on the formal water feature and a retaining seat wall that will house the fire pit.

The second photograph shows a little more of the hardscaping being done and the outline of the fire pit.

The third photo shows the side view of the formal water feature.

Woody’s custom Landscaping has been serving the Vancouver WA and Clark County area for over twenty years with award winning landscape services.

It would be nice to say we can just ignore our neighbors beautiful landscaping. The problem is that green grass, wonderful shrubbery and a Sunset Magazine back yard is hard to ignore. No need to stress. Woody’s Custom Landscaping, Inc. is here to solve all your envy issues. It really isn’t that hard to keep up with the Jones’s with a little planning and a working budget. Our team of experts at Woody’s Custom Landscaping, Inc. are some of the most talented landscapers in the area. We are friendly, courteous, knowledgeable, and very skilled at all phases of landscape construction.
Here are some of our services. If you would like to go right to our web site, it is www.woodyscustomlandscaping.com.

The best way to start off in landscaping your home is with a landscape design with great landscape designers. We can help there.
Construction of Outdoor Living spaces including; flagstone and paver patios installed by certified technicians, outdoor kitchens, landscape masonry, seat walls, landscape lighting, and water features.
For those people who live on slopes we construct retaining walls including: CMU block walls, segmental retaining wall unit walls, natural rock walls, and cultured stone or flagstone applications to CMU block walls.
Clients that want to better their green areas love our quality sod lawn installations, plant choices and installation and Rainbird irrigation systems.
Off course we do also do all the incidentals like: landscape drainage, bark installation, soil preparation and consultations.
Twenty years of professional landscape services in the Vancouver WA areas that are award winning and full of happy clients.

I was just tooling through some of the many projects we have landscaped over the years and thought I would share a few landscape photos I have put into a slide show. In it you will view landscape construction projects we have installed that include: paver patios, plantings, water features, low voltage lighting, retaining walls and some photos that were just plain interesting. Many of the projects were design build and some of them award winning for residential landscape construction. Our web site is woodyscustomlandscaping.com and our phone number is 360 – 687 – 1882.

We specialize in exceptional landscape services in Portland Oregon and Vancouver Washington, that include all phases of landscape construction, design build and general landscaping. We do not however offer any landscape maintenance services, as we feel that we should stick to what we do best.

Find more photos like this on Garden-Share

At woodyscustomlandscaping.com we are proud of our landscaping services we offer. Please feel free to check out our reviews.
While this job is very large, I felt it can help with ideas for landscaping of all shapes and sizes. Not all jobs are of this scale, but the ideas and quality of work highlights our professionalism.
The first photo is of the front yard with a serpentine cultured stone faced retaining wall and lots of sod lawn we installed.

The second photo shows what a huge pond in your back yard can look like.

The third photo show the front entry with a flagstone walk and patio and another pond for koi.

The fourth photo highlights a small water fall area off the big water feature.

This next photo is the side yard with a large expanse of sod lawn, vegetable garden and a interlocking concrete paver pathway that connect you to the back yard.

The following photo is a close up of the vegetable garden. Most of the garden is with raised planter beds.

The next shot is before construction construction of the large pond.

Now you can see after construction and the finished product.

We got on the roof for the next photo. It gives a impression of the size of the pond and the large paver patio.

The next photograph is a shot taken through the Miscanthus in to the large waterfall which has 33,000 gallons per hour pouring over the waterfall.

Serving the Portland OR and Vancouver WA area with over twenty years of award winning service.

woodyscustomlandscaping.com has many landscaping services available in Camas Washington. One of our most noted services is water features. We have won many awards for residential landscape construction and water features were in many of them. We gladly construct in your backyard many styles of water features. Koi ponds, tranquil pools, pondless waterfalls and fountains of all sorts.

We are completely licensed, bonded and insured in both Washington and Oregon. For landscaping ideas on any type of water feature check out our services. We are a local company who is a leader in the field of landscaping, giving quick and accurate landscape estimates.
Our staff are experienced in all types of landscape construction whether you are looking for simple landscape lighting, sprinklers, sod lawns, or a large scale project.
Serving the Camas Washington area for over 20 years.

The above landscaping was installed up the Washougal River Road in Washougal in December and January. It received a WALP award for residential landscape construction.
In December and January we at Woody’s Custom Landscaping decided to offer winter landscape discounts. Our discount will be 5% of the total estimate. All you have to do is mention that you found us on line and in the months of December 2010 and January 2011 and we will honor the discount. I would suggest that you let us know after the estimate is sent, that you found us on line.
Now to the question of how much landscaping can be done in the winter months. If it is not snowing or freezing we can and do work. The pictures in this blog are jobs that were installed in winter and have received state wide awards for the landscape construction that was installed. The photos will also show that all phases of award winning landscaping can be done in the winter months. Such as:
Paver patios
Landscape masonry
Planting
Sod lawns
Irrigation
Water features
services
Don’t be bashful about receiving your discount. Call now to lock and load that winter discount. You can feel confident that your landscaping will be done by a professional, certified and award winning landscaping company, who does the job right the first time.
The landscaping below was installed in January and February and received a WALP award for residential landscape construction.

Our services include:
Landscape Design
Design Build Landscape Construction
Hardscaping
Landscape masonry
Paver and flagstone patios and walk ways We are a Mutual Materials Preferred Contractor
Water features including: ponds, waterfalls, small lakes, pondless waterfalls, bubblers
Retaining walls including: CMU block walls, Segemental concrete units, cultured stone, stone faced, dry stack rock, brick.
Softscaping
Irrigation We are Rainbird Select Contractors
Low voltage lighting
Tree and shrub planting
Drainage
Sod lawns, seed lawns
Boulder placement
Serving the Portland area with certified award winning professionalism.

It’s a pleasure to visit old clients and see how well their landscape projects are doing. I visited a client last week she said her pump was making a little too much noise for her. After a little foam rubber and shifting of the pump, all was well. I noticed her pond looked absolutely fantastic and thought a video of some of our work 6 years later would actually be a good blog. The waterfalls looked very nice and the pond with a seat wall around it really looked great with mature landscaping. She did have a little too many snails, but all in all the pond and surrounding area looked wonderfull.
Our webiste is www.woodyscustomlandscaping.com, please give it a look and let us be able to put your project on one of our many videos.
Serving the Portland / Vancouver area with certified and award winning quality.

Installing the best water features in the Vancouver / Portland area.

Listening to your bubbling water feature trickle and splash over the column rocks. Watching your water fall rush and whirl down the series of natural boulders. Noticing that your koi or gold fish actually know that you are going to feed them as they come up to get their food. Watching birds bathe in small pockets of still water in your water feature are some of the reasons why a water feature in your yard has become so popular. What a perfect way to grab a moment of peace when you come home from work, or on the week end.

Woody’s Custom Landscaping, Inc. has been installing quality water features in the greater Vancouver/Portland area for 20 of those years. All our water features are have at least a 1 year warranty and we stand behind our work. Every feature you see in the photos is different. No two should be alike. Each should present the wishes and characteristics of the client. All have filter systems. All have flow controls. All are unique and soothing. I’ve tried to show examples of different kinds of ponds, water features, water falls, etc.
It can be a simple bubbler rock, a pondless water fall, a pond with a stream and water falls, a reflection pond, or in some cases a large pond with a series of water falls. At Woody’s Custom Landscaping, we make it an art form. You will have a unique and functional feature using the latest in technology to keep it filtered and full. Please take a look at our web site at www.woodyscustomlandcaping.com .
We serve the Vancouver Portland area with over 20 years of quality award winning professionalism.