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"Because everyone eats, they make food choices, and because everyone makes food choices with their dollars, they're also, in a sense, farming -- the origin of most food"

When you keep a garden, that statement doesn't sound so weird. Gardening is a word that says 'sweet tea and sunshine' when all farming produces in the mind is sweat and dust. When you are gardening, you don't just know it, you feel it in your body. You gather with nature in a sense of expectation attuned to the weather, the sounds of summer insects, and the seasonal swing of planting, picking and preparation.

But try for yourself! Gardening is not only fun, but it's also a way to exercise, enjoy the out-doors, beautify your yard and taste what real food is all about!

We offer annual gardening services to those with or without prior gardening experience on a warm and friendly face-to-face basis. Contact James for details about an idea you already have or to get some ideas rolling on how to work with your land or lawn to make it productive. Call today ~ 828 747 7695

We offer custom design and installation of landscape fixtures, arbors & trellises and orchards that fit your desires for your patch of Earth. If you have a small lawn that might look even better with some ornamental and edible bushes and trees, we can help you.

Arched bridge with facing benches, this bridge crosses a wet-weather wetland in a beautiful remote location of a trail	Cedar bridge	Pedestrian Bridge Ornamental walkway over a wet-weather stream
Orchard gate This gate leads out of the domesticity of a fenced orchard into the wild space of the forest	Rustic benches Spaced just far enough from the fire pit that people can sit on the grass or the seats and neither will get too hot	Ornamental & Functional An attractive fixture like this grape arbor/benches/garden gate becomes the centerpiece of the landscape. It has become a natural spot to chit-chat between retreat programs at the Prama Institute
Companion planting Blackberries, currants, rhubarb, sunchoke, horseradish, blueberries and grapes in the space of a hacky-sack circle	Design for abundance planting multiple species ensures an interesting array of colors and flavors for a longer period of the year.	Grafting and pruning Do you have a do-nothing variety of apple or pear you don't know what to do about? We can take care of that for you in the early spring by splicing a better variety--or two or three--onto that fruit tree! We prune trees also
Multiple layers Here a 12' Chestnut tree grows above Comfrey, Red Currant, and Spearmint.

Agro-Forestry Design & Installation

Arched bridge

with facing benches, this bridge crosses a wet-weather wetland in a beautiful remote location of a trail

Cedar bridge

Pedestrian Bridge

Ornamental walkway over a wet-weather stream

Orchard gate

This gate leads out of the domesticity of a fenced orchard into the wild space of the forest

Rustic benches

Spaced just far enough from the fire pit that people can sit on the grass or the seats and neither will get too hot

Ornamental & Functional

An attractive fixture like this grape arbor/benches/garden gate becomes the centerpiece of the landscape. It has become a natural spot to chit-chat between retreat programs at the Prama Institute

Companion planting

Blackberries, currants, rhubarb, sunchoke, horseradish, blueberries and grapes in the space of a hacky-sack circle

Design for abundance

planting multiple species ensures an interesting array of colors and flavors for a longer period of the year.

Grafting and pruning

Do you have a do-nothing variety of apple or pear you don't know what to do about? We can take care of that for you in the early spring by splicing a better variety--or two or three--onto that fruit tree! We prune trees also

Multiple layers

Here a 12' Chestnut tree grows above Comfrey, Red Currant, and Spearmint.

A 'treetise' on food gardens

What we do:

* Garden design

* Construction of trellises and arbors

* Garden fences

* Landscape carpentry

* Tree pruning & grafting