Drew graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington where he studied economics and public policy. After graduating, he decided to move out west to become a mountaineer guide and get more in touch with the natural environment. Shortly after, Drew started working in the landscape industry and furthered his education at Central Oregon Community College in the green industry.
Shannon is a landscape designer who holds a degree in Landscape Architecture from Washington State University in Pullman. After a sojourn in Italy where she experienced landscape and design, Shannon returned to the Pacific Northwest to focus on custom residential and commercial landscape design, land use and city planning projects.
2012, Drew and Shannon introduced their mid-century, modern-inspired planter company, Steel Life. Their planters have been recognized by many nationally accredited industry professionals and magazines including Martha Stewart, Sunset, Better Homes and Gardens, 1859 Oregon, and Dwell magazine. Drew and Shannon have also designed product for The Standard Hotel NYC and Miami and Loll Designs.
Drew and Shannon have been strong supporters of modern and mid century design at Palm Springs Modernism Week for the past 5 years. Locally, Shannon has taught plant workshops at the Deschutes Public Library and offered her design and plant knowledge to the Bend Design Conference, C.O.C.C., OSU Extension Service Garden Tour, Central Oregon Master Gardeners Program, Bend Habitat for Humanity and The Environmental Center. Shannon has also shared her product design experiences on a design panel moderated by OPB at the 2015’s Bend Design Con. She currently enjoys teaching seasonal workshops both locally and on her travels. Shannon focuses her teaching on design trends, plant selection, succulents, xeriscaping, living centerpieces, wreath making and other green D.I.Y. creations.
Drew currently specializes in irrigation design, backflow assembly testing, paver installation and over-site management of large scale projects. His 25 years of field experience in Central Oregon has gained him the knowledge of what works and does not work in our High Desert climate.
I am an avid gardener who knows what I like and don’t like. Shannon not only met with us at our new property, she also came to our current property so I could show her my likes as well as what I consi...Read More
Shannon was amazing to work with on our project. This is the first time we have used a landscape architect. She considered our space, needs budget and preferences and put together an amazing design. W...Read More
Shannon is a wonderful designer. She was prompt for appointments, listened to our thoughts, answered our questions respectfully. The design she came up with is perfect for us. We highly recomme...Read More
I was so pleased with the wonderful customer service of Blooming Desert. Shannon was delightful to work with. She listened to the vision I had for landscaping and came up with so many fun and creativ...Read More
My wife and I worked with Shannon to help us do a complete redesign of our backyard. She was very easy to work with and attentive to details we wanted in our backyard. She completed the design to all ...Read More
Meticulous! I have done my own landscaping and irrigation before but needed a repair to a poorly done retaining wall. Remodeling is no fun but Drew came in and made it look easy. Details were not over...Read More
We had a exceptional experience working with Shannon at Blooming Desert. She designed our complete planting plan for our newly constructed home. In conjunction with Springtime Landscaping our site h...Read More
Shannon and Drew work as a great team together. The design in my new home in Redmond included, lots of Trees, Color, Lighting, Pavers, Water Feature and a Hot Tub. It was designed with a minimum of ...Read More
