Garden Consulting

 

Pollinator garden in early summer

Pollinator garden - Guilford, CT

Replace invasive plant area with pollinator plants, providing seasonal interest and ecological richness along property line.

  • Designed pollinator garden between stone wall & open lawn

  • Removed invasive vines and herbaceous plants

  • Placed Plants & hired gardeners to install native perennials, ferns, trees and shrubs

  • Matched client with maintenance gardeners

Pasture fence and distant views

Master Planning - horse farm - Durham, CT

Envisioning with client: fence relocation, distant meadows, native hedge rows, traditional perennial boarder at structures, specimen tree locations.

  • Locate specimen tree locations

  • Design foundation planting around the main house

  • Prepare south-facing slopes for distant meadows

Rock outcropping with color

Front Entry garden & rock outcropping - Guilford, CT

Insert natives with seasonal color into existing landscapes including: rock outcropping, east-facing home facade, full-shade woodland edge

  • Provide planting designs for each location

  • Site vegetable garden location

  • Increase bird and pollinator habitat for wildlife viewing

View of Farm from House

TRANSITIONING FROM ORGANIC FARM TO MEADOW - Old Lyme, CT

Sometimes clients are reenvisioning their landscape and need help fitting the new idea into the existing context. This client had leased his land to an organic farmer for decades and was ready to transform space into a productive meadow with walking paths throughout.

  • Discussed strategies for meadow installation

  • Provided a circulation plan to tie in the existing gardens and natural destinations together.