We asked, you answered…
Permaculture Landscaping
vs. Conventional
Conventional Landscaping
“They trim the bushes before the flowers have had a chance to bloom. They mow the grass too short. They plant bushes trees and shrubs too close to walls and foundations. They don't understand drainage issues. Their knowledge of botany is minimal.”
— Deolinda E.
“Our beautiful wildflowers and bushes can actually bloom and attract pollinators! Grass is kept at a thick, lush length to protect the soil underneath, into which water drains effortlessly. Permascaping actually understands nature.”
— Amanda S.
“[Landscapers] don't know what they are doing. They don't learn about the plants trusted in their care or that they suggest in their designs.
For those selling landscape design, they fail to plan for the plants mature size. They plant trees too deep. They improperly stake trees. They tend not to prune plants correctly. They don't provide the correct irrigation set up.”
— Monica S.
“Boy do these guys know how to plant a tree! Permascaping fixed the terrible drainage in my compacted clay soil, and added all the right amendments. All the root flares are exposed, as they should be, surrounded by proper wells for deep-watering, mulched on top, and even came back before summertime to add strong shade cloth and stakes that still allow the tree trunk to move slightly & strengthen itself in the wind. I’m impressed and so excited for my food forest!”
— Tatiana C.
“They always try to blow the neighbors' debris over the wall & into my yard & pool. That is not landscaping, that's littering.”
— Turanga L.
“My neighbors landscapers take every short cut. They blow all her debris into my yard and driveway.”
— Tanna F.
“Permascaping taught me that dead leaves are packed with nutrients.
Instead of blowing them around and making a mess in my neighbors’ yards, they mulch them down and use them in the soil of our gardens and under our bushes/trees. It’s free fertilizer and reduces landfill waste!”
— Kevin H.
“[Landscapers] cut the grass far too short here and spray chemicals (pesticides and herbicides) that create chaos for the ecosystem.”
— Beverly K.
“They pull or spray my wildflowers, even when I ask them not to.”
— Max S.
“I love how Permascaping handles the weeds on our property. First off, they actually know the difference between a true weed (a harmful/invasive species) and something beneficial, like our clover and wildflowers.
For the weeds that do need to get removed, they cut them just below the soil surface so the plant can’t grow back, but the roots decompose and improve the organic matter content of the soil. It’s genius soil-building work!”
— Bodhi S.
“Arizona doesnt have "gardeners" that actually understand plants and trees. Landscapers are people in trucks with tools doing the exact same thing to everybody's plants. That's why we don't hire one because they don't do what they're told. They do the same thing over and over again.
No formal training on how to communicate with a customer and provide individualized service based on the customers needs and requests. They don't know the difference between a plant or a weed.
If you are hiring a landscaper to come every month to blow out rocks and trim shrubs three times a year you're throwing your money away.”
— Kathy P.
“There are two groups: the ones that know absolutely nothing about plants, but they know how to mow and blow leaves and will trim trees, but not always [with] knowledge on how they should be trimmed.
The other group knows something about plants and has some training, but they only want to design your yard, not maintain it, and they cost an arm and a leg.
Would be nice if there was something in between.”
— Janet M.
welcome to in between…
welcome to in between…
observe • go slow • design • integrate • harvest • iterate • renew
