Services - Plant People NW

Garden Design

At Plant People Northwest, we delight in creating garden spaces that bring health and enjoyment to our clients, the greater community, and the planet. Our gardens can provide tasty edibles, wildlife and pollinator habitat, and oftentimes the sweet relief of never mowing a lawn again.

We’ll design your garden to maximize the flow, beauty, and sustainability of your outdoor space. We can carve out a quiet and serene place of retreat; a kitchen garden with fruit trees, berries and vegetable beds; a sunny haven for birds and butterflies; or a shade garden with ferns and dappled light. A careful assessment of soil health, drainage issues, and light and water availability will aid us in designing a garden that thrives.

Landscape Installation

A great garden has spaces that people remember: a wandering pathway that leads you through the garden from one surprise to the next. An open patio that invites you to step outside with bare feet. Structural elements create a sense of definition between the various “rooms” of your garden and a backdrop for the beauty of your plants.

Our project team installs raised beds, patios, pathways, microspray/drip irrigation, small retaining walls, and plantings. We’ll take the time to install these features properly so that the results last a lifetime.

Though the desire for immediate gratification is strong, we refrain from “overplanting”, allowing each plant to reach its full potential and retain its structural beauty.

Organic, Year-Round Garden Maintenance

Why Regular Maintenance?

When we spend time in your garden on a regular basis, we are more likely to see what needs to be done, communicate those things to you, and implement them in the proper timeline. We take responsibility for an action plan so that you can be only as involved as you’d like to be. With regular care, your garden won’t get out of control and require enormous cleanups. It becomes a place where you can relax and enjoy yourself!

What do you DO in the winter?

Winter is the best time of year for pruning most trees and shrubs. It’s also the best time to put down a thick layer of mulch to insulate your plants’ roots and suppress spring weeds. Our year-round clients suffer less of a weed explosion in spring, and their gardens stay better maintained throughout the busy season.

What Year-Round Maintenance Includes

Skilled pruning of shrubs and small trees
Raking, weeding, and general cleanup
Organic fertilizing of garden beds
Maintenance of vegetable beds, fruit trees and berries
Mulching garden beds
Splitting perennials
Deadheading spent blooming plants
Maintenance, repairs and winterization of our microspray irrigation systems

Please note: we do not mow or maintain lawns.

Frequency of Maintenance

We offer year-round, holistic garden maintenance on either a monthly or every-other-month basis. Our minimum for these visits is 6 labor hours per month, or 8 labor hours every other month. If you’re not sure how much care your garden requires, please get in touch. We will meet with you to help customize a plan that fits your needs and budget!

"Tame the Jungle!" Garden Cleanups

Perhaps your garden has gone to the dark side and is no longer recognizable as its former self. Or you’re signing on for year-round maintenance, and we need to get the garden into a more maintainable state before starting regular visits. Either way, we love creating order out of chaos! See the photos at left for a recent transformation.