Drew and Shannon Lester are a husband and wife landscape design team that have over 40 years combined experience in Central Oregon. Together, they promote sustainability and gardening for success, so homeowners can enjoy all the other activities Central Oregon has to offer. Drew and Shannon currently focus their efforts on landscape design, project management services and annual backflow assembly testing.
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.
From 2012 to 2017, Drew and Shannon focused their efforts on starting up a mid-century, modern-inspired planter company, Steel Life. Steel Life 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. Shannon has shared her product design experiences on a design panel moderated by OPB at the 2015’s Bend Design Con.
OUR HAPPY CLIENTS
Houzz User
Shannon took the general ideas we had and came back with a creative, beautiful and executable design that we could complete in stages, as we wanted to do the work on our own. She was very easy to work with, professional, and available for all of our questions. We were so impressed with her and would recommend her to anyone looking for a landscape designer.Read More
E. Wolff
Shannon is a very talented landscape designer. She was very professional and personable. . My husband and I weren’t sure exactly what we wanted and she came up with very creative ideas and designs.
I would highly recommend Blooming Desert.Read More
Bill
Shannon designed a landscape plan for our front yard and managed its implementation. My wife and I could not have been happier with her work. Shannon was friendly, cooperative, and completed the work on time. She was very open to design changes as she developed the plan and worked closely with us on the changes. I highly recommend Shannon and would use her again without hesitation for landscape planning.Read More
Angela kendrick
Shannon at Blooming Desert created a thoughtful backyard plan for our house in Bend. It’s an odd shaped lot, and the yard itself was in terrible condition. She listened to my concerns , budget available, and drafted a plan emphasizing native plants. She also helped select the stones for the new flagstone patio , the pavers to edge the newly enlarged aggregate patio, as well as the plants themselves. She recommended a landscaper to do all the installation as well. She communicates readily by both email and text. The project is almost completed ( waited on spring to plant). It’s been a real pleasure working with her. I’m happy for you to reach out for more project details,if you wish.Read More
Eric Berlin
We worked with Shannon to design all of the landscaping for our property. Shannon was very easy to work with, collaborative, and communicative throughout the process. We loved her design for our backyard and we were blown away by her attention to detail and her passion for landscape design. We highly recommend Blooming Desert for your landscaping design needs!Read More
