Consulting

​On-site/One-on-One Landscape and Garden Consulting

Also see MENTORING - Payment is expected at the time of the consultation

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The consultation often includes, but is not limited to:

•   Plant Identification

•   Cultivation Techniques

•   Habitat Assessment (including soil and drainage)

•   Ornamental and Food Plants

•   What to Avoid

•   Planning and Purpose

•   Design

•   Resources​​

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Group Presentations

The Mad Botanist is an experienced educator and lecturer, noted for his forthright discourse and sarcastic humor

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Presentation topics include:

•   Gardening Under the Influence (of Myths)

•   Gardening with Native Plants

•   Bryophytes & Gardening with 'Mosses'

•   Best Fragrant Plants for the Midwest Garden

•   Fungi in the Garden: Sometimes Problematic or Food, but also a way to Healthier Plants

•   Soil, Compost, Mulch & Fertilizer

•   Vegetable Gardening & An Edible Landscape

•   My Favorite Shrubs for the Midwest and Why

•   Midwest Trees -- the Good and the Bad

•   Gardening with Conifers

•   Invasive Species: Strategies for Control and Removal

•   Plants You Should Not Want on Your Property

•   Gardening with Limitations/Restrictions

•   Common Gardening Mistakes

•   Magnificent Flowers

•   Best Plants and Practices to Attract Pollinators

•   Foraging: Best Wild Foods of the Midwest (Culinary Delights)

•   Beverage Plants in the Landscape

•   Weeds & Weeding

•   What Kind of Gardener are You?

•   Weather & Climate as They Relate to Gardening

•   Company Terms: Collective Nouns for Gardening and Plants

•   How to Grow Ericoids (Rhodos, Blueberries, etc.) in the Midwest

•   Autumn Gardening & Preparing for Winter