Ecologically informed landscaping / gardening services including: landscape design, consultation, installation, and maintenance

With a focus on Southeastern US native plants and dense multi-layered plantings, we can work with you to craft a beautiful and functional landscape that provides:

  • Habitat for local wildlife: Supporting birds, bees, and butterflies throughout their full lifecycle

  • Greater resilience to our clay soils, highly variable weather and deer pressure

  • Improved sustainability through increased soil health, water retention/purification, and carbon sequestration.

We view each project as the start of a long-term relationship with you, your garden and your environment, where we stay involved over the years in whatever capacity is needed, to ensure the success of your garden.

  • Mid summer wildflowers: Narrow Leaf Blue Star, Purple Coneflower, Oxe-eye Sunflower, Garden Phlox, Iron Butterfly Ironweed and Solar Cascade Goldenrod

    Mid Summer: Amsonia hubrichtii, Purple Coneflower, Oxe-eye Sunflower, Garden Phlox, Iron Butterfly Ironweed and Solar Cascade Goldenrod

  • Summer wildflowers: Sedum Autumn Joy Border, Purple Coneflowers, Cutleaf Coneflower, Black Eyed Susan and Garden Phlox

    Summer: Sedum Autumn Joy, Cutleaf Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Garden Phlox, Black eyed Susan, Japanese Maple

  • Spring Garden Border: Crimson Queen Japanese Maple, Small's Beardtongue, and Western Wallflower

    Spring Border: Japanese Maple, Small's Beardtongue, Western Wallflower

  • Spring Wildflowers: Golden Alexander, Western Wallflower, European Columbine and Red Chinese Fingeflower

    Spring: Golden Alexander, Western Wall Flower, European Columbine & Red Chinese Fringe Flower Bush

  • Spring Iris Border with Texas Sedge lawn alternative.

    Spring: Iris bed bordering sedge mass planting lawn alternative and mixed natural area.

Our
Services

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    Design

    Let us work with you to plan a new garden bed, refresh an existing bed or create a cohesive master plan for your front or back yard. Potential projects include pollinator gardens, borders, foundation planters, woodland shade gardens, green mulch, and lawn alternatives. Designs include a detailed site assessment, plant information/profiles and scale 2D drawings and/or on-site plant lay out.

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    Installation

    Once you have a plan, we can install your new garden. Installation services include removing existing vegetation, amending soil, plant sourcing/delivery, planting, mulching and initial watering.

    All installations include 2 follow-on visits to check on plant health during the initial establishment period. We are also available for long-term follow up care / monitoring to ensure success of a planting.

  • Garden Maintenance

    Are you you looking for help with your garden but scared that your lawn service won’t know the difference between a weed and your precious flowers? We provide a range of periodic management services including: perennial/shrub pruning, weeding, editing (dividing, transplanting, minor design adjustments to an existing planting) , fall/spring garden bed cleanup and health checks. Services that we do not provide include general lawn care and hedge trimming.

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    Consultations / Coaching

    Are you looking to do it yourself, but looking for some help and advice? Our consultation services include general landscape consultations, tailored consultations to address a specific issue (i.e. planting inventory - what is good/what is bad?, rain garden, vegetable garden, home composting, strategies for addressing deer pressure, etc.) or co-working to plan and tackle a project together.

Past Projects

About

I’ve been an avid gardener for 15+ years, starting off growing vegetables in a Southern California backyard, before evolving to an interest in ornamentals after moving to Charlotte in 2013.  Gradually, I noticed that a lot of the standard gardening practices were creating needless work and expense as they were in opposition to how plants grow in nature (i.e. trying to grow a grass lawn under a tree canopy).  Furthermore, I noticed that a lot of our plant choices (i.e. Nandina, Privet) either provided little benefit to nature/wildlife or were downright harmful.  These led me to gradually adopt ecological gardening practices in my yard.  With Charlotte Ecological Gardening, I hope to use what I have learned to add a bit of beauty and nature to your yard.