DIY SUPPORT: For the do-it-yourself-er…Pro help for your plan.

Consultation

Design/Plant plan

Advice (plant recommendations, placement & care, planting/transplanting, soil amendment, cutting garden prep, composting)

Lessons

COLLABORATIVE GARDENING: For the busy or aspiring gardener…Book some Garden Buddy time.

Design/Plant plan

Collaborative pocket installations

Plant selection & placement advice

Seasonal prep (Spring/Fall)

Lessons

PRIVATE LESSONS: For the novice gardener…Learn as you grow.

Hand pruning (shrubs, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees)

Planting methods/placement

Transplanting how-to

Garden design (Translate your plant vision!)

Dividing herbaceous perennials/ornamental grasses

Patio/container veg/herb gardening

Container garden design

FINE-MAINTENANCE: For the already established garden in need of an occasional tweak, or fine gardening support for traditional maintenance-style landscape services…               

Design supplementation (adding annuals, perennials, or bulbs)

Selective hand pruning (shrubs/ornamental trees: structural, rejuvenation, corrective)

Plant health assessment/care (IPM approach to treatment)

INSTALLATIONS:  Roots & Boots provides Pocket Installations (Small-scale specialty installations) and collaborates with local landscapers on larger installations, for residential spaces. Our designs tend to be naturalistic and incorporate native plants to support the environment.  A “pocket” can be a single bed, an entryway in need of enhancement, a path, patio containers…You pick the pocket!  Examples:

Pocket rain garden

Mini meadowscape

Cutting garden

Veg/herb container garden 

Pollinator bed

Herb garden

Pocket orchard

Edible forest patch

Pocket Zen garden

Bulbs, naturalizing

Seasonal planters

SEASONAL WORKSHOPS:

Workshops are posted/updated seasonally or by request.  Examples: Plant-based crafts, botanical gift goods, DIY concrete succulent pots, container garden designs, farm-to-table bouquets, dried flower arrangements, and plant printing (paper and fabric). Reach out, and invite some friends, for a garden party workshop!

Roots & Boots creates handcrafted, botanical home and gift goods on a seasonal basis.  Designed to “bring the outside in,” they include: Birch Bark Tea Towels, Balsam Sachets, Rustic Wisteria Wreaths, Air Plant Ornaments, Flower-Pressed Greeting Cards, and Dried Flower Displays.  Follow Roots & Boots for announcements about availability, or request a how-to of a particular item for a workshop.