Yuki Tanaka

Yuki is a landscape designer in Salt Lake City who specializes in water-wise gardens that work with Utah's dry climate and alkaline soil. She moved to Utah from Portland, Oregon—a rude awakening for someone used to gardening in rich, acidic soil with reliable rainfall. That transition taught her to rethink everything she knew about plant selection and garden design. Yuki now focuses on intermountain-adapted plantings that combine ornamental grasses, drought-tolerant perennials, and carefully chosen shrubs for year-round interest. She works with homeowners looking to reduce water use without giving up on having an attractive garden. Yuki writes with the clarity of someone who had to learn a new climate from scratch.