Our offerings include landscape design, garden construction, patios, stonework, pergolas, irrigation systems, low-voltage lighting, and custom water features. Japanese garden concepts and natural stone detailing influence much of our work, regardless of the overall style. Our experienced crew has worked together for many years, allowing for efficient coordination and consistent quality. Through careful planning and skilled execution, we deliver outdoor environments designed to mature gracefully and remain enjoyable for decades.
Landscape Design
Our design process focuses on creating landscapes that are functional, sustainable, and visually enduring. It begins with a consultation where we walk your property and listen carefully. The experience is straightforward and professional. This ensures alignment before design development moves forward.
Landscape Design Build
Our landscape design and build service offers a streamlined process with one experienced team managing every phase. We are licensed professionals committed to constructing refined outdoor environments that emphasize durability and visual appeal. From initial planning to final installation, each landscape is treated with the same standards of care, precision, and craftsmanship.
Low Voltage Lighting
We approach low voltage landscape lighting with a focus on simplicity, quality, and long-term value. Our designs highlight key features without unnecessary complexity. Efficient LED fixtures and professional installation deliver dependable performance. In addition to new systems, we provide repair, upgrade, and maintenance services for existing lighting.
Water Features
Water features require careful planning and skilled execution, which is why our services focus on proven design and construction methods. We build and maintain ponds, streams, and ornamental features with attention to detail and system reliability. Every installation reflects our commitment to quality and long-term success.
Irrigation Systems
We design irrigation systems to complement sustainable landscape design while meeting practical watering requirements. Drought-tolerant gardens still require supplemental irrigation, particularly during establishment and extreme heat. Our professionally installed systems deliver water efficiently, protect existing gardens, and offer reliable performance that supports healthier plants over time.
Stone Masonry
Stone masonry provides a timeless solution for outdoor construction. We create patios, walls, and stone elements designed for durability and long-term performance. Each project reflects precise craftsmanship and proven materials. While stone construction involves higher costs, it rewards owners with lasting beauty and resilience.
Paver Patios
Our paver services focus on creating outdoor patios and walkways that are both durable and visually appealing. Interlocking pavers provide a practical alternative to concrete while offering design flexibility. Through coordinated design and experienced installation, we deliver outdoor spaces that serve their intended purpose effectively.
Nov 11, 2025
My backyard was a shambles when I started my hunt for someone who could match my esthetic and meet my expectations. My search led me to Ben and Ross NW Watergardens and I could not be happier with how things turned out. From conception to finish, Ben and his team were a joy to work with- they are professional with an amazing eye for design and details. Every request of mine was fulfilled, their finishes are exquisite, everyone on their team left the workplace tidy and safe for my small dog at the end of the day and they started and finished when they said they would. It is clear that this is more than a job for the proprietor, Ben- it is a passion. I absolutely love my new garden and am looking forward to many happy years enjoying it.
Sep 18, 2025
We hired Ross NW Watergardens to do a complete overhaul of our front yard. It was a dry and barren eyesore. Ben came in, took some pictures, and got back to us with a proposal super quickly. Once work started , it was super quick, just 3 days (granted its a small yard). There were around 50-ish plants, a large amount of river rocks to make a dry pond, fresh bark dust, and they installed a drip irrigation system. The crew was super polite and friendly. Ben was very communicative and understanding of us having to work around the holiday weekend for our money to get moved around. It was a great experience and we are so happy with our yard.
May 11, 2025
Ben and his team couldnt have provided better service. In 2023, they managed the full overhaul of our backyardremoving overgrown bamboo, an old privacy fence, and a previous concrete patio. They then installed a beautiful new paver patio, landscape lighting, plantings, and fencing, handling every step seamlessly.
Even two years later, theyre still incredibly responsive and helpful with questions about maintenance. We couldnt have asked for a better design or a more professional, reliable team. Highly recommend!
Jan 01, 2025
Ben and is his team were amazing at every step of the process. Ben was able to help us design a plan that turned a blank canvass of a landscape into something that fit our vision and already looks fantastic. His team did a great job executing that plan. Highly recommend.
Aug 26, 2024
Ben and his team are fantastic! Communication is great and Wow is the work not only wonderful, they are fast!! I've had a few different landscape/contractor projects and I would easily recommend Ross NW over any of the other companies. Will be going back for my next project.
Mar 28, 2024
Absolutely exceptional -- I'm so happy with my backyard. Exceptional communication, exceptional work, fair price, and it felt like a truly collaborative partnership all throughout. I've already referred other family and friends here and I have no reason to ever look anywhere else.
Oct 30, 2023
We were beyond impressed with Ben and his team, Jose and Consuelo. The water feature they created for our home was beyond amazing. We love seeing and hearing it every day. Bens design was phenomenal, and Jose and Consuelo paid excellent attention to detail and made the feature such high quality. Highly recommend them for whatever project you are doing! They are so talented.
