"Julie put in some amazing perennial beds for me in an effort to decrease grass and increase plants and trees. Her commitment to sustainability and simplicity is 100%.” D. M., Amherst, MA "What I love about working with Julie is that she listens to me and the earth in equal amounts. I see her as a trusted mediator who works to find the natural overlap between my human desires and my land's organic strengths and patterns. She is careful, intuitive, and enthusiastic." J.B. Florence, MA "I appreciated Julie's deep respect for natural beauty as we talked about various garden options. Her work was impeccable and inspired." B. R., Easthampton, MA Our team will assess your land for problems and opportunities in balancing natural systems with human needs. Would you like help visualizing changes or assistance in coming up with alternative possibilities? Do you most need help to guide implementation of an existing design or follow up on performance issues over time? If you would like assistance in identifying and or treating pest and disease issues we offer a variety of management strategies. Beyond garden design, our clients call on us to link managed landscapes to their surrounding ecologies. Contact us for of a full array of services from our associated arborists, masons, horticulturalists, ecologists, foresters, propagators, conservation planners, landscape architects and garden designers. We look forward to working with you! "Thanks for making this fun and easy." C. M., Greenfield, MA

Owner/ Lead Designer Julie Meyer has been designing forest walks and garden rooms since 1992. Her intimate explorations with land and people in settings as diverse as wilderness expeditioning, environmental education and organic farming are incorporated into a fun, collaborative landscape design process in both residential, commercial and educational settings. Graduating with a Masters in Landscape Architecture at the University of Massachusetts in 2010, Julie has also completed a masters degree in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England and a degree in Outdoor Education from the University of New Hampshire. Julie has also recently taught summer short courses in residential landscape design at Holyoke Community College and for the last four fall semesters led plant walks at the University of Massachusetts as a teaching assistant.               Associate Designer Matt Medeiros, garden designer, is a 2009 graduate of the Landscape Architecture masters program at the University of Massachusetts. A resident of Amherst, Matt's roots are in exotic vegetable gardening. In his spare time Matt enjoys activities like art, playing guitar and hiking. “Thanks for getting this done so quickly and professionally - the gardens look great!” We are getting LOTS of compliments!" D.I., Deerfield, MA