pendragon orchard and vine
Turning Landscape into Legacy
landscape design SERVICES
Integrated planning for beauty, resilience, and a lasting sense of place.
Serving Seattle, the San Juan Islands, and the Pacific Northwest.
Landscape Design Approach
Landscape design and consulting is what we do. We design landscapes as coherent systems—shaped by landform, water, climate, and the way a place is meant to be lived in.
Some projects center on food: orchards, perennial gardens, and small vineyards. Others focus on drought resilience, fragrance, quiet refuge, or conventional residential needs. The common thread is integration: each element is designed in relation to the whole, with long-term stewardship in view and generational wealth.
Core Services: What We Do
Full-Site Landscape Design
For properties that need an overall plan—circulation, structure, planting, water, and use working together. This can include phased implementation so the landscape matures intelligently rather than arriving all at once.
Planting Design
Plant communities designed for beauty, ecology, and longevity—perennial frameworks, habitat plantings, sensory gardens, and seasonal structure. We design for site conditions, not trends.
Water and Irrigation Planning
Water strategy first: slope, drainage, storage, zoning, and restraint. We design irrigation as a system—efficient, maintainable, and aligned with long-term plant health.
Edible Systems and Orchards
Food-producing landscapes integrated into a broader design: kitchen gardens, perennial food systems, orchards (heritage or modern), and productive plant guilds that are beautiful and functional.
Specialty Design Elements
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Xeriscape and drought-tolerant planting frameworks
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Gravity-aware irrigation zoning and water planning
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Fragrance and sensory gardens
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Zen / contemplative garden spaces
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Greenhouses and propagation planning
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Living roofs and vegetated structures
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Compost systems and nutrient cycling
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Small-scale vineyard planning (site-specific) → Urban Vineyard Design
And of course we offer fruit tree and vine pruning and care. → Fruit tree pruning
How it works
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Conversation & context — your goals, the site, constraints, and time horizon
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Site reading — slope, exposure, soils, water, microclimate, existing systems
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Primary order — structure, circulation, water strategy, and spatial hierarchy
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Design development — planting, materials, and integrated systems
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Phasing & next steps — a plan you can execute thoughtfully over time