Site Consultations (Available November-March)
In this 1-hour in-person visit, we’ll walk together through your yard, discuss your specific goals and challenges with the area, take photos, and get measurements. Following this visit, you’ll get a written report with specific landscaping recommendations, maintenance schedule, and customized plant list for your site conditions.
I’ll also send an estimate for recommended work. The consultation service fee converts to a project credit for any work booked within 30 days.
Native Plant Landscaping Projects
Looking to add biodiversity to your yard with native plants? Let’s work together to build a perfect custom project that fits your budget and goals. Each of these packages is designed for different client needs and experience levels, from native plant novice to seasoned gardener.
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Project Packages
Leafcutter Bee Package
Perfect for DIY-ers in need of design help
- Site Visit
- Consultation Report
- Design
Skipper Package
Great for clients who need a hand getting the site ready for planting.
- Site Visit
- Consultation Report
- Design
- Site Prep
Bumblebee Package
You put them in the ground, I’ll take care of the rest!
- Site Visit
- Consultation Report
- Design
- Site Prep
- Plant Sourcing
Swallowtail Package
The full project package, from design to planting
- Site Visit
- Consultation Report
- Design
- Site Prep
- Plant Sourcing
- Planting
The Project Process
In this 30-minute in-person meeting, we’ll walk together through your yard(s), learn about your goals for the space, take photos, and get measurements. From there, I’ll provide you with an estimate for project costs and timeline.
You’ll receive a final quote, contract, and deposit invoice for any recommended work you decide to move forward with. Once the contract has been signed and deposit paid, work will begin! The exact timing depends on the nature of the work and the season, but you’ll receive regular updates on project status if weather or other factors affects the schedule.
I’ll collaborate with you to create a design that meets your project goals and style. The design process includes 2 rounds of revisions, so you’ll have a chance to provide feedback and fine-tune your design.
Prior to planting, we’ll coordinate work sessions to do any weeding, grading, edging, and mulching required by the project. Work sessions are booked in 4 hour increments.
This is what it’s all about! Plants can go in the ground as soon as the project site is prepared and inventory is ready from my suppliers. Forbs, grasses, sedges, and rushes are typically planted as 1-2″ plugs. Shrubs and trees are usually planted as quart and gallon-sized plants.
The first few weeks are crucial to the success of the project, and I’ll provide you with detailed maintenance instructions after planting. Clients are expected to water the plants as they establish themselves, usually for the first 4-6 weeks. Need help keeping up with the your newly planted project? I offer ongoing maintenance service plans for regular weeding and other preventative care.
Services I Don’t Provide
While I love helping clients with their native plant landscaping needs, there are a few services I don’t provide, either because they conflict with ecological best practices, or because they’re outside of my current scope of work. These include:
- Traditional turf & lawn maintenance: I’m happy to help install grama grasses, bluestems, and buffalo grass, but leave the traditional turf to conventional lawn professionals.
- Mortared hardscaping: I build small retaining walls, stone edging, and small hardscape surfaces, but don’t currently do mortared installations and other large concrete jobs.
- Insecticides: These chemicals adversely affect beneficial insects and pollinators, as well as the birds and other predators that consume them. Rather than killing off pests with a blanket treatment, I recommend an integrated pest management approach. In this approach, we use plant and insect biodiversity, water management, and other natural tools to keep pest populations under control.
- Large tree trimming and removal: I am insured to work on shrubs & trees up to 8′ tall. For larger trees, please reach out to a licensed arborist.
- Landscaping Fabric & Weed Mats: This approach contributes to plastic pollution, prevents natural plant spread, and inhibits air flow and moisture. For ecologically-friendly weed prevention, I recommend checking out a seasonal maintenance plan, or working together to come up with a matrix planting design to grow a living mulch.
- Invasive Species: I always work with clients to find suitable native or non-invasive alternatives when an invasive species is requested.
- Fall Leaf Removal: Leaves provide crucial overwinter shelter to local insects, and the small creatures that feed on them. Rather than raking and hauling off this precious bio matter, I encourage clients to leave the leaves as garden bed mulch over the winter.
