Specializing in homegrown foodscapes, pruning trees, roses and vineyards for 23 years.

Expert Garden Care

Serving the Palos Verdes Peninsula and South Bay. Trip charge applies to cities outside of this area, from Long Beach to Malibu.

Roses

Is your "gardener" killing your roses?

Fruit Trees

Harvest your own fruit

year-round.

Grapes

Find out why grapes are the most fun to prune!

About Judy

Since 1996, Judy has grown and harvested more than 185 varieties of fruit, vegetables, and herbs throughout Southern California and in Needham, MA. In 2002, Judy completed the University of California Master Gardener program, focused on helping low income families grow their own food. Later in 2002, Judy became a Certified Master Gardener in Massachusetts through the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. She uses biodynamic organic methods and Integrated Pest Management, concentrating on regenerative soil practices such as inoculating with fungi and bacteria, composting, and crop rotation.

Prices

Garden consult

Find out how to set up, renovate, or ameliorate your vegetable gardens, fruit trees, or raised beds. Add delicious variety to your orchard with intensive planting or grafting!

$250

includes follow up

Pruning & Training

Fruit Trees / Roses / Grapevines

Expert pruning of fruit trees for maximum yield, sweetness, and size control.

See how lovely roses can be when properly pruned.

$150 to $170/hr

depending upon height of trees

Fertilization

Judy buys the highest quality fruit tree fertilizer for the best, sweetest results. For roses, she mixes and applies the awesome "Rose Cocktail" recommended by the South Bay Rose Society.

Fruit Trees: $6.00/lb

Roses: $2.50 each

plus labor charge

Treatment of Diseases/Pests

Diagnosis and treatment of tree diseases, pest control using Integrative Pest Management and biological controls, least toxic methods first.

Call for consult

Fruit Tree Sales

Let Judy help you choose the best trees and rootstock for your climate and soil type. Find out what varieties taste the best, and plan for a rolling harvest with successive ripening of fruit. As a California Rare Fruit Grower, Judy will advise where to find unusual and rare trees. (Order in October, November, December for January planting.)

Most trees cost $60 each, delivered.

Grafting Services

Don't have a lot of space? Want more varieties on your existing trees? Judy has been grafting with a high degree of success for many years. Citrus budwood is sourced from the Citrus Clonal Protection Program and is guaranteed to be disease-free.

$150/hr plus

scion wood fee

Labor/Maintenance Service

Judy will plant trees, remove weeds, rotate crops, adjust sprinklers and bubblers, direct sow, plant starts, and generally clean up your edible garden.

Trees do best with quarterly maintenance visits. Pruning, shaping, and training shall be done throughout the year along with regular, on-schedule fertilizing.