Eden & DaneStart small.
Start right.
A quarter acre, a front garden, a backyard under HOA rules. Good land work doesn’t need an estate, and most of my reviews come from yards like yours. Here is where to begin, from free to a written plan.
From free to a plan.
Read and plan first.
The quick-start checklist covers water, soil, sun and plants in two pages. Ten more free guides go deeper, from a 1,000 sq ft food forest to replacing lawn with natives.
Assess your own yard.
The Productive Property Audit workbook walks you through the same site read I do on every project, so you know what your yard can do before you buy anything.
Walk it with Dane.
An on-site consult in the DC area: $250 for up to an hour, or $400 for up to three. We walk the yard together and you leave knowing what to plant, where, and in what order.
Plant the right things.
Fruit trees, berries and natives grown at our Great Falls nursery, plus Guild in a Bucket and the Grower’s Starter Pack for planting them as a working group.
Get a written plan.
A Remote Strategy for your yard: site analysis, a prioritized plan, a plant list and a follow-up call. Build it yourself or hand it to your landscaper.
Short answers to the usual questions.
The easiest way to improve soil health.
Cover the ground, stop digging, keep roots growing. Most of it is free.
Growing food under HOA rules.
Most rules ban mess, not food. How to design a productive yard that passes review.
A productive backyard from scratch.
Paths first, trees early, vegetables last, in phases you can afford.
Real yards, real results.
A native-forward front garden.
Poison ivy and overgrowth replaced with structured plantings that bloom from March to October.
A butterfly garden.
A soggy, patchy lawn turned into a low-maintenance meadow for pollinators and the family dog.
Tropical flair in Zone 7.
A 25.5 by 25.5 foot walled garden with banana plants, raised beds and a stone cairn fountain.
Not sure where
to start?
A free 15-minute call. Tell me about the yard, and I’ll point you to the right first step, even if that step is a free guide.
Book a 15-minute call