This project was for a newly-wed couple with a baby on the way. They were tired of the cookie cutter landscape that are often in new housing developments. Nestled in a quiet cul-de-sac, the landscape features a unique herb spiral bursting out the seams with perennial vegetables, berries, and beneficial plants and habitat for insects, …
Pre-2020 Showcase #5: Edible Cul-de-sac Islands with an Herb Spiral Read More
This was a native front yard renovation for a client who was an herbalist and had a young family. It required a deep weeding of invasive Italian Arum and blackberries, sheet mulching, and planting of native woodland species. There are edible and medicinal species for their family to use as well as a pathway made …
Pre-2020 Showcase #4: Edible Herbal Front Yard with a Raspberry Arbor Fence Read More
We converted 400sq ft of useless lawn of this new home into a thriving ecosystem around 4 dwarf fruit trees, mixed with edible and medicinal shrubs and perennials. The client harvested tea daily from the garden as well as seasonal berries and fruits. A simple circular path connects the garden. It’s filled with beneficial insects …
Pre-2020 Showcase #2: Mini Food Forest and Medicine Garden Read More
This garden was for a family in an old Victorian home. They struggled with tough weeds like spear grass and the garden lacked any real defining beauty. We top worked and grafted an old ornamental cherry tree to become a fruit producing tree. We also established a beneficial understory meadow planting for an established Gary …
Pre-2020 Showcase #1: Native Butterfly Meadow and Edible Garden Read More
Here are a few pictures of small projects we have done this year. We usually like to showcase big projects on separates posts, but it made more sense to bundle up the smaller projects into a single post. 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, including the workers at SymbiOp. At the same time, …
Happy New Year! Miscellaneous Edible Landscapes, Rain Gardens, and Nativescapes in 2020 Read More
We were very glad to work with this client, who believed in our mission and values. We turned all of the traditional lawns into a low maintenance native ecoscape integrated with vegetable beds. It was a blast to see the full transformation. Thank you for your business!
