Design services
We consult, design and install sustainable systems in your home, business, or farm, that can help you save money and live healthier, all in environmentally friendly ways. We address the four necessities – food, water, shelter and energy. We can consult in just one of these areas, or all of them – we offer a full range of services, from advice, to design, to installation.
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FOOD
Edible landscape design and installation
We design landscapes to be both beautiful and functional. An edible landscape is:
- Organic
- Natural – we design gardens to work with natural systems, rather than fighting them
- Easy to care for – less work than conventional gardens
- Aesthetic, beautiful and interesting
- Healthy, providing nutritious food year around
- Economical – skip the fertilizer, and reduce your grocery bill with fresh, healthy food you grew yourself
We offer an unusual selection of attractive plants, both native and non-native, that grow well in Florida conditions and will provide abundant food in small spaces. We can also give you great advice on what to plant, when, and how, if you want to do it yourself but need some help getting started. We can usually save you at least the amount of our consulting fee and can provide you with a lot of quality information in a short period of time. Interested in selling your food? We can help with that too.
Aquaponics
Do you live in a small space, but you would like to produce your own healthy, organic food? Try aquaponics. Aquaponics is water efficient, energy efficient closed loop system for providing a large amount of food in a small space, even an apartment!
WATER
Rain catchment, irrigation and water filtration systems
We can provide your irrigation needs via rainwater catchment, so that your plants are getting the purest water available to them. We also provide whole house filters and items that make your water come to life and bring you new levels of health and vitality. Want to use pure, filtered rainwater for all of your needs? We install rainwater catchment and filtration, or help you to do it yourself.
Ponds
Enjoy the aesthetics of a backyard pond that is a naturally balanced system. When you have all the elements of nature present, there is very little care needed.
Natural pools
Tired of putting chlorine in your pool? Would you like to use that resource to produce abundant food, and have a beautiful natural pond in your backyard? We can convert your pool to a pond, using wetlands techniques. These are very aesthetic additions to your yard, and can also be stocked with fish and edible plants. The pond can be linked to an aquaponics system that can boost your vegetable production tremendously, as well.
SHELTER and ENERGY
Solutions for more sustainable living in your home – we offer energy reduction analysis, consultations on planned renovations, and partnerships with green architects and builders to maximum energy savings, aesthetics and integration of the built environment with the natural world.
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