About KenCairn Landscape Architecture
KenCairn Landscape Architecture specializes in residential, public, and commercial landscape design. With over 24 years in the industry, KLA has developed an impressive range of numerous projects for satisfied clients.
KLA is located in and primarily serves Oregon and Northern California. Our mission is to create outdoor environments that represent the design goals and aesthetics of the client and the site, weaving together function and practicality with beauty and harmony.
Our team brings knowledge, experience and quality products into the design of every one of our outdoor spaces.
We believe the site, client, and situation dictate the appropriate aesthetic and functional response.
We honor the natural world, striving to blend natural beauty with your needs and goals for the space.
We bring to every project a range of styles and project savvy, utilizing an interactive design process with our clients. Our perfect solution for your space and needs always incorporates the highest design standards and quality products.
KLA has extensive experience in tackling challenging environmental landscaping projects: steep sites, wetlands, riparian restoration, and riparian habitat.
We provide full-service planning coordination from simple lot-line adjustments to complex mixed-use project development.
We deliver outdoor spaces that satisfy on every level. Click here to contact us - we are thrilled to discuss your project needs.
Landscaping Client Reviews
"It’s hard to pinpoint the most impressive aspect of Kerry’s design here. Kerry’s design respects the lines and style of the house beautifully as well as the function we wanted from our outdoor spaces. For this project, we did something that we would not generally consider doing. The yard project was done by remote control with us in Houston and Kerry serving as designer and as the general contractor. All of this worked out perfectly, and we were always comfortable with Kerry making decisions on our behalf."
-Dick Morris, NASA Scientist and LeeAnn Morris College Professor
"Through my work, I have had the privilege of working with some of the finest “big name” architects and firms in the world, including Philip Johnson and John Burgee; Gene Kohn and Bill Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox; Cesar Pelli; David Childs of SOM; and Robert Stern of Robert A.M. Stern Architects.
I mention this, for what it is worth, because working with architects and the entire design team, including structural and MEP engineers, landscape architects and others, is something that I spend a lot of time doing professionally.... We did an extensive amount of landscape work—both “hard-scaping” (i.e., walls, patios, brickwork, and a pool) and planting. Kerry was responsible for the design of everything on the exterior.
In our opinion, we think that Kerry did a truly brilliant job of using walls of various heights to create several different terrace levels in our side yard—also creating the feeling of several distinct outdoor “rooms”—with the overall effect of making it feel as though it is a level yard, despite the 7-foot grade change. We are delighted with the results of every aspect of the design work that Kerry did for us, including the pool, the terrace areas, the retaining walls, the fence and, of course, the landscape design itself."
-Daniel MacEachron, Chief Operating Officer, Rockefeller Group Development Corporation