As you hunt for property to develop in Washington State, you’ll quickly learn that water-related critical areas can add a wrinkle to the home-buying and home-building process. In this post, we delve into what you need to know about critical regulations and the steps to take to create the home of your dreams.
7 Design Ideas to Enhance Your Shoreline
Should I Wait to Get a Wetland Delineation Until the Dry Season?
Lots of people wonder about the best time to get a wetland delineation. Does the weather matter? Hugh Mortensen, President of The Watershed Company, explains how wetland delineation works year-round.
Green Certifications for Your Non-Building Projects
LEED V4 vs. LEED 2009: What It Means for Your Project's Landscape
Do you have a landscape project you are considering for LEED certification and wonder how the process might differ for LEED v4? In this blog, we examine its guidelines.
Electrofishing 101
How Long Will It Take to Permit My Project?
How to Promote Sustainability with Interpretive Signage
Interpreting Your Green Building and Infrastructure Projects
Interpretive Program Development: Watson Woods Riparian Preserve
Prescott Creeks hired The Watershed Company to create five interpretive signs, an orientation kiosk and map, and a tri-fold brochure. In this blog post, we go into detail about our development process.
How Long Do Interpretive Signs Last?
Budget Tips for Planting Your Washington Garden
Marina French, restoration designer and landscape architect at The Watershed Company, shares budget tips on how to grow a flourishing and financially-affordable garden.
Where Should You Buy Your Plants?
You have a landscape plan in hand. Now you need to buy your plants. Marina French, restoration designer and landscape architect with The Watershed Company, shares what you should consider when deciding between buying plants a local nursery versus a big box store.
Plant Pricing 101
What determines how much a plant costs? The Watershed Company's restoration designer and landscape architect Marina French describes why plant costs and store prices vary, and finally, our favorite quality plants that won’t break the bank.
Why Your Garden Should Use Native Plants
Five Pacific Northwest Native Shrubs to Plant in Your Garden
The palette of native shrubs to choose from in the Pacific Northwest is so wide and varied that it can be difficult to narrow down your options when it's time to start planting. Marina French, restoration designer and landscape architect at The Watershed Company, shares five native shrubs that have a proven track record in our landscape designs (and include tasty berries, too!).
How to Improve the Success of Your Wetlands Mitigation Site
Hugh Mortensen, President of The Watershed Company, shares a tip for jurisdictions who want to improve the success rates of wetland mitigation sites.
How to Clean Up Your Landscape Within a Critical Area
Have you purchased a property with critical areas or buffers that are in need of landscape maintenance? Do you wish to re-evaluate or change how your landscape is maintained within a critical area or buffer? Have you tried to change or clean up unruly vegetation, only to receive a notice from regulators that the area is within a critical area or buffer? If so, you could benefit from implementing a Vegetation Management Plan, or VMP, for your property.
Using Critical Areas as Learning Tools in School Campuses
What began as a practical proposition for a trail through a regulatory buffer turned into an educational opportunity at Odle Middle School. Marina French, landscape architect, shares how we used mitigation planning to engage visitors about wetland functions.
Should You Get a Wetland Delineation or Reconnaissance?
It's a frequent question among property owners of all types. Katy Crandall, ecologist and arborist with The Watershed Company, explains the difference.
