Services
I use my plant knowledge and experience to help clients achieve their gardening goals. I generally work alone and focus on design, installation, and maintenance, but I also enjoy consulting and working with DIY clients. Whatever the project, I strive to bring more joy, beauty, and wonder to home gardens.
Design & Consultation
Whether your need to rehab an existing bed, create a new bed, or design a garden from scratch, I can help. I have years of experience and enroll regularly in continuing education courses to keep up on the latest trends and practices. My service can be as simple as the client taking notes while I suggest ideas and ID plants during a walk-through consultation, or as involved as me providing a detailed garden design, or somewhere in between. As with everything I do, my goal is to meet the client's specific gardening need and budget.
Installation
Once you settle on a garden design, there's more to it than just sticking plants in the ground. Hole size, depth of planting, inspecting and attending to roots if necessary, and appropriate watering all go into a successful installation. I do it right to insure your plants bring you years of pleasure. Since I mostly work alone, there's a limit to what I can install. The Portfolio pages provide a good idea of what I can handle, but I'm willing to discuss any project. Where there's a will there's a way, and we can always consider securing extra help for large plantings.
Maintenance
Regular maintenance is key to keeping your garden looking its best. Whether pruning shrubs, weeding beds, pinching back and deadheading perennials, adding mulch, controlling pests, or advising on tree work, I can keep gardens of any size looking their best year-round. With maintenance, my goal is to care for all plants in a way that gives them the best chance to reach and maintain their full, natural potential.