I can help you create the garden of your dreams

I am available to help with garden advising, design, installation, and maintenance. Advising and design services can be virtual or in-person. All installation and maintenance services are in-person.

Advising

  • Advising sessions can take place virtually or in your garden.

    I’ll answer questions you have about caring for your landscape, help you identify plants, make plans, and whatever else you’d like advising on. Schedule as many of these as you’d like.

    These visits do not include my doing physical gardening work for you. For that kind of help, see the “installation or maintenance” option.

  • $100 for one hour of garden advising

Design

  • After learning about your needs, desires, and the specifics of your landscape, I will create a detailed garden design plan to be implemented by me (see “installation” option) or by you.

    The design will include specific information about recommended plants.

  • Design cost varies by size and complexity. I will visit with you first to determine an appropriate design fee. Designs can range from plans for a single small bed to your whole yard and everything in between.

Installation

  • This option is for installation of a new garden area or installation of new plants to renovate an existing garden area. This will entail any tasks required to prepare the site (specific to your situation) and planting.

    Note: hourly rate does not include plants and other materials that stay in your garden. The design fee is also separate from my hourly installation rate.

  • I charge $100 per hour for installation, including site preparation and planting.

    I will provide an estimate for your specific project of my labor and costs for plants and other materials, such as mulch.

Maintenance

  • I can help with regular maintenance of your existing garden over an entire season or short-term help to complete a project or perform spring or fall cleanup.

    Note: hourly rate does not include plants and other materials that stay in your garden.

  • I charge $70 per hour for maintenance, with a minimum of four hours. My minimum time can be split across several visits depending on your needs.

Services I can help with:

Advising and Design (hands-off for me, hands-on for you)

  • Helping new homeowners identify what’s already in their landscape

  • Assessing what to move, remove, or plant based on the conditions in your yard

  • Answering questions about garden maintenance

  • Creating a detailed garden design plan for all or part of your yard

Hands-on Work (hands-on for me, hands-on or off for you, depending on your preference)

  • Weeding, pruning, mulching, and other maintenance tasks

  • Removing grass to create new garden beds

  • Preparing beds for planting

  • Executing a detailed garden design plan that I or someone else have created for your yard

  • Installing new plants and/or sowing seeds

  • Garden cleanup in spring and/or fall

  • Working with you and teaching you to do any of the above

Services I cannot help with:

  • Installing hardscaping

  • Mowing

  • Grading and earthwork

  • Large tree work

  • Large-scale landscape installations (that are too big a project for one person)

Not sure if I can help with your specific project? I’m flexible! Contact me and let’s talk about how I can help.