Maypop Garden Designs: Growing Community Spaces!

Contact Heidi for a consultation at HeidiCliniteArt@gmail.com

Consultations for Private Gardens

Artist Heidi Clinite is also a gardener and she wants to design your home and community garden landscape!

Since starting Maypop Garden Designs for community spaces in 2022, Heidi keeps getting requests from people to help with their home gardens. She loves this opportunity to grow and is now expanding her business to meet these demands.

Schedule a consultation for the soon, so we can start planting in the spring or fall!

During the consultation, we will discuss location of garden beds, types of plants and garden styles. Heidi will take notes and pictures and take in consideration already existing plants. She will then research additional plants specific for your garden. She will sketch designs, a map layout for those plants, write a list of plants, budget, where to purchase them, and when to plant them. Heidi will also help you plant the garden if requested. But first, clients will need to sign a contract prior to consultation and make a deposit.

Disclosure: Heidi is not a licensed landscape architect, so she cannot design an irrigation system for you. However, she is a passionate lifelong gardener with an artistic eye. Your garden will not look like a boring average corperate-designed yard. It will be unique, whimsical and inviting!

When it comes to gardening, Heidi makes a point to be as resourceful and organic as possible. So she makes a point to not use garden fabric or chemicals. Her resourcefulness makes things budget friendly. When it comes to design, Heidi takes into consideration the existing environment, how to make the space user-friendly to those engaging with it while simultaneously beautiful and inviting.

Consultation Packages

The Vision Board Package includes a survey, a hand-drawn garden design sketch, a map layout of garden beds, and a comprehensive list of recommended plants for each bed and when to plant them. Price starts $200 for the first 1/8 acre, includes the $50 deposit via Venmo. For each additional 1/8 acre, it’s another $150 per allotment. Remainder of the balance must be made upon site visit. Designs may take 2-4 weeks.

The Savvy Squirrel Package is an add on package. It includes everything in the Vision Board Package plus an estimated budget for plants and supplies and a recommendation list on where to purchase the supplies. Price starts at an additional $100 per 1/8 acre. Budget may take 2-4 weeks.

The Pack Mule Package: Heidi orders and picks up plants and supplies from garden centers and delivers them to your garden location within her ability. Client must either preorder the supplies or pay Heidi for supplies before delivery. Price is $50/hr for delivery plus the cost of supplies.

The Pro Gardener Package: have Heidi plant things for you with her artist eye and gardening knowledge. You are welcome to work with her and learn from each other. Heidi will bring tools and plant the garden beds. Price is $50/hr.

The Babbling Brook Package: Do you wanna talk nerdy dirty about dirt and plants? Do you have questions about your garden or want Heidi to talk on a plant panel? Book her to babble like a brook! She will tell you everything she knows. If she does not know the answer to your problem, she’s happy to research issues for you. Price is $50/hr.

The Watering Can Packages: Going out of town? Schedule Heidi to water your plants while you’re gone. Options: Indoor Plants $15 per visit. Outdoor Plants $25 per hour to water your garden. For both indoor & outdoor plants, you get a $5 discount off indoor plants per visit. Magnesium Treatment: $10, Heidi will add magnesium to the watering can to give your plants a boost, this is recommended once a month. Disclaimer: Heidi will not be held responsible for plants that die when following directions or watering plants during extreme weather conditions. Sometimes plants die back for a season and come back later, and sometimes plants just die. She uses her best judgement and has your interest at heart.

Testimonials

“Heidi’s design is aesthetically and functionally perfect. She is a creative artist who has envisioned a beautiful landscape which complements my home, incorporates my preferences, and delights my heart. She is also scrupulously attentive to practicalities—everything from determining where gas lines are before digging to providing estimates and contracts. I now want to enlist her to transform my side and back yards.” -Suzanne Doonan

“The information she provided was incredible! She’s clearly very knowledgeable. Thanks again.” -Ric Geyer

Community Gardens

Do you know of a community garden or park in need of a green thumb? With your input, Heidi will determine what plants will thrive best in your public space. She will design the layout and plant the beds with the assistance of your volunteers. Once the plants are settled, Heidi will develop a watering and weeding plan your group can maintain. Heidi will gladly do monthly or seasonal check ups on your garden and help you plan for other seasons.

Heidi has designed and planted community gardens at The Creative Alternative and Campus Clubs. She recently redesigned the Campus Clubs garden in their playground so it’s more accessible for the kids. They will break ground on the project this summer and work on it throughout the fall.

In addition to these community spaces, Heidi has designed a couple of other community gardens for potential spaces that may come to fruition in the long run. To see the plans for these secret gardens, join her Patreon!

Heidi’s Home Garden

Heidi and her hubby Kris are reworking their home garden after having volunteer trees cut down. There is a lot more sun, which is great for her husband’s vegetable garden! They have planted a bunch of trees, it just takes time for them to shade the yard again. Her puppy, Clementine, is very helpful with digging holes.

They have also recently dug and installed a lily pond! Kris was able to reuse an old electric pump he had from a hydroponic system. Clementine loves playing in it and chomping on the water hyacinths. Heidi planted all around it and can’t wait for the flowers to fill in!

Please note: water hyacinths are invasive and should not be put into any natural waterways. They should be kept in containers. As you can see, they multiplied so quickly from the one or two that they started with. Their only natural predator is the Clementine, lol. The flower is really pretty though!