We are thrilled to be named Best of Houzz in both Design and Service for 2019.  I have been part of the Houzz platform for about 8 years and I love the features it offers for saving and sharing imagery, both for my inspiration, and for communicating thoughts and concepts to clients. E

We are so excited to be nominated for HGTV’s ‘Ultimate Outdoor Awards’ contest!  The contest features gardens and landscapes across six categories.  You can view and vote for your favorite garden here.  Our project, “Pastoral Garden at Cedar Home” is in t

We are thrilled to receive the Best of Houzz 2016 award for Design for our Wellesley patio project. And, for the fourth year in a row we were awarded Best of Houzz for Service.  Thank you to all of our wonderful clients for taking the time to write such great reviews.  

Nilsen Landscape Design’s Wellesley Project was recently featured in a Houzz article about Cape Cod style architecture and design. “This Boston example faithfully follows the Cape Cod style and adds dormers to complete its look. You’ll notice that some examples in this sto

The Great Outdoors: Landscapes as Special as the Houses they Surround Interior designer Emily Pinney and landscape designer Andrea Nilsen Morse combined their talents to give a couple the retreat they longed for on the roof deck of their Boston condominium. Continuing her theme for th

An interview in the Boston Herald with Principal designer Andrea Nilsen Another growing residential landscaping trend is low-mow or no-mow lawns, said Andrea Nilsen of Boston’s Nilsen Landscape Design. “Traditional lawns are intensely needy — water, fertilizing, chemicals, mowing,” Ni

Choosing a front-yard fence should be a calculated decision — a fence changes the way your home is seen, affects the layout of the landscaping and lasts, typically, the life of your home. And with the hundreds of fencing options out there, it’s no small hurdle to find a fence that fit

An Interview with Andrea Nilsen of Nilsen Landscape Design Tell us a little bit about your company and its foundation. Nilsen Landscape Design is a small design firm based in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. I founded the company in 2010 after earning a Certificate of Landscape

Every fall I walk through my small garden and gather seeds from my region’s native perennials. I have a little paper lunch bag for each plant (nearly 100), labeled and dated, that I store the seeds in. Sometimes I take a mix of six to 10 carefully selected plants, put them in one bag,

If you are dealing with water restrictions, have a lackluster irrigation system or simply want to conserve resources, adding plants that don’t get thirsty is a smart way to green up your outdoor space. Yes, you heard that right; I said “green.” Because while replacing lawns with grave