Plant selection, installation and maintenance play a significant role in the making of gardens and landscapes. Beginning gardeners often struggle to understand how the selection of plants play decorative and functional roles in a wide variety of garden types to create a sense of style and place, and native habitat. And experienced gardeners and designers often lack the knowledge of how to successfully rehabilitate an aging landscape.

Michael has over thirty years of specialized expertise in growing and maintaining plants and demonstrating how our landscapes can be a source of environmental change, comfort and solace.

Michael’s experience as a project manager, plant procurement buyer, and horticultural consultant in the use and selection of superior woody and herbaceous plant varieties – always grounded in sustainable practices – can assist you in selecting the very best plants that save you time and money, and allow you to create style, match style to architecture and site, and provide true habitat for pollinators using native plants.

Most importantly, if the plants are derived from seed sources from local ecotypes, installing these hyper- local native plants in your landscape is especially beneficial because they are naturally adapted to your local climate and soil conditions, requiring less water and maintenance while providing crucial food and shelter for native wildlife like birds, insects, and small mammals, thus promoting biodiversity and a healthier ecosystem in your area.

Contact Michael to get your project off the ground properly!

In the meantime, increase your personal plant knowledge by viewing our Plants of the Month Below!

Every month MichaelVeracka.com selects key plants that celebrate each season, add visual interest and regenerate biodiversity to your landscape. For profiles of  the Plants of the Month, use the menu on the right sidebar.