Robin Parsons
Robin Parsons has been designing gardens and landscapes in the Pacific Northwest for 20 years. After graduating from Syracuse University with a BFA in graphic design, she found her calling in garden design and entered the landscape design and horticultural program at South Seattle College. She is a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), the Northwest Horticultural Society, and the Northwest Perennial Alliance. She has won several design awards, including a gold and a silver award from the APLD. Her gardens and writing have been published in the Seattle Times, among several other regional and national publications. Robin is inspired by contemporary and classic Mediterranean and Australian gardens and drought-tolerant designs.
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DesignTextured Plants That Steal the Show
While color and form were important factors in choosing the plants, a mix of bold and fine textures makes the backbone of the design. Here are some of the most…
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DesignA Stunning Modern Landscape Design for a Contemporary Home
This modern Seattle home was built on a bluff overlooking Puget Sound in Zone 8b. When I first took on the project, the steel-and-glass house stood on a dirt-and-gravel work…
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