Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Organic Vegetable Garden Design and Installation

Examples of raised beds(top) and a container garden(below). You can even grow a garden on your balcony!




What if you could save thousands of dollars each year, improve your family's health, and do your part to help the environment without ever leaving your backyard? The answer is as simple as starting an organic vegetable garden in your yard, or even on your balcony. Homegrown will help you design, create and care for your garden for a fraction
of your yearly grocery bill. We offer several options:
*Design: Using your input, we will design a garden that perfectly suits your family according to your vegetable consumption, family size, favorite foods, time, space available, land contours and budget.
*Installation: We can help you install your dream garden, or we can install it for you depending on your preference. Installation consists of digging, putting up fence, adding compost, building raised beds and putting plants in the ground.
*Continued Care: For those families who want a garden, but may not have the time to care for one, we will continue to care for your garden by watering, weeding and harvesting according to a schedule that works for your time and budget.
*Winterizing: Homegrown will put your garden to bed for the winter- prepare the beds and soil, collect seeds and remove any plants that are finished with their growing season.

Some families may want all of these options, and others may just prefer help with the design portion, or the design and installation. Any combination is possible. We will try our best to work with any budget. A garden is an investment that will pay for itself for years to come.

Edible Landscape Design and Installation




A landscaped yard, even if it's small, adds so much beauty to any home. It provides a place to relax after a stressful day, a space for children to run and tumble, and a spot for the family pet to sniff around. A well-designed yard can even offer shelter and food to local birds and other wildlife. Now, imagine if this same yard could also provide your family with healthy, organic food, saving you a bundle of money at the grocery store. Creating an edible landscape design can help your yard do just that. With your help and input, we will look at your existing landscape design and figure out how it can become more beautiful and useful. Strawberries become groundcover, berry bushes replace ornamental shrubs and dwarf fruit trees provide shade. Even flowers can be multifunctional-there are many beautiful and also edible varieties. There are so many delicious possibilities!