What It’s Like To Work With A Garden Consultant

There are thousands of people in the world who are interested in gardening but don’t have the knowledge or skills required to grow a successful garden. If you want to start your own garden, it's helpful to find someone in your community who is able to teach and guide you through the seasonal steps of vegetable gardening. This is where a garden consultant or professional gardener comes in.

Garden consulting is a service that empowers and educates families on how to plan, install, and maintain a healthy garden year round. Here is a short guide to help you understand who a garden consultant really is.

What is a Garden Consultant?

A Garden Consultant is a gardening mentor, designer, and problem solver. They provide a framework for beginning gardeners based on site selection, garden setup, and crops that grow locally. A garden consultant can also be a garden designer or landscaper, but what sets them apart is their expertise in food production. They are proficient in soil science and fertility; annual food crop characteristics and nutrient needs, organic pest and disease management, and a proper watering system.

When you ask your consultant to help you plan a garden, they look at things from a different perspective than a general contractor might. On a professional garden consultation, the main focus is on your garden design, its success, productivity, and beauty. They will look at your whole area to create a design and planting plan (or vegetable garden layout) that works for your family. 

Services Offered by Garden Consultants

• Best site selection
• Plant selection
• Garden survey and assessment
• Garden design
• Garden installations
• Maintenance schedules
• Soil amending
• Classes and Workshops
• Rotating seasonal & succession plantings

Who Needs a Garden Consultant?

When you plan to start your garden, you need to hire a consultant to get a clear vision of what you want your garden to look like. Here are a few reasons why you need a consultant.

• If you own a large piece of land or a large yard, you need to hire a mentor to guide you through proper and timely management of the land to help you save time, effort, and money.
• You need a mentor to help you restore a garden of character or historical interest
• To teach you how to start and maintain your garden. A garden consultant has the knowledge and experience to help you successfully build your garden.
• For expertise and ideas on garden issues
• To create a new garden design
• To install a turnkey garden package
• You can hire a consultant to plan a garden event.

Call Edible Gardens Inc. today to learn how we can help you. 502-550-4109