A lawn is a liability
Most backyards in America are liabilities, not assets. You mow the lawn, breathing in fumes; you buy pretty flowers to impress the neighbors and then stay inside in front of a screen. Why not put your yard to work for you?
Permaculture design for real backyards
Put your yard to work.
We turn an ordinary suburban lot into a designed food forest — true-scale blueprints, a plant-by-plant plan, and a real budget. You pick the direction; we draw the property.
Why you need a food forest ↑ Top
Health starts at home
Most Americans are unhealthy, and the quality of what we eat makes an incredible difference to our vitality. The status quo American diet is a poor foundation. Growing real food is the most direct lever a household has. Not medical advice.
A more resilient food system
The average American city holds only about three days of food in its grocery stores. Just-in-time delivery is profitable, so resilience has to come from households. One backyard of nutritious food makes your family and community incrementally stronger.
An investment that grows
Money can grow on trees — when it is a red-haven peach. Put part of your long-horizon savings into a tree that grows as you age and bears fruit through your graying years. A tree is an investment; fruit is the dividend. Not financial advice.
Lessons for your kids
Delayed gratification, an honest understanding of cause and effect, and the plain truth that you reap what you sow — common-sense lessons that are not so common anymore.
What you get by signing up ↑ Top
Every property gets the same complete, consistent package:
Three design drafts
Distinct, named philosophies for the same lot — each fully drawn, so you choose a direction instead of guessing.
True-scale blueprints
Every plant drawn as a real-size circle on your survey plan, filterable by layer and by zone.
Zone briefs
A short, human-readable note for each zone: what it must achieve and what to plant there.
A transparent budget
Plant-by-plant costs, each line marked as a listed nursery price or a planning estimate.
Sector analysis
Sun, wind, water and other external influences mapped for your specific lot and hardiness zone.
Local nursery pointers
Project-specific sourcing notes mapped to the shared plant database, so you know where to ask.
How the process works ↑ Top
- Create your account. E-mail and password, with a verification code and a quick bot check.
- Choose a service. Do it yourself from our template, or book a guided hour with us — see pricing below.
- Send your property. Fill in the guidance template and upload your photos and zone sketch.
- Receive your design. Sign in and open your property to see the drafts, blueprints, budget and analysis.
Pricing ↑ Top
Two ways to work with us. Final figures depend on lot complexity; these are the planning bands.
Option 1 — DIY
$350–650
You receive no one-on-one input. You fill in the guidance template and upload your photos and zone sketch yourself, and we run it through the design engine.
Option 2 — Hand holding
$900–1,500
We book an hour with you to talk through your needs, then fill in the template and the zone sketch together before the design is produced.
Prices are planning bands and exclude nursery stock, shipping and installation.