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Brooks Kolb Landscape Featured in “Coastal Living” Magazine
Brooks Kolb’s landscape design for a weekend getaway home on Hood Canal is featured in the October, 2013 issue of “Coastal Living” Magazine. The on-line story, titled “A Quaint Retreat,” displays only this dining room image looking out to the canal and the Olympic Mountains beyond, but the print version includes several exterior shots showcasing
The Garden at “Le Sousmont” in France
Seattle landscape architect Brooks Kolb writes: In the summer between my junior and senior years of high school, I had spent a couple of months in France with my French great aunt, first at her apartment in Paris, and then at her country home in the small town of St. Aignan-sur-Cher. Located in the heart
The Finn Hill Meadows Garden at Maturity
At least twelve years have passed since landscape construction was completed at the Finn Hill Meadows Garden. Designed by Seattle landscape architect Brooks Kolb for a client with a passion for plants and gardening, this unique landscape surrounds a large house on a circular lot. The centerpiece of the garden is two water features –
“Growing Gracefully” – A Brooks Kolb North Capitol Hill Garden Featured in “Pacific NW” Magazine
The Entry Gates – all photos by Seattle Times Photographer, Mike Siegel Seattle Landscape Architect Brooks Kolb was once again featured in the Seattle Times’ “Pacific NW” Magazine on September 7, 2014, in an article by the noted Times garden writer, Valerie Easton. Titled “Growing Gracefully, A Redesign mixes the best of old and new,”
Brooks Kolb’s Hood Canal Garden featured in the Seattle Times “Pacific NW” Magazine
Seattle Landscape Architect Brooks Kolb’s landscape renovation for a site in tiny Holly, on Hood Canal, was featured in the October 19, 2014 Fall Home Design issue of the Seattle Times’ “Pacific NW” Magazine. Owner Paige Stockley’s enthusiasm for Holly and for the amazing waterfront property she found and purchased there proved exactly the catalyst
2015 – Year of the Waterfall?
2015 may be the Year of the Goat, but in Seattle Landscape Architect Brooks Kolb’s world, it’s the year of the waterfall. Brooks currently has five waterfalls and ponds on the boards, in communities as diverse as Anacortes, Bellevue, Redmond, Medina and Seattle. Whether it’s the sound of water rushing over rock or the dazzle
You’re Invited to an Open House at the Hunts Point Garden
The Hunts Point house featuring a garden designed by Seattle landscape architect Brooks Kolb is now on the market, with a signature open house scheduled for this coming Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25, from 1:00 to 4:00.Brooks will be on hand at this special event hosted by Wangness Connections, along with interior designer
Brooks Kolb’s Finn Hill Meadows Garden Makes the Cover!
In an issue titled “Classic Gardens Stand the Test of Time,” Seattle Landscape Architect Brooks Kolb’s Finn Hill Meadows Garden was featured on the cover of the February 8, 2015 issue of the Seattle Times’ “Pacific NW” magazine. The cover photograph shows the moss-covered woodland waterfall on the uphill side of the house, built by
Seattle Landscape Architect Brooks Kolb’s Mercer Island Garden Featured in Issue #22 of “Gray” Magazine
Designed by SHKS Architects, the Yoga Studio at Brooks Kolb’s Mercer Island Garden was featured in “Gray” Magazine. Here’s a link:http://issuu.com/graymag/docs/gray_n0._22_jj15/93?e=3579295/13295684 Brooks designed a garden of native and ornamental ferns around the Yoga Studio, with nurse logs on the forest floor. The building appears to float above the ground. Here’s a photograph of the landscape
Brooks Kolb LLC Awarded Best of Houzz 2016
Over 35 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building,Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World Brooks Kolb LLC Landscape Architecture of Seattle, Washington has won Best ofHouzz®, the leading platform for home remodeling and design, for 2016, in the customer service category. The firm was chosen by the more than
