Here's a sneak peek of an outdoor living space in Kirkland that we photographed this morning. Thanks to John Granen and his assistant Ben...

When I was in middle school, I had a Seattle Times newspaper route. On Saturday mornings, a few customers would get the first edition of the Sunday paper – called the “Bulldog”. You can imagine my surprise this morning when I went to QFC on Saturday morning to get some groceries and I saw an SEI garden on the front page of The Seattle Times’ Sunday Bulldog edition. This garden is also on the cover of and featured in this week’s Pacific NW Magazine as part of the Outdoor Livin

A couple years ago, we designed and helped build the new entry to Canlis restaurant along Aurora. I was delighted to learn that taking a picture in front of the Canlis sign is a must-have memory for brides and grooms celebrating their nuptials at the restaurant. A special thanks to wedding and portrait photographer, Tara Brown , for sharing this image of the married couple, Kerry and Kevin (congrats)! To make things even more special, I discovered the Canlis brothers had t-s

Last month Scot and our in-house landscape designer Mike attended the 2015 Association of Professional Landscape Designers’ International Conference in Washington DC. The title for the assemblage of like-minded designers, “A Monumental Conference”, was fitting for the surrounding scenery dotted with famous landmarks. As a guest speaker at the 3-day conference, Scot presented his approach to designing small outdoor spaces in Seattle, showing that within the grandeur of these

Check out Valerie Easton’s Seattle Times article about Scot and Devin’s own Maple Leaf garden. Read how they transformed their landscape from a sloping, open yard to an intimate, multi-function garden. With design ideas for small living spaces and beautiful photographs of the current garden, this article gives a glimpse into the elements that make up a great SEI design.

It maximizes a small, sloping lot with numerous outdoor living spaces (we created 4 distinct outdoor rooms). It looks great all year long! The bold hardscape design and graphic, low maintenance planting are visually interesting in every season.

No, it’s not a Tesla, but I’m still looking forward to taking our first battery-powered line trimmer on a test drive. I am really excited by the potential of battery powered garden care equipment and replacing all of our gas-powered equipment with battery powered equipment (yes, blowers and lawn mowers too!). Beside running on a renewable resource, battery powered equipment is much quieter! I have a goal of adding solar panels to the top of each Garden Services truck, so eac

Take a Peek: A Peaceful Backyard Near Puget Sound

A Designer Uses PVC Pipe to Cast a Modern Garden Gate

Scot Eckley Inc. received a 1st place award for best “Outdoor Living Space” at the 2015 Northwest Design Awards. You can view the winning project on our website and view other contest winners by using this link: http://www.seattledesigncenter.com/nwda/winners/outdoor-living-area

I am looking forward to packing my bags and heading to Washington D.C. in October. I have been asked to present a talk on “The Secrets of Designing For and Maximizing Small Outdoor Spaces” at the APLD’s 2015 Design Conference in Washington D.C. on October 8th!

Shane’s wife made this SEI inspired onesie for my daughter – and now she is finally big enough to wear it. Thanks Shane and Erin!

Go Hawks! Here’s a garden we installed last summer that is proudly sporting its Seahawk spirit!

We started off the new year by saying goodbye to Bovey. Thank you to everyone who has loved him during his 9 years with us. He is greatly missed. Bovey after a swim in his favorite lake

Scot Eckley was asked to present “The Secrets Of Designing For And Maximizing Small Outdoor Spaces” at the Northwest Horticultural Society’s Spring Symposium, “Small Space—Big Impact,” over the weekend.

Dear Friends- We are excited to announce the birth of our daughter, Eden Grey Eckley. She was born on Saturday morning (10/26/13) at 1:22am and weighed 8.1lbs/19.5″ long. Love, Devin and Scot