Botanical plate of purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, from 1787

Larkmoor Gardens
Herbarium of planted gardens
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Spring 2027plantings booking now

Garden design and plantingHudson Valley, NY

Gardens that look better every year you live with them.

We design and plant meadow-style gardens, stone walls and paths. Less mowing, more life.

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Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflowerIn almost every meadow we plant

Same yard. One season later.

Pages from our garden journal. Drag across each photo to see the yard the day we arrived and the season after.

Gardens we have planted

Every one filed like a specimen. Tap a sheet to see it larger.

From first walk to first bloom

One designer stays with your garden from the site visit to the first-year check-ins. You always know who to call.

  1. Hand-drawn garden plan with circles marking planting groups

    Week 1

    We walk the yard with you

    Two hours on site. We test the soil, note where water sits after rain and ask how you actually use the space.

  2. Gardener carrying a spade through a planted bed

    Weeks 2 to 4

    You get a drawn plan and a fixed price

    A scaled plan, a plant list for every bed and one number for the build. No surprise line items later.

  3. Hands setting a young plant into dark soil

    Spring or fall

    Our crew builds and plants

    Most gardens take one to three weeks. We protect your lawn edges, haul everything away and leave the beds mulched.

  4. Pale purple phlox spilling over a gravel path

    The first year

    We come back four times

    Weeding, replacing anything that sulks and teaching you the ten minutes a week the garden needs.

Price list, 2026 and 2027 seasons

What gardens usually cost

Real ranges from the last two seasons. Your fixed price comes with the plan.

Design visit and plan

$1,850

Site visit, scaled drawing, plant list and a fixed build price. Credited in full if we build it.

Lawn to meadow

$14k to $38k

Lawn lifted, soil prepared, plugs and seed for 800 to 2,500 sq ft of native planting.

Paths, walls and patios

$28k to $85k

Dry-laid bluestone, fieldstone walls and gravel paths, with the planting around them.

Whole-property gardens

$90k and up

Phased over two or three seasons so the work and the spending are spread out.

Prices include plants, materials, labor and four first-year visits. Irrigation is quoted separately when a garden needs it.

Botanical plate of bee balm, Monarda didyma, from 1792
Monarda didyma, bee balm. Plate 145, 1792.
Botanical plate of butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, from 1868

We used to mow it every Saturday. Now we sit out there every evening and count the goldfinches.

Homeowner in Rhinebeck, lawn to meadow, 2025

Book a design visit

Tell us what you want to change. A designer calls you within two business days to set a date.

  • Two hours on siteWeekdays or Saturday mornings
  • Plan in under four weeksDrawn to scale with a full plant list
  • Prefer to talk first?(845) 555-0172
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