A Good Friend design starts with the site assessment and is tailored to best meet the site ecology and a client’s goals and maintenance abilities. Our work is to create a garden that grows with you and is realistic for the site. This approach maximizes ecological possibilities and visual interest, while minimizing wasted expenses and duplicative inputs.

Here, you’ll see a sample site assessment; a coded layout for a garden bed and its corresponding plant list; and a picture of the planted site, taken facing northwest, two years after planting.

This client wanted ornamental bed that was native-forward, and the the ability to forage wild leeks in spring. They also wanted to add to the array of favorite plants already on site.