Slide Show: Yards Apart
NPR garden expert Ketzel Levine enjoys her front-yard living room.
Photography by Susan Seubert
A minimal boxwood parterre graces Rick Younge and David Hopkins yard.
Photography by Susan Seubert
Rick Younge on the steps of his house that was rescued from a bulldozer and moved to a vacant lot (it was in the way of a soon-to-be-built I-405 freeway on-ramp).
Photography by Susan Seubert
A fresh take on the old lawn-and-foundation planting scheme gives a wide welcome mat to a family home for Sergio and Sheri Lozano and their kids Kayla (15) and Lucas (13, shown practicing his "caveman" jump).
Photography by Susan Seubert
Ketzel Levine’s private outdoor parlor, fully furnished and decorated.
Photography by Susan Seubert
In Marina Wynton and Mike Pajunas yard, native plants provide food and refuge for insects and birds, from dragonflies to tiger swallowtails.
Photography by Susan Seubert
Marina Wynton and Mike Pajunas ripped out their front lawn and installed raised planting beds and a gravel swale to capture stormwater.
Photography by Susan Seubert
Susan Webb and Henry Grimmett have "Your Backyard Farmer" haul compost, sow seeds, water, weed and harvest their front yard vegetable garden.
Photography by Susan Seubert
Susan Webb and Henry Grimmett built terraced retaining walls in their steeply sloping front yard and added artful touches with materials recycled from their art-glass manufacturing company.
Photography by Susan Seubert
Sherrol Butler is an active member of the 122-year-old Portland Rose Society.
Photography by Susan Seubert
Sherrol Butler wins awards for favored grandifloras and floribundas like "Candelabra" and Marmalade Skies."
Photography by Susan Seubert
