Landscape Design and Consultation
Serving the Oregon Coast since 2007
Our Design Team
Spending time outdoors restores our energy and brings tranquility. Our philosophy begins with listening to what draws our clients outside and how they want to spend time there. We let the coastal landscape guide the design, working with the sand, salt, wind, and views that define each site. Our designs bring people closer to nature while protecting and restoring the landscape’s richness and character, balancing everyday use with maintenance needs and available resources.
Katie Shluka
Principal Landscape DesignerKatie holds a degree in landscape architecture and is a licensed Oregon landscape contractor (LCB #9260). Her design, installation, maintenance, and stream restoration experience informs practical approaches rooted in coastal ecology. Her nineteen years of experience designing, building, and maintaining coastal landscapes serves as her foundation of practical knowledge of construction and maintenance, expertise in coastal plants, and a commitment to healthy ecosystems. Believing healthy habitats include people, she and her husband, Kevin Shluka, developed The Kingfisher Apartments for workforce housing in Pacific City and are in pre-development on Schoolyard Flats in Beaver, OR. She serves as treasurer of the Nestucca, Neskowin, Sand Lake Watershed Council.
Kate Vaughn
Junior Landscape Designer
Kate’s work maximizes creativity and clarity through the combined use of traditional and digital tools. With degrees in New Media and Studio Art, she applies classical design principles and current digital practices to create functional landscapes tailored to client preferences and intended uses. Her hand-drafted plans clearly communicate design intent, bridging the goals of clients and landscape installers. Encouraging use of native plants, she selects plants and materials that thrive in coastal environments and stand the test of time.
Our namesake, the coyote, represents a spirit of openness to seize a moment of unexpected opportunity, a willingness to change course and adjust to new challenges and solutions as they present themselves.
Our Design Philosophy
A good garden design is like the setting of a stage in which nature will act out it's drama. Good soil preparation, durable material choices, and correct plant selection are the foundation for a successful landscape. Whether you are seeking to enrich your current garden’s potential or build a new landscape from scratch, the priority for us as landscape designers is to put together the ingredients that will bring increased health, beauty, and function to the site.
