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“A landscape becomes so much more when a design is
infused into it.
It becomes more than just a place to put plants or the mechanics.
It's the love of the design,  combining plants, garden décor and creativity."
Garden designer, Susan Goetz of Creative Gardener.
Assisting gardeners to create timeless gardens
and outdoor living spaces
Offering on-site consultations, garden coaching, design, &
Gardenscape renovation design and planning.
From on-site coaching to hand-rendered drawings
Plant and healthy garden driven design. All specific to
the garden and the gardener’s needs.
all website contents copyright 2004-2010 by Susan Goetz
Contact Information:
By Mail:
Creative Gardener
P.O. Box 2404
Gig Harbor, WA. 98335
By Phone:
253.265.2209
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This page was last updated: April 20, 2010

Susan Goetz is a garden designer, writer and speaker.
Through her design business,Creative Gardener
she works with clients to make their gardenscapes their own, personalizing garden spaces, coaching and consulting with clients from the little seasonal tasks to the how-to’s of larger projects. 

A passion for creating garden inspiration, Sue is an award winning garden creator with the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle Washington and a Gold medal winner of the Grand Marquee gardens at the 2005 Point Defiance Flower and Garden show. The design “Che Bella Giardino” was also was awarded the Fine Gardening magazine “Best Design” award.
Northwest Home and Garden magazine named her as one of the top 40 landscape designers in the area (May 2005 and May 2007)
Northwest Home and Garden


Sue is certified as a professional horticulturalist (CPH) and a member of the WSNLA, past Master Gardener and a member of the Garden Writers of America, she loves the outreach side what she does including freelance writing, a self-published newsletter, Horticulture classes at Tacoma Community College, public speaking engagements and workshops. 
Garden by Design
inspiring gardeners to create...
            Are you  OK
with your
exsiting landscape?
                               Go beyond just OK...
Bring your garden to life!
Exterior design is all
in the details...
including the addition
of pottery, accent lighting,
garden art, decorative structures and color plantings. Garden styling!
Let's take a walk through the garden and look at how to personalize your space rather than settling for just a landscape.
Tom Torrens sculpture www.tomtorrens.com

Contemporary play in a backyard in Tacoma, Washington
photo credit Kim Cosgrove

Let's Take a Walk Thru Your Garden...
~Need advice on how to upkeep
    a perennial bed?
~Plant ID at your new home?
~Garden Borders in need of inspiration?
~Care & keeping of the garden?
~Pottery placement and design?
Professional Consultation, Coaching & Design  appointments available by the hour….

Before and after design consultations and drawings...awesome hard work by the homeowners!
Cottage garden off a deck in Fircrest Washington.
photo credit Linda Durant
Professional Affiliations
Washington State Nursery and landscape Association: www.wsnla.org
Garden Writers of America: www.gardenwriters.org
Northwest perennial Alliance: www.northwestperennialalliance.org
Northwest Horticultural Society: www.northwesthort.org, Board member
Point Defiance Flower and garden Show, Board member, show garden coordinator, display garden designer, speaker
Gig Harbor Garden Tour, board member, garden selection committee
Plant Amnesty www.plantamnesty.org
A Blank wall....turned creative
Sue's artful leaf drawing turned into metal sculpture for an entry courtyard in Tacoma, Washington