How it started
When I started designing gardens twenty years ago, I kept meeting the same person: a homeowner who loved their yard but didn't know where to start. They weren't looking for a crew to show up with a truck full of shrubs. They wanted to learn. They wanted to understand which plants would thrive in their soil, how to arrange them, what would bloom when. They just needed someone to sit with them and say here's what will work.
The problem was, nobody was offering that. Landscaping companies wanted the big installation jobs. If your project was too small or you wanted to do the planting yourself, you were on your own — scrolling Pinterest, guessing at the nursery, hoping for the best.
I started Gardenette in 2019 to fill that gap. Over 300 homeowners have planted a Gardenette design since then. Some are first-timers who'd never put a shovel in the ground. Some are experienced gardeners who just wanted a fresh eye on their space. All of them wanted the same thing: a yard they're proud of, built with their own hands.
Meet Nora
I've been designing gardens for nearly twenty years — and I still get excited every time a client sends me a photo of what they planted. My training includes:
Landscape Design Certificate, Cornell University
Certified Nursery & Landscape Professional
Garden Columnist for the Buffalo Spree Magazine
NYS Nursery and Landscape Association Member
Every garden I design is built around your specific space, style, and growing conditions — not a template. My job is to make the planning easy so you can focus on the part that matters: getting your hands in the dirt.