EARTHeim Landscape Design

Planning a landscape project for 2027? Now is a great time to get on my design schedule.

My fall and winter design schedule is beginning to fill. My larger design project for October is booked, but I still have room for a couple of smaller design projects. I am currently open for both larger and smaller design projects beginning in November.

Going forward, I’ll be scheduling approximately one larger-scale landscape design project per month, along with a limited number of smaller projects. This allows me to give larger projects the time they need while still having room for smaller design services throughout the month.

Larger projects may include detailed landscape designs covering several areas of a property or a full property master plan.

Smaller projects may include a Plant Palette, Concept Plan, or a detailed design for an individual garden area.

Why am I encouraging you to contact me now?

March, April and May are typically when I receive the most calls for new landscape designs. I still accept design projects during the spring, but they are added to my schedule as openings allow.

Signing up for a design in April or May does not necessarily mean I will be able to begin your design right away. Depending on how many projects are already in the queue, someone contacting me in May could potentially be looking at a design start later in the summer or even into September.

If you would also like EARTHeim to install your finished design, waiting until spring to begin the design process can also affect whether we have room for the installation that same season. It may still be possible, depending on the project and our schedule, but I cannot guarantee installation timing.

Fall and winter are my primary months for design work. There is less planting work happening outdoors, which gives me more time to focus on designs. If your project includes hardscape or drainage work, we may also be able to get a head start on those portions during the non-planting months, depending on the weather and site conditions.

Our primary planting season begins in early to mid-May, so getting the design process underway during fall and winter can put you in a much better position when planting season arrives.

Current availability:

October — Larger design project booked; a couple of smaller project openings remain

November and forward — Currently open for larger and smaller design projects

If you already know you would like to make changes to your landscape in 2027, you do not need to wait until spring to start planning. Reach out now to schedule your consultation and get your project on my design schedule.

Pawpaw is the host plant for the zebra swallowtail butterfly!

Pawpaws are one of the most delicious but forgotten fruits! With their tropical taste of banana, mango, and citrus, who wouldn't want to try them?

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Have you heard of a “soft landing”? 🌳🍂

Soft landings are one of the ecological design practices we consider at EARTHeim.

Instead of maintaining lawn right up to the trunk of a tree, we can create a planted garden beneath and around it using native plants along with fallen leaves and other natural plant material.

Why?

The space beneath a tree is an important part of its ecosystem. Many caterpillars feed in the canopy and later drop to the ground, where they need leaf litter or soil to complete another stage of their life cycle. Leaf litter and planted areas beneath trees can also provide habitat for fireflies and many other beneficial insects.

And those insects are an important part of the food web—including food for birds.

A soft landing can also be beautiful. Woodland wildflowers, groundcovers, ferns and other shade-tolerant native plants can turn difficult-to-mow areas beneath trees into intentional garden spaces with seasonal color and texture.

It’s one example of how we approach landscape design at EARTHeim: looking beyond how a landscape looks and considering how it functions as habitat, too.

Want to learn more about soft landings? Heather Holm has put together a great resource explaining the concept and how to create one:
https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/softlandings.html

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Soft Landings Soft Landings Soft landings are diverse native plantings under keystone trees (or any other regionally appropriate native tree). These plantings provide critical shelter and habitat for one or more life cycle stages of moths, butterflies, and beneficial i

Thinking about landscaping next spring? Don’t wait until spring to start your design!

I’m beginning to schedule my fall and winter landscape design queue, with openings anticipated for new design work beginning in October

Every year, most people contact me about landscape design in March, April and May. But if you’re hoping to have your project installed in spring or early summer, that may be much later than you realize to begin the process.

My biggest months for focusing on new landscape designs are:

OCTOBER • NOVEMBER • DECEMBER • JANUARY • FEBRUARY

What happens when you contact EARTHeim?

1. We schedule a consultation and site visit.
We’ll walk your property, discuss what you’d like to accomplish, and look at the opportunities and challenges of your site.

2. I prepare a design proposal.
If you’d like to move forward after the consultation, I’ll prepare a proposal based on the scope of design work you need.

3. We begin the design process.
Once the proposal is accepted, we’ll collaborate to develop the design for your property.

4. Interested in installation, too?
After we’ve worked through the design and established the scope of the project, an installation estimate can be prepared. A Detailed Landscape Design Plan is required for projects EARTHeim will implement.

More ways to work with EARTHeim

I’ve also expanded my design services for homeowners who may want to implement their own projects. Depending on how much guidance you need, options range from a **Plant Palette** or **Concept Visualization** to a **Detailed Landscape Design Plan** or a larger **Property Master Plan**.

So whether you’re looking for professional guidance for a DIY garden or want EARTHeim to design and implement your project, we can determine the appropriate level of design help during your consultation.

Why start now?

Planting season generally begins in early to mid-May, and March through May are some of the busiest months of my year. I still take new design inquiries during the spring, but wait times to begin a design — and subsequently schedule an installation — are typically longer.

