Permaculture designs can range anywhere from simple and small, to large and complex. I have experience with edible landscape design and garden design; designing both for small, urban lots as well as for rural farms, with acreage.
Garden & homestead consults are a great way to gain direction and perspective. If you're looking to start a garden for the first time, or transform your yard yourself, having a permaculture design or edible landscape design created for you is an incredible first step! I can come as many times as necessary to guide you along in the installation process as well.
Let me plan your garden this year and create a garden design based on your family size, favorite foods, and goals for the season. I take things like planting times, companion planting and specific plant needs into consideration so you don't have to!
Native plants are a great way to nurture and work to preserve our local ecosystems. We have a bounty of native, food-producing beauties to choose from. My favorite is the Pawpaw tree with its surprisingly tropical-tasting fruit, native to Ohio!
Incorporating medicinal plants into my designs is something I'm passionate about. "Cold & Flu Season" gardens can be beautiful, attract pollinators, and be wildly beneficial for us humans. My favorite medicinal plant is Elderberry.
Pollinator gardens are visually stunning and incredibly beneficial for our local ecosystem. There are a plethora of creative ways I enjoy incorporating pollinator attracting plants into my garden designs.
Theme gardens can be a really fun, practical way to incorporate a hobby or passion into your landscape. Some examples are cat, chicken, tea, and beer gardens! I love stretching my bounds though, so feel free to give me a theme to run with.
Perhaps you'd like to incorporate chickens into your suburban lot or use goats to clear opportunistic species. These are all factors that can be accounted for and fleshed out in the design itself and things I have so much fun planning designs for and around!
It's incredible just how much food can be grown on a small piece of property if intentionally designed. Urban farms and homesteads are some of my favorite spaces to work with!
Raised bed and container gardening can be great ways to maximize small spaces, deal with subpar soil conditions, and make gardening more feasible for those with back pain or other health conditions. Designs can take such things into consideration.
Rainwater harvesting systems can be incorporated into a design to irrigate food production spaces, provide water for livestock or domestic animals, or to feed an outdoor shower!