Let's go on a Garden Walk

Garden Walks: Your garden, with a little guidance.

Personalized garden consultations to help you start, grow, troubleshoot, and make the most of your outdoor space.

Do you have a garden you've been meaning to start, or a space that isn't quite producing the bowls of tomatoes you were planning on snacking on all summer? Do you have a growing list of ideas of things you want to grow or develop, but have no idea where to start?

Let's walk through it together.

Vertical green planter tower growing strawberries and leafy lettuce on a backyard deck

Hand holding a colorful bouquet of lavender, magenta, pink, and yellow flowers with fresh green herbs and foliage in a garden.

Garden Walks are one-on-one, in-person consultations designed around your space, your goals, and your experience.

We'll explore what's growing, talk about what you'd like to create, work through challenges, and identify practical next steps to help you move forward. Whether you're planting your first vegetable garden or figuring out what to do with the one you've already started, you don't have to figure it all out on your own.

Do you dream of a eating fresh produce or cutting fresh flowers from your garden, but you don’t know where to start?

Maybe you've invested in plants, soil, and supplies, only to find that things aren't growing the way you expected. Maybe you've inherited a garden, have an overgrown space, or have a dozen ideas saved online but can't figure out which ones make sense for your property.

Or maybe you’ve done well so far, but want to try something new.

Gardening comes with a lot of questions:

Why doesn't anything grow in this spot?
What should I plant here?
Why did my tomatoes struggle?
Can I grow vegetables with this much shade?
What should I do about these weeds?
When should I start seeds?
How can I make better use of the space I have?
What should I tackle first?

There's no shortage of gardening information out there. But figuring out what actually applies to your garden is another story.
Your soil, sunlight, drainage, growing conditions, available space, budget, and time all matter.

With my background in Permaculture Design coupled with my years of gardening using organic practices, I can lend perspective that helps you build a sustainable garden for not only for your backyard, but for the gardener, too.

A Garden Walk is an opportunity to step outside, look at your space with fresh eyes, and make a plan that works for you.

Each garden walk starts with first understanding your goals and wishes for the space.

Depending on your goals we may:

Discuss sunlight, soil, drainage, existing plants, growing conditions, and opportunities you may not have considered.
The best plants for a particular site given your goals (ex. flowers, herbs, food, native plants)
Answer questions about particular plants you love to grow but need help with (I am a wealth of tomato growing knowledge)
Talk about starting from seed vs transplanting, dates, and how to know when to grow what
Discuss what season to plant which plants, and when to do other important tasks for garden longevity
Cost saving ideas and ways to build a garden with what you have
Identify what's struggling, discuss potential causes, and explore practical ways to improve your garden.
Get guidance on techniques like starting seeds, improving soil, planting, propagation, sustainable gardening, and growing food.

The goal is to help you leave with a clearer understanding of your garden and a direction you feel good about.

With each Garden Walk, you get:

Pre-visit consultation: Each garden walk starts with first understanding your goals and wishes for the space. A text or email consultation to go over ideas, experience with the site and gardening, and values that I can ensure to keep in mind when providing support in our scheduled garden walk. 15 min.
Garden walk: 45 min garden walk, with additional time available to add on for larger gardens, multiple sites, or if you just want more time to ask all your questions.
Follow up that goes over what we discussed, and any resources that were mentioned during our time so you can refer back to them.

Garden walk cost: $100

Note: Cost is reflective of the garden is within Baltimore City/Parkville, MD additional travel fees may apply if outside of that radius.

Tall sunflowers blooming in front of pine trees in warm sunlight

You don't need gardening experience, a beautiful yard, or even a clear plan.
You just need a space you're curious about and a desire to make something grow.

Frequently Asked Questions:

If starting a new project: It really depends on what you are trying to plant/implement, as when you plant trees is generally suggested for specific times of the year vs when you start seeds for your Spring garden. It would be best to reach out with your specific project in mind, and I’m happy to give guidance based on what your goals are.
If you need help troubleshooting, or a quick check-in: These are great visits to schedule as you have the problem. If you are unable to schedule a garden walk while you have visible evidence of the issue you are trying to troubleshoot, taking as many photos and notes on what you are seeing and the conditions it is in will be very important to getting the best next steps.
If you want a quick check-in, then any time that works best for you is great!
You will get a 15 min consultation before the garden walk, a 45 min garden walk, and your follow up write up included. For multiple sites (think home garden and then drive to community garden plot), or large piece of land where you want more time we can add more time based on the additional consultation time, garden walk, and follow up time.
Once I arrive at the scheduled time, you will take me on a walk through your gardens/site and we will begin talking through the ideas you shared, and if you thought of anything more since then we can talk about those as well.
You can show me the areas that you want to develop, or are having issues with and I will give advice on how best to utilize that space for that, answer your questions, and take any questions I can’t answer definitively right there and note them to include in your after visit follow up.
During your Garden Walk time, make sure to ask me your questions, and get thoughts on ideas or issues you have run into.. I am dedicated to ensuring you have the information you need to develop your garden into the garden of your dreams.

At the end of the visit, we will ground in your best next steps and I will remind you that you should expect an email from me within 1 week with your garden walk notes and any relevant follow up resources. You can also share your garden progress on socials by tagging @foxandargulua
No, the follow up will be notes on what we talked about so you can refer to them when you go to start your project. I will also include any resources I may have mentioned during your garden walk, or include new ones if relevant.
Not currently available for full project implementation work, but can be hired to come in during implementation to help project guide. Can work alongside to demonstrate, but full implementation not a add on at this time.
I currently take cash, cashapp, or venmo.
Select the “book a Garden Walk” button or fill out the contact form to get in touch. Make sure to include any details about your project that you can share, and whether you would like to continue consultation questions via email or text (or other method) with contact info.
Once a date is agreed upon, in order to book an appointment, a 50% deposit would be required to hold the date and start pre-work prior to your scheduled date.

Once booked, I will send you questions to get started with the pre-work to understand your ideas, experience with the site, and values that I can ensure to keep in mind when providing support in our scheduled garden walk.