Rinda West Designs

Rinda was the perfect professional for handling all of my outdoor needs at my home. She is very professional, paid attention to my budget, and gave me many options to choose from. I would absolutely work with her again.

When my wife and I bought our classic bungalow a few years back, we had big plans for all of the greenspace we suddenly found ourselves the owners of. We tackled the front yard first, doing all of the planning and labor ourselves, but when it came to the back yard, we were stumped. We decided to try to find a designer who could work with us to bring my wife’s vision to life, and allow us to do a good chunk of the labor ourselves.
I’m a web designer, myself, so I’m sure that we were the most difficult kind of client: hands-​on, particular, and just knowledgable enough about the subject to be dangerous. But Rinda handled us with aplomb; she was friendly and easy to work with, extremely knowledgable, and responsive to our needs, concerns, and budget. She was also very patient with, and even encouraging of, my wife’s «enthusiastic amateur» status. There was the occasional miscommunication between us, but those were handled deftly as well. She worked with us to come up with a design plan, helped us choose a subcontractor to rip out the old patio and install a new one, picked out and installed the more delicate plants, and then stepped back to allow us to get our hands dirty and plant the rest. Everything was finished early enough in the season that we got to enjoy quite a few lovely evenings out in the garden, and we’ve received effusive compliments from everyone who has visited. We can’t wait to get back out there soon!

I own a small business in Northcenter. I can’t begin to explain the difference my store-​front looks because of Rinda. I am in love with her work! She was easy to work with and knew exactly what I was looking for! I now have beautiful and festive planters right outside my door!
I plan to have her back for every season!
Cheers,
Carly

I won a package in my son’s school auction, which included a one hour consultation with Rinda and the filling of two containers.
For my consultation, I wanted some help with my overall gardening skills. My yard was well stocked by the previous owners of our home, so Rinda walked me through all the plants and patiently answered all of my questions regarding care of so many things I was clueless about. She was extremely patient and knowledgeable.
I have a five foot long rectangular planter attached to the front of my porch. I chose to have Rinda fill that as the other part of my package. WOW! I can’t even begin to express in words the beauty of this planter box! I received compliment after compliment after compliment on the wonderful job Rinda did on filling it with plants/​flowers for summer. It also thrived so amazingly. Whenever I had filled it myself, usually at least half of what I planted died. Rinda has perfected the art of city container gardening and knew exactly what would flourish in my space. I loved it so much that I’m a paying customer now — she now fills my flower box every season! I look forward to each season change to see what amazing creations she dreams up.
I cannot recommend her work enough. I’m thrilled that her generosity in donating to my son’s school auction led me to her. Rinda is a pleasure to work with and her plantings a work of art!

Almost every day we get compliments on the landscaping Rinda West did for us. She helped us pick out a variety of colorful, interesting native plants that have filled out marvelously the past few years. Our yard has gone from so-​so and scruffy to lush and charming, and my wife tells me it’s upped the property value, too.

Rinda worked with us on a major transformation in our backyard. We met multiple times to discuss the scope of the project. Once decided upon, she drew up plans showing where each planting, deck, pergola, etc. would all be located. She helped us pick regionally specific plants, trees and flowers for our backyard and had excellent sources for the additional work that needed to be done (laying flagstone, grading entire yard, building deck, etc.)
Rinda is passionate and very knowledgeable about landscape architecture. She is a pleasure to work with.