About Us

Acquire a fantastic landscape for your home or office! Bear Creek Landscaping LLC is an Eastside landscape company which offers terrific looking landscaping that is within your budget. We routinely have jobs in Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish, Issaquah, Seattle and as far away as the mountains and islands around the beautiful Puget Sound.

Makers of an impeccable landscape design in Washington, Bear Creek Landscaping, LLC. always works the extra mile to provide you quality services. With over 30 years of experience in the landscaping industry, our team of dedicated and professional landscape technicians guarantee to give you exceptional landscaping services that you truly deserve.

Aside from a remarkable landscape design, we also provide landscape maintenance, water features, pond, and practically everything you need in the area of landscaping. We work with our clients to create beautiful environments on time and within a budget. (Jokingly, clients call us the “yard crashers.”)

Looking to sell your home or property?  If so, a staged yard is a proven way of impressing potential buyers and also enhancing your real estate listing. Bear Creek Landscaping is proud to have helped dozens of clients and agents successfully sell their homes.

Our other specialty is remodeling and home make overs. We have access to our own nurseries that utilize mature plant material where the client wants something full grown.

We are fully licensed, insured and Bonded (Contractors Reg BEARCCL882P3).

Mike Clifford

General Manager, Senior Designer

Mike has done hundreds of projects over the years locally. He has done everything from small courtyards to large ranches. He has created five NW Flower and Garden show exhibits, traveled to China as an ambassador for the US green industry, and created gardens in Arizona, California and Los Cabos, Mexico. He also grows unusual trees in his 20 acre nursery in Redmond, Washington.

• Street of Dreams Winner 1991
• Northwest Flower/Garden Show Winner

Kyle Clifford

Landscape Designer

Kyle has been with Bear Creek for the past 10 years working and understanding processes in construction and maintenance. He is currently one of our maintenance supervisors and prides himself on customer communication and education. “I like landscaping because there is a satisfaction in helping people imagine and implement ideas that transform their yards into beautiful, personalized ecosystems.”

Kyle was born and raised in Washington and has grown up with an appreciation and fascination for natural environments and plants his entire life. He graduated from Western Washington University in 2015 with a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a focus on urban planning and environmental mitigation including over 30 hours of volunteer experience with salmon habitat restoration. He graduated from Lake Washington Institute of Technology with an Associates of Applied Sciences and is a certified professional horticulturalist within the state of Washington.

Kyle is an avid outdoorsmen spending most weekends either fishing, camping, skiing or mountaineering.

Rob McJunkin

Landscape Designer, Estimator

Rob McJunkin was born and raised in Kirkland, Washington on a plant nursery, so the industry is naturally in his DNA. He has been self-employed and a landscape designer for over 35 years in the greater Puget Sound area.

Rob enjoy working on projects from a variety of challenges: from small gardens to multi-million dollar estates. He has had the privilege of working with Mike Clifford for 8 years, helping to provide landscape solutions that bring beauty and client satisfaction.

Joe Givler

Landscape Designer

Joe offers his clients a highly developed design aesthetic coupled with extensive plant knowledge, outstanding composition skills and a strong commitment to developing programs and budgets that best meet the needs of his clients. Joe also creates hardscape solutions, from patios to pergolas, that fit in seamlessly with the home and surrounding landscape. He is well known for his urban landscapes and for his dramatic use of texture, form and color.

Don Sawyer

Landscape Designer

Don has been working in the landscape industry for 27 years. Don’s experience includes a blend of work, both in the commercial and residential fields. Don started out working in the field in maintenance, construction, and irrigation. Don enjoys helping his clients create beautiful landscapes. In his free time Don enjoys hunting, fishing, camping and spending time with his wife and 3 kids.

Marty Timmerman

Landscape Designer

I have recently started working for Bear creek Landscaping and have enjoyed meeting all the people that make up the Bear Creek Landscaping company/ family. A company that strives for excellence, professionalism and creative edge to each and every project we do.

I have been in the landscape/ hardscape business for the last 17 years, and have learned so much, from doing maintenance to installing water features, retaining walls, paver patios, driveways, walkways too. Can’t forget plants and fire pits, wood to stone structures as well.

Like Walt Disney as a child, I was always so excited by the narrator, the narrator would begin, the curtains drawn back, a paint brush would wash across the screen, with each stroke, a scenery would develop and a story to be told.

That has been my passion, to create and tell a story, to share with each customer the picture we create, so they can share that with those around them.

Tae Smith

Landscape Designer

I have 29 years of experience in the landscaping industry, I love to provide exceedingly new improvements to people’s landscapes. I always make sure every detail is thoroughly checked through to make the best decisions for my customers and employees. Therefore I strive to make every landscape unique and beautiful, my customers are always welcome to provide me with any feedback regarding likes and dislikes. I have worked from commercial to high end residential, working alongside many companies and learning many trade secrets along the way. I have many years of extensive pruning skills and experience, I strive to make mediocre yards stunning. I know i have exceeded when my customers are ecstatic.

Alex Boldizsar
Landscape Designer

Alex is a native to the greater Seattle area and has been working in the landscape industry for over twenty five years.  He has vast knowledge with designing, installing, and maintaining landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. Alex maintains thorough knowledge of landscape trends through continuing education and holds a Landscape Technician certification. Alex enjoys working with clients to create beautiful and vibrant landscapes. Alex likes to spend time with family and friends hosting dinner parties and game nights. Through travel Alex loves to explore new places and includes golfing whenever possible to his trips.

Steve Heuett

Irrigation Specialist

I am the lead irrigation tech here at Bear Creek Landscaping. I have 7 years experience in the irrigation field. I’ve had the benefit of learning and working with some of the premier irrigation companies in the Seattle area. It was a natural progression from my original profession, pool repair tech. Problem solving and troubleshooting came natural to me. A few of my goals here at Bear Creek, are to ensure that every customer receives professional and friendly service. A high quality, reliable, and affordable irrigation system. Also, to inform our customers of the different options in which we can provide irrigation to their landscape needs.

Some of my personal interests are: hiking, fishing, backpacking, camping, surfing and snowboarding. Also spending time with my son most of all. Everything life has to offer me.

Len Larson

Service and Operations Manager

Over 35 years in the landscaping industry. Over the last 25 years with our company, Len has served on the landscaping construction side of the company as a Truck Driver and Equipment operator. As our Irrigation and Lighting installation and Service manager he also served as our Lead Construction Supervisor. On the Maintenance side of the company served as an Account Manager and currently works with us as our Operations Manager.

Dan Cromwell

Pond and Water Features Specialist

Dan started working with ponds in 2013, after falling in love with the one at his place.  He also has 30 years experience as a specialty carpenter and can fix anything.   He enjoys working with clients to help them solve their pond issues. He enjoys a good challenge and refurbishes ponds to make them better complement the landscape.  He works with clients to make sure their ponds stay beautify and healthy long term by ensuring they are well informed about needed maintenance.