Services

Guidance on how best to establish and maintain a native yard

When doing landscape design, particularly with perennial native plants, it is important to optimize plant selection based on a variety of factors: location, light, aspect, soil type, overall plant palette and most importantly MAINTENANCE. Yards with predominantly native plants require a very different type of maintenance than traditional lawn-based gardens.

Below: small yard with redwood trees makes for a difficult site - fruit trees supported by perennial native plants provided pollinator habitat year-round.

Landscape Design

Need a change in how you manage your landscape?

Recommendations regarding irrigation, weed abatement, pruning, wildlife habitat...

Landscape water management

California's water woes will continue to worsen and the costs are rising. Landscape water use is typically over half a household's total water usage but usually substantial improvements can be made. Many municipalities are implementing strict water usage guidelines that are based on evapotranspiration (ET0). I will work with you to optimize your outdoor water usage to meet these goals.

Landscape Rehab

We start with a discussion about your overall landscape goals, size of the landscape and its location.

I like to work with clients who want to live within our native ecosystem and support our local habitat.

There are many things to balance but I will work with you to design an outdoor space to fit your aesthetic, lifestyle and our larger community

Native and non-Native Plant Identification

We can discover the native gems in your yard and help select inappropriate plants for removal