A Pacific Northwest practice · est. 1976
A family-run design practice working the Puget Sound region since 1976. Tim Hunsaker designs and builds. Bonnie Hunsaker keeps it alive.
1976
Founded
5,000+
Satisfied customers
4
Counties served
8
Disciplines in-house
5.0
Google rating
The Practice
Design, hardscape, water, irrigation, sod, planting, lighting, and the maintenance route that keeps it all alive. Every line below runs through the same workshop in Auburn.
Site walk, concept, planting plan that respects what's already there.
Patios, walkways, stone entries.
Engineered for a PNW rainy season, not for a finish photograph.
Naturalistic, integrated with surrounding plantings.
Zoned for plant type and exposure, scheduled to actual rainfall.
Lawn install and renovation, prepped from grade up.
PNW natives and adapted species by default.
Low-voltage LED, designed alongside the planting plan.
Selected Work
Plate 01Olano Property
Olano Property·Snohomish County·Full-Yard Transformation·2009
Half-acre overhaul — grade work, hardscape, full planting plan, irrigation, lawn renovation. Multiple disciplines in one frame. The kind of build that earns the maintenance plan, season after season.
Plate 02Aquavista
Aquavista·King County·Water Feature · Naturalistic Stream·2008
Naturalistic stream-and-pool feature woven into an existing planting plan. Still maintained on the route eighteen seasons in — same plant palette, same flow, same family checking on it.
Plate 03Kirse Residence
Kirse Residence·King County·Full-Yard Installation·2019
Concept through finish-grade on a half-acre property — driveway approach reworked, entry walkway in cut stone, perimeter planting plan built around the existing maples.
Plate 04Custom Stoneworks
Custom Stoneworks·Pierce County·Hardscape · Retaining Walls·2017
Engineered tiered retaining system holding back a hillside. Drainage built behind the wall before a single block went down. Capped, planted, lit.
The Process
Five steps, one crew, and no handoffs between them.
Step 01
Tim walks the property with you, listens to what you want, looks at soil, drainage, sun, and what's already growing well. Free across the four-county footprint.
Step 02
Concept drawing with materials, planting plan, and a clear scope. You see the install on paper before we break ground.
Step 03
Plants picked for your site — natives and climate-adapted first. Forty-nine seasons here tells you which ones make it past their second winter.
Step 04
One crew, run by Tim, from cleared lot to lit pathway. Every discipline in-house. When it's done, Bonnie's team takes the keys.
Step 05
Bonnie's maintenance route picks up where the install ends. Pruning, beds, seasonal cleanup. Most of our work is repeat clients.
Maintenance Plans
Bonnie’s year-round route runs the same four counties as the install side. Three plans, all quoted on the property — most clients sit between $180 and $420 a month.
Weekly or bi-weekly. Front-yard homeowners, small lots.
Most chosen
Weekly · year-round. Most clients we install for.
Custom schedule · 1+ acre. Larger properties, custom landscapes.
Pricing is per-property — quoted after a free walk-through. Most clients sit at $180–$420/mo.
The Hunsakers
Tim runs design and installation. Bonnie runs the maintenance route. Everyone on the truck has been with the practice for years, not a season.
Mountain View Landscape & Design is a family-owned firm based in Auburn, Washington. Tim Hunsaker has been landscaping the Pacific Northwest since 1976 — first under Shamrock Landscaping, then as Mountain View.
Bonnie Hunsaker runs the maintenance side — the year-round route, bed work, pruning, and the relationships with clients who call back every season.
The work is residential. The crew is local. Every discipline runs in-house. Forty-nine seasons of installs in this region tells you which plants make it past their second winter and which ones don’t.
“Forty-nineseasonsofinstallsinthisregiontellsyouwhichplantsmakeitpasttheirsecondwinter.That'sthewholejob.”
— Tim Hunsaker, founder
Climate-Smart by Default
Native and climate-adapted species are the default — chosen so a yard costs less to keep alive past its second winter.
Douglas Fir, Oregon Grape, Salal, Red Flowering Currant. Species that already belong to this climate.
Zoned for plant type and exposure, scheduled to our rainfall — not a stock evapotranspiration rate from out of state.
Plants chosen so the yard costs less to keep alive past its second winter. Lower water, lower maintenance, longer life.
Layered planting plans that support bees, hummingbirds, and beneficial insects — habitat as a side effect of good design.
Reviews · Service Area · FAQ
“If you're considering any type of landscaping or lawn maintenance, I can't recommend Mountain View Landscape & Design enough. Their expert team makes the entire process seamless and stress-free. If you're thinking about improving your yard whether a new design or just want to keep your lawn well maintained, this is the company you'll want to use!”
Cody H
1 review · 9 months ago
Where we work
Auburn·Seattle·Bellevue·Kent·Renton·Federal Way·Tacoma·Puyallup·Bonney Lake·Gig Harbor·Everett·Lynnwood·Bothell·Ellensburg·Cle Elum
King · Pierce · Snohomish · Kittitas counties. Auburn HQ — install and maintenance across the Puget Sound region.
Frequently asked
Small bed work and lighting installs are a few days. A full-yard install — design, hardscape, planting, irrigation — typically runs 3 to 8 weeks depending on scope and weather. We give you a weekly plan before we start, and you see daily progress.
King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kittitas counties. Auburn HQ, but we install and maintain across the Puget Sound region — and onto the Cle Elum / Ellensburg side for estate-tier maintenance and larger installs.
Mostly residential. We take on commercial work selectively — usually when it's a property with the kind of grounds that deserve the same care a private estate would get.
Yes. Anything that needs a permit (engineered walls, drainage, certain water features) we draw up and submit. We work with the same engineers we've used for years, so timelines stay predictable.
We can — pruning, bed work, seasonal cleanup, and re-grading or re-planting where it's needed. We won't take over a maintenance contract on a brand-new install we don't know the bones of, but for established yards, yes.
Tim Hunsaker has been landscaping in this region since 1976 — first under the Shamrock Landscaping name, then as Mountain View. Bonnie Hunsaker runs the maintenance side. Same family, same standard the whole way through.
Get in touch
Site visits are free across the four-county footprint. Replies usually same day, never longer than one business day.
Now booking spring & summer projects
