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Welcome to Tanabe Gardens!  We are a full-service, full lifecycle company.  This means we can help you provide a quality design for your landscape or hardscape project, install and build and finally maintain your beautiful new project year around.  We have operated through two generations starting in 2002.  We are located in Queen Anne and provide quality service in Seattle and the Eastside.

We handle all aspects of your landscape project including design and permitting, purchasing all materials, managing subcontractors and placing the finishing touches of your new landscape or hardscape.

Our Master Gardener, Randal, grew up in Hawaii playing in Japanese Tea House Gardens.  Saul Ramos trained under Randal for 15 years and has become a master Japanese hand pruner.  We pride ourselves on providing our clients with the highest quality, most detailed work you’ll find in Western Washington.

We provide our clients with full lifecycle landscaping services including Design, Installation and Maintenance.  Most companies do one of these categories.  This allows us to Design and build projects for sustainability and maintenance.  Whether you are building a landscape as new construction or trying to restore or upgrade an existing landscape you can be assured we have the experience to deliver a beautiful, finished project.  And after we are finished if you need us to maintain your new landscape we can do that too!  We are master gardeners and specialize in working on High End Estates including ornamental tree hand pruning as well as hedgework and lawn restorations.

Our Philosophy

To create and maintain great landscapes that improve our clients lives and well being while designing and maintaining a worry free landscape they can enjoy.

Our Mission

To create and maintain great landscapes that improve our clients lives and well being while designing and maintaining a worry free landscape they can enjoy.
Tanabe Gardens is steeped in Japanese Culture. Our founding father, Randal Tanabe, is a third-generation Japanese American who grew up playing in Tea House Gardens and even played in the Koi ponds as a child. He has instilled us with an ethic of pride in one’s work, careful thought, craftsmanship and a deep love for creating beautiful gardens. We work in concert with nature to create “all seasons” gardens, create a space that will enhance nature, and work to find balance and harmony.

Our Vision

Tanabe Gardens is steeped in Japanese Culture. Our founding father, Randal Tanabe, is a third-generation Japanese American who grew up playing in Tea House Gardens and even played in the Koi ponds as a child. He has instilled us with an ethic of pride in one’s work, careful thought, craftsmanship and a deep love for creating beautiful gardens. We work in concert with nature to create “all seasons” gardens, create a space that will enhance nature, and work to find balance and harmony.
We adapt your space to your lifestyle. We plant your garden with vision and understanding of how the plants will morph and grow over the years. We work to create visual harmony, ease of care, hardiness of plants, and balance of color.

Our Designs

We adapt your space to your lifestyle. We plant your garden with vision and understanding of how the plants will morph and grow over the years. We work to create visual harmony, ease of care, hardiness of plants, and balance of color.

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