Jul 05, 2023
Ben and his team were excellent! We started with just a design and knew immediately that we wanted to continue work with him through installation. Great quality work, fair pricing and amazing communication along the way.
Sep 01, 2022
I hired Ross Watergardens to design and install a Japanese garden around 3 sides of my condo. Ben Bowen was a pleasure to work with from beginning to end. He listened with interest to all my ideas and incorporated them wherever they made sense. The design process was a true collaboration. I never felt rushed, even when I needed a few weeks to study up on natives and wildlife friendly plants. Ben always responded within a day or two and got new designs back to me within a week. Once the design was complete, he set a tentative start date and stayed in touch as the date approached, always respectful of my schedule.
The design itself is gorgeous - beyond my expectations. The large stones make me think I'm in a mountain hermitage. And the plants are beautiful, even in their winter colors. I can hardly wait for spring.
The landscape lead, Efrain, arrived with a crew every day between 8 and 9. They had all the necessary equipment, and worked steadily and efficiently until the job was done - ahead of schedule! They cleaned up at the end of every day and especially well on Fridays.
I can't say enough what a pleasure it was to work with Ben and his crew on my garden. Their communication, expertise and professionalism made the project a true delight.
Dec 02, 2020
After completing a whole house renovation, we were ready to embark upon a landscape makeover to match our contemporary/Asian themed home. Our mission was to find someone who could design and install landscaping to tie our house and yard together.
After interviewing two other landscape designers, we found our perfect match with Ben Bowen and Ross NW Watergardens. Ben met (and exceeded) our list of desires for our yard, starting with his keen ability to envision what we could not imagine. He quickly saw through the existing, worn-out mish-mash of trees, plants and grass that had been cobbled together over seventy years of planting. After accepting his thorough proposal, which confirmed all that we had discussed, his crew went to work.
Ben did an excellent job of communicating with us from beginning to end. The project came in within budget and was completed in the 3-week timeframe he had promised.
His knowledge of plants, trees, boulders, landscape lighting, irrigation and other landscape details gave us confidence during the undertaking. The quality of all materials used was top notch, including healthy, happy plants, grasses and trees.
Ben was always available when we had questions, and we knew that he had our back should anything go awry. The entire crew at Ross NW Watergardens was knowledgeable, efficient, hard working, and respectful of our space while there.
We would not hesitate to recommend Ben and Ross NW Watergardens to anyone looking for landscape design and/or installation.
Nov 10, 2020
With a summer of staying home, this was the year to tackle our yard projects. Although we had a rough idea of what we wanted, we did not have the creativity or knowledge of what would work well for our needs nor where to put everything. We reached out to a couple of landscape experts. Ben was very communicative, has very detailed descriptions of the services provided and a design sense we identified with.
We have a small yard and sensible budget. Ben was open to the our ideas and any changes we proposed. He was able to work within our means and put together a really great design that we're very pleased with. We'll end up with a yard that is pleasant all year round without requiring constant maintenance.
We think part of the fun of having a yard is getting your hands dirty, so we're currently working on implementing Ben's design ourselves. However, we knew some things were a little too big to handle ourselves. Ross NW helped us with a crew to install a gorgeous paver patio. Again they were conscious of our budget and we could not be happier with results. Thanks Jose!
The few people who have seen the work have been blown away by the transformation so far and we can't wait until we've completed our part of the plan and get to enjoy the final result.
Jun 04, 2020
Ben and his team are hands down the best contractors to have worked on our home since we moved in. Our experience includes at least 10 different groups over the last 5 and a half years for a variety of large and small projects.
Why so exceptional? A few key reasons:
* excellent communication at all phases
* top quality work: both design and execution
* reasonable quote & adhered to, if not slightly under
* timely once the project started
* respectful, thoughtful team on site
Our project was modest (small backyard leveling, sodding, simple landscaping and minor hardscaping) but Bens design guidance and his teams skill helped them overdeliver. We couldnt be happier with the end result, it turned out much better than we ever envisioned.
We cant recommend the Ross NW team highly enough!
Dec 11, 2018
Ben is a master. We are so happy with how our landscaping turned out. He stuck with us over a long renovation, never got flustered by anything going wrong, and, of course, helped plan and install an incredible front and back yard for our house. We could not recommend him highly enough. Worth every penny.
Aug 28, 2018
Working with Ben, Joe and crew was the most problem-free, productive, enjoyable job weve ever done with a contractor. And since we moved into a home that had been largely untouched since 1954 we have hired a lot of contractors over the past 5 years. It has been a pleasure and we think our backyard is nothing less than breathtaking.
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