Father Nature Landscapes · Tacoma
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Chris Scheer, founder of Father Nature Landscapes
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Chris Scheer

Outdoor Living Specialist · Co-owner

Chris founded Father Nature Landscapes in Tacoma in 2006 and still walks most properties himself before a project begins. He writes here about designing and building outdoor living spaces that hold up to Pacific Northwest weather and get used every season.

001 — Background

Chris is a builder first who grew into high-end design.

He started Father Nature with one crew in 2006 and built it into a Tacoma design-build firm that draws the plan, sets the cost, installs the work, and comes back to maintain it, all with the same in-house crew. He leads the design conversation in the field, not from behind a desk.

Every project he takes on starts with a conceptual landscape design: a buildable plan with materials, layout, planting, and lighting worked out before anything gets dug, and a real estimate walked through line by line at the kitchen table.

His work designs a yard for all five senses, not just the photograph. Sight lines from the kitchen window, water tuned to the volume of a conversation, warm stone underfoot, herbs by the back door. The result is an outdoor space people actually live in, through the South Sound's wet winters and dry summers.

002 — What Chris writes about
  • Landscape design and the design-build process
  • Outdoor living spaces, decks, and outdoor carpentry
  • Hardscape, drainage, and retaining walls
  • Pacific Northwest plants, gardens, and seasonal care
003 — Articles by Chris

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Work with Chris and the crew.

Every project starts with a site walk. We visit the property, listen to how you use it, and decide together whether the fit is right.

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