If you contact me in May, we may still have time to design and install your project that season, depending on the project and our schedule. But I can’t guarantee it. Larger projects or projects started later in the spring may be scheduled for summer or late summer.

If a new landscape is on your list for 2027, reach out now.

Starting the conversation this fall gives us more time to thoughtfully plan your project and gives you greater flexibility when it comes time to schedule the work.

Plan this fall. Design this winter. Be ready for planting season.

Bumblee Bee on Button Bush
Photo by Katrina Kelly

We enjoyed visiting the Pulaski County Extension Office today to help with their Master Gardener demonstration gardens!

EARTHeim loves working with local organizations and being part of community projects throughout Kentucky. It was a great day talking plants, gardens, and ideas for the demonstration gardens!

If you enjoy the plants, gardens and seasonal things I share here through EARTHeim Landscape Design, I’d love to invite you to follow my EARTHeim Market Stand page.

The Market Stand is where I share the things I grow, make and collect throughout the seasons, this weekend there’s quite a mix.

I have a couple dozen of potted plants available, and most are only $1, with just a few priced at $2, $3 or $5. These are extra plants that I’d much rather see find a place in someone’s garden!

Current plants include:

• Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) — Kentucky native with beautiful blue flowers and great pollinator value
• Shrubby St. John’s Wort (Hypericum prolificum) — native small shrub with bright yellow flowers
• Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) — fragrant perennial with purple flower spikes loved by pollinators
• Native Strawberry — low-growing native groundcover
• Hostas — an easy choice for shady areas
• Walker’s Low Catmint — long-blooming lavender-blue perennial
• Plus a few mixed pots with Great Blue Lobelia paired with other plants

Feel free to research any of the plant names to see whether one might be a good fit for your own garden. 🌱

🌸 This weekend at the Market Stand: I’ll also have my garden-grown fresh cut flowers, including several arrangements in vintage vases, along with an assortment of inexpensive vintage finds.

🍊 And I’ve been making something new for fall — garden simmering potpourri using materials from my garden along with dried orange and cinnamon. They’re little one-use mixes to add to water and gently simmer for a cozy seasonal scent.

The Market Stand gives me a place to share another side of what I love — growing plants and flowers, crafting, reusing interesting old pieces, and seeing good things find a new home.

Follow the EARTHeim Market Stand page to see what’s available each week and what I’m making as the seasons change!

EARTHeim Market Stand

🌿 Did you know EARTHeim has a little market, too?

In addition to EARTHeim Landscape Design, I have EARTHeim Market, a small seasonal market stand featuring things I grow, make, and find.

During the growing season, you'll find cut flowers and potted plants, along with handmade and seasonal items. I also enjoy finding ways to use what I grow in my own garden to create botanical, nature-inspired, and gift items throughout the year.

From time to time, I'll have special seasonal offerings and pop-up events, too — including a Fall Vintage Pop-Up coming to the stand this weekend!

You can follow the EARTHeim Market page to see what's currently available, what's coming to the stand each weekend, and handmade or gift items that can be purchased directly and picked up locally.

If you enjoy flowers, gardening, handmade goods, and finding something a little different, come follow along! 🌸🌿

EARTHeim Market Stand

A little balance in the garden. This custom Yin-Yang patio space is officially complete! The design combines contrasting paver colors and patterns to create the Yin-Yang symbol while tying the space into the column stonework, gravel garden, and timber pergola.

I love projects that give an outdoor space its own personality. A landscape doesn’t have to be ordinary—it can reflect something meaningful to the people who live there while still feeling connected to the garden around it.

Designed by EARTHeim Landscape Design

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I now have available the following trees for sale:

Dawn Redwood: 6’+ tall. $100
With free sedge!

American Hornbeam: 7’ tall. $100
With free black eyes Susan’s and Joe pye!

Eastern Hemlock: 5’ tall. $150

(The catalpa and basswood have sold)

Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

One of the fastest-growing shade trees, reaching 70+ feet tall, with soft, feathery foliage that turns a beautiful copper color in fall before dropping for winter. It thrives in full sun and moist, well-drained soils, making it an excellent choice for larger properties. A living fossil and a stunning specimen tree, it provides beauty, shade, and valuable wildlife habitat.

SOLD American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)

A slow to moderate-growing native understory tree that matures around 20–35 feet tall, perfect for smaller landscapes. It prefers part shade to shade and moist, well-drained soils but adapts to a variety of conditions. With beautiful blue-gray “musclewood” bark, outstanding fall color, and excellent wildlife value, it’s one of Kentucky’s most underused native trees.

Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

A graceful evergreen that typically reaches 40–70 feet tall, growing at a slow to moderate rate into a soft, pyramidal form. It thrives in moist soils with partial shade, though it tolerates more sun with adequate moisture. Its year-round greenery provides privacy, nesting habitat for birds, and a peaceful woodland character that’s hard to match.

I unfortunately cannot plant trees in my yard due to overhead transmission lines.

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