Services

Garden Understories endeavours to give you high level professional service, 

from communication to labour to advice, 

while respecting your desires, lifestyle and budget. 

NATIVE PLANT NURSERY

*Next Native Plant Sale: Fall 2026 

*email gardenunderstories@gmail.com for info*

-Reliable, remarkable, eco-typic Kootenay native plants for sale

-Grown from sustainably collected wild and cultivated seed

-Current stock seeded fall 2024

-Enrich and strengthen your gardens and their surrounding ecosystems with unexpectadly stunning native plants

FRUIT TREES

-Pruning February-April, July-August

-Establish and maintain good structural framwork on young plantings

-Renovate mature/malpruned/neglected trees 

-Bring & keep tree to managable height

-Exit the yearly water-shoot response cycle; encourage healthy reproductive growth instead of vegetative growth

-Remove dead/disased/damaged and old, low-vigour growth

-Evaluate fungal/insect pest issues and create action plan (prioritizing foundational health and simple, non-toxic practices)

-Deep root fertilization

Bart and Lisa have 
finally left the yard

-Want to learn the fundamentals of fruit tree pruning? Contact us to arrange a coaching session!

 

SOFTSCAPE DESIGN

Enriching both the human and more-than-human experience

-Specializing in professional, joyful, low maintenance, drought tolerant garden design

-Kootenay native plants, reliable favoured ornamentals, medicinal herbs, pollinator and food plants

-From tidy beds around the house to cohesive whole-property designs to atmospheric meadows in the "back 40", and everything in between

-Resourceful designs that work within your budget and energy parameters

-Tips on bringing costs down if necessary

-Tips on future maintenance to ensure success and satisfaction

-Design papers including scale drawings; legend; plant ID, description/features and photos 

SOFTSCAPE INSTALL

-Site prep including soil evaluation, amending, grading

-Special planting protocol to support growth and self-sufficiency

-mulches/groundcovers

-creative and resourceful ideas to complete design using materials onsite or nearby

 

GARDEN CARE

There are "low maintenance" gardens, 

but there are no "no maintenance" gardens. 

 

-Weeding, pruning, fertilizing, mulching, soil-building, transplanting, raking etc.

-Keeping the garden healthy and beautiful

 

CONSULTATION

-Insight and advice for your landscape 

-Includes email summary so you don't have to worry about taking notes