Maintenance

California Native gardens• Ornamental Non-native/Exotic gardens • Desert gardens

Vegetable gardens • Indoor & Outdoor container plants

We offer weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or seasonal visits for small, medium and large gardens, caring for young and mature plants.

Common maintenance tasks we do in caring for California native and ornamental non-native gardens:

Pruning back over growth and dead stems and branches; deadheading spent flowers to encourage prolonged flowering; keeping large shrubs from growing into each other decreasing air circulation and causing mildew and other diseases; weeding; trimming bushes, shrubs, and vines; checking moisture levels; handwatering; seasonal fertilizing for non-native plants; inspecting plants for pests; Staking leaning shrubs and small trees; installing protective cages around new native plantings; . transplanting plants in the winter/spring season; repotting container plants; general cleaning.

We do not offering lawn mowing services or large tree trimming.

Whether you need help to handwater areas without irrigation or indoor plant collections, removing a large plant that’s outgrown its welcome, or keeping your garden looking healthy and artfully wild, we will come up with a mainteance plan that works best for you.