The Pittsburgh Area's Expert Guide to Sustainable, Native, and Edible Landscaping and Gardening

Cultivate resilient, beautiful, and earth-friendly outdoor spaces tailored to Western Pennsylvania's unique climate and soil.

Whether you want to replace high-maintenance turf with a vibrant pollinator meadow, harvest organic fruits and vegetables right from your yard, or keep your existing ornamental beds pristine, we bring expert regional knowledge to every project. Serving Allegheny, Westmoreland, and surrounding counties, we partner with you to design, plant, and care for sustainable, edible, and native landscapes that honor our local ecosystem and bring your vision to life.

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What We Do

  • Whether you’re looking for virtual or hands on help in the garden, we’re here to teach you all the basics, troubleshoot garden problems, plan your garden for you, and so much more.

  • For wherever you are in your gardening journey. We offer personalized coaching, garden design, or full installation for those looking to start, plant, maintain, troubleshoot, or grow a vegetable or herb garden.

  • Custom garden design or installation of new spaces or maintenance of existing native landscapes to support pollinators and other native wildlife. We can also help you incorporate a native space into your existing landscape.

  • Environmentally friendly landscape design, installation, or maintenance. Sustainable landscaping can involve increasing the use of native plants in your existing landscape, removing invasives, improving soil health, installing rain gardens, or switching to sustainable materials.

  • Custom design and installation of a garden you can eat. Edible landscape include fruit trees & bushes, vegetables, herbs and more.

  • Just looking for care and maintenance of an existing landscape? We got you!
    Maintenance can include weeding, pruning, fertilizing, mulching, seasonal clean-ups, plant removal, and more.

  • Elevate outdoor spaces with a custom built greenhouse or garden beds.

  • Looking to entertain your nature loving friends or family members with a plant centric night of fun? We offer a variety of classes on herbal medicine, gardening, and crafting with plants.

  • Going on vacation? No need to fear! We can keep your garden or house plants thriving while you’re away!

  • Learn how to compost or have a custom composting system installed at your home.

Check Out all that we do!
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Rachel

Co - Owner

I fell in love with gardening and plants while working alongside my grandmother in her backyard flower garden as a little girl. I’ve always been a bit of a nature nerd. I’m incredibly passionate about sustainability, the great outdoors, and all things local grown. My love for gardening really began to take root after the COVID-19 pandemic. I stuck my hands in the dirt, planted my first seeds, and have been hooked ever since. I’ve spent the last six years learning everything I can about growing veggies and herbs, how to use plants as medicine, and how to grow native, sustainable, and edible landscapes. Now I’m looking to share that love, passion, and knowledge with you.

Specializations

  • Veggie & herb gardens

  • Flower gardens

  • Natives & edibles

Credentials

  • Master Gardener 2026 Graduate- Penn State Extension

  • Wild Cherries Herb School Graduate - Stonefruit Community Herbalists

  • Coursework in sustainable gardening, fall & winter gardening, cut flower gardens, matrix planting, creating mini meadows, spring bulbs, conifer gardens, native shade gardens, seed starting, vegetable gardening, residential landscape design, and more.

Kyler

Co-Owner

Ive been working in the professional landscaping industry for 3+ years now, but have really loved and appreciated plants for much longer. I have a passion for bringing beautiful spaces to life and caring for plants the right way so that they thrive for many years to come.

Specializations:

  • Ornamental & traditional landscapes

  • Hardscapes

  • Wood-working & custom garden builds

Credentials

  • Licensed pesticide applicator

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“I couldn’t have done it without her.”

I’ve never gardened a day in my life. Thankfully, I had Rachel in my corner. She shared all her knowledge, tips, and advice with so much patience and enthusiasm. She truly gave me the confidence to start my first garden. I couldn’t have done it without her expertise and support. - Carrie M.