Breathing Life into Every Outdoor Space
I’ve been engaged in homesteading for over 20 years. My homesteading super-power lies in creating gardens and outdoor spaces that give a lot of opportunities for recreation and enjoyment without taking a lot of time and resources.
I encourage eco-centric garden designs that build healthy soil, create rich habitats for animals and beneficial insects, and conserve water.
I also care a lot about creating nourishing spaces for people and their kindreds.
So, we’ll co-create plans that bring your favorite people together outside and don't require costly and time-consuming maintenance or chemical applications.
This usually means gardens and yards that have a natural, wilder, and more magical feeling and are somewhat self-maintaining, rather than a prim and perfect, hyper-landscaped look!
I’m here to teach you the basics and beyond of homesteading, guide you, help you make wise choices, and garden next to you as I cheer you on.
This differs from hands-off, traditional, and full-service landscape design & implementation. It’s empowering and DIY-driven!
How It Works:
Step 1: Let’s Visit & Share a Vision for Your Land
We’ll start with a half hour initial consultation by phone. I’ll hear your vision for your homestead and learn how I can best support, educate and encourage you.
Step 2: Map out
Your Dream
I’ll email you my Mapping Out Your Backyard Dreams Workbook. When you’ve completed that and sent it to me, I’ll go over it and we can schedule our first 1½ hr coaching session at your home or over Zoom.
Step 3: Get Your
Garden On!
Each session will be followed up by a new individualized workbook packed with resources and ideas based on your specific needs for support. I’ll provide you with resources such as plant lists, design templates, cool ideas, and where to find all the things you'll need to create your dream yard. I can also help you to design your own irrigation system with supplies you can easily acquire at your local hardware store.
See package options below, or set up a custom package.
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Choose Your Package
The Bee Package
2 coaching sessions
Workbook full of resources for 2 zones
Voice App support for quick questions
Great if you have an established yard where just one or two areas need some re-working, if you just want to spruce up your space or you have specific, smaller projects you need support with. This package is appropriate for those with intermediate gardening skills, or who plan to pay for gardening services.
$500
The Ladybug Package
4 coaching sessions
Workbook full of resources for 4 zones
Access to my plant lists
4 completed designs with plant suggestions
Voice App support for quick questions
Great if you’ve moved onto a new, small property or you want to completely redesign your property. This package is appropriate for beginner to advanced DIY gardeners who are motivated to create the outdoor spaces they dream of.
$900
The Mantis Package
6 coaching sessions
Workbook full of resources for 6 zones
Access to my plant lists & design templates
4-6 completed designs with plant suggestions
Raising backyard animals design and support
Voice App support for quick questions
Great if you have generous property, wish to grow as much food as possible or you’re someone who wants to create a cottage industry with their property. This package is appropriate for beginner to advanced DIY gardeners who are motivated to create a closed loop system of homesteading with animals and/or an abundance of farm products to feed yourself or for market.
$1350
More on My Homesteading History
I homesteaded my first 5 acre piece of pre-developed land in 1994, the year my first son was born. I later went on to homestead a wild and bare plot in the wilderness of Williams. Back then (2003), I was a single mom of 3, wild eyed indigo children.
Fueled by many years experience of living in spiritual organic farm communities, I built a 30ft Yurt under the tall trees in a pristine watershed where I foraged and farmed most of my own food.
When I moved into town in 2005, I co-managed the student housing community garden. From 2007-2019, I’ve been curating Sunny Joy Farm where I’ve grown over 100 lbs of food in a season on just a 1/3 acre suburban homesite, during which time I created Backyard Gardeners Exchange Southern Oregon, a FB group with over 1200 local member gardeners who share knowledge, resources, food and farm products.
I’ve been an avid advocate for the abolishment of Genetically Modified crops in the Rogue Valley, which resulted in winning a GMO ban in Jackson County in 2014. The last few years have been characterized by creating garden beauty more than food as I’ve learned to grow flowers, herbs and dye plants for medicine and art. You can read my whole story here.
Recent Homesteading Posts:
The Resilient Life Blog
Create a thriving and diverse backyard & Family ecology for resilience
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