Our Team of passionate gardeners offers complete custom perennial and annual design, Seasonal annual pots and planters, impeccable perennial, tree and shrub installation, and skilled maintenance services, bringing your garden fantasies to life!
We are respectful of clients’ time and privacy, attentive to specific preferences, and we are always striving to enhance the natural beauty of the gardens entrusted to our care
Email today TO DISCUSS YOUR GARDENING NEEDS: jgellner@kent.edu
Our Customizable Schedule of maintenance includes:
SPRING:
Strategic and thorough weeding, with the goal of eradication (starting early to prevent weeds from setting seed!)
Artful, ornamental shrub and small tree pruning; properly-timed deep hand pruning; undoing damage from neglect, disease and improper care and extending plants’ lifespan
Careful and never-excessive applications of pine bark, pine straw, and hardwood mulch to prevent weeds, enhance appearances and conserve soil moisture
Fertilizing perennials, annuals, trees and shrubs (using organic fertilizers, only when beneficial and never excessively)
Spring seasonal plantings (in-ground and seasonal planters with spring pansies, kales and other cool-season annuals)
Spring planting of perennials, shrubs and trees and dividing existing perennials (Garden design is an ongoing process and plantings need to be reworked.)
Spring cleanup of leftover leaves and debris to give your garden a tidy appearance and a fresh start in the new season
Organic and conventional treatments to prevent weeds and disease, only as needed
Edging in-ground beds to maintain attractive lines, encourage water drainage from within beds and protect plants from lawn mowers
Patching bare spots in lawns and advising on necessary measures to improve lawn quality. Our team does not handle mowing.
Rose Hill cemetery plot management including annual and perennial plantings and regular maintenance visits
SUMMER:
Planting summer annuals in pots and beds - colorful displays to enhance your summer enjoyment of your garden
Ongoing weed control using the most effective methods, usually hand weeding but occasionally granular and liquid herbicides
Regular maintenance visits for watering and deadheading annuals and perennials to keep gardens looking great
Deep hand pruning of woody ornamental shrubs to enhance aesthetic appeal and promote plant health, and shearing formal hedges
Skillful staking of perennials and annuals that need extra support
Floral arrangements for intimate gatherings as well as indoor and outdoor events
Rose Hill cemetery plot management including annual and perennial plantings and regular maintenance visits
FALL:
Fall annual planting of mums, kales, pansies, ornamental peppers and arranging displays of pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, and straw bales
Seasonal decorating for Thanksgiving and Halloween
Fall cleanup including leaf cleanup, cutting back herbaceous perennials, removing and disposing of summer annuals
Cool-season planting of trees, shrubs and perennials
Amending soil, or top-dressing as needed to prepare for spring planting
Floral arrangements for intimate gatherings as well as indoor and outdoor events
WINTER:
Winter evergreen arrangements for pots, planters and window boxes
Interior and exterior seasonal decorating, as our schedule allows
Attractive applications of burlap to protect sensitive shrubs of wind and salt damage
Application of winter mulch to protect exposed roots and sensitive plants
Repotting and caring for houseplants
Dormant pruning of trees and shrubs and removal of small trees and shrubs
Design, consultation, and planning for the upcoming season