“Catherine is a good listener, and clearly passionate about her work. Her landscape plan for our front yard was not only beautiful, but practical as well. We especially liked the fact that she is environmentally conscious, and that she tries as much as possible to use native plants in her design.”

Lygia, New Rochelle, NY

Service	Timing/ # Visits	Purpose
Spring cleanup	Early spring	Cut previous season’s plants down, edge garden beds, clean debris, fluff or replace mulch.
Pruning specialist	3x/season: fall, spring, summer	Keep evergreens and deciduous shrubs in shape with proper pruning techniques. No indiscriminate shearing or shrub “balls” (unless you want that!)
Organic pest/weed control & monitoring	Spring 3x, summer 3x, fall 1x and as needed	We don’t believe in a “spray everything” approach. Our method is early detection by careful monitoring using organic controls and hand weeding. By encouraging ecological balance, good bugs keeps pests down.
Personal Gardener	2x month April to November	It’s like a personal trainer for your garden. Hand pruning, pest monitoring, plant health inspection, dead heading, garden bed sprucing, hand weeding. Leaf mulching in fall to build soil.*
Organic U	Any time	Want to learn how to garden organically but not sure where or how to start? Sign up for an hour or a whole education. Pest ID, soil building, how to compost and more. Makes a great gift. Freshman:$75/hour, Sophomore: $145/2 hours, Junior: $280/4 hours, Senior: $552/8 hours
Soil Improvement	1x year, spring or fall	Great gardens start with great soil. Leaf blowers destroy soil organisms, leaving only minerals. Replenish soil with compost or topsoil and organic fertilizer to improve lawn & shrubs
Organic Lawn Care	4x month April to November	Using best practices like mowing at the highest setting, top dressing with compost, mulching fallen leaves and spot hand weeding, your lawn can be naturally green.**
Landscape Design & Installation	Any time for design. Seasonally for installations.	Have your shrubs taken over the house? Has new construction taken out a good portion of your yard? Or are you just ready for a new look? We specialize in high-style, low-maintenance landscape design so you can be a lazy gardener.
Pond installation	All season	Design & installation of waterfalls, streams and fountains. Listen to a babbling brook instead of traffic noise.
Fall leaves are treated as a resource instead of garbage. We mulch the leaves into your lawn and beds with a special mower that shreds them into tiny pieces, which become food for soil organisms, and free mulch! You won’t notice a difference but your plants will. This method is gaining favor all over the country. See leaveleavesalone.org for more info. *A natural lawn looks different than a chemical lawn. It’s a quilt vs. a carpet. An organic lawn contains several types of turf grass, mostly medium to deep green. A chemically treated lawn is usually one kind of grass and unnaturally bright green. That is a lawn on steroids, prone to disease and a water hog.