Plant Wise | Reconnect with the beauty of nature.

Nature-Inspired Landscapes

Reconnect with the beauty of nature.

Mission

My mission is to create captivating, sustainable, outdoor spaces that inspire passion for nature and promote environmental stewardship. I strive to empower clients with the knowledge and support they need to foster a deep connection between them and their outdoor environments. Gardens should be beautiful to all species.

Let's Talk About Your Landscape

Does This Sound Like You?

    • Watering nbd fertilizing feel like chores.
    • You’re tired of seeing the same landscaping house after house.
    • You enjoy sharing your space with butterflies, birds, and other wildlife.
    • You have a problem site where nothing seems to thrive.
    • You want a place where family and friends can reconnect — with each other and nature.
    • You care about the environment and the effect your landscape has on it.
    • You value a thoughtful, personalized experience — and supporting a small local business.

Plan(t) Wise Design can help.

Why Native Plants?

In North America, manicured lawns and gardens filled with “traditional” non-native plants have become the norm. These landscapes offer little support to beneficial wildlife, while often demanding significant amounts of water, fertilizers, mulch—and your time and money. Meanwhile, in our tech-driven, screen-filled lives, our connection to nature is slipping away. My designs focus on using primarily native species, helping to support your local ecosystem while bringing you closer to the natural world right outside your door.

Orange and black Monarch butterfly on purple flowers with its wings open.

Reap the Benefits

Right plant, right place – proper consideration of a plant’s light, soil type, and moisture requirements is necessary to reap the benefits of a low-maintenance garden. Your new design will use plant communities that are selected to thrive in your existing conditions and best match the level of time you wish to spend managing your garden. Looking for inspiration?

Native Plant Benefits

Native plants offer a host of benefits that make them a smart choice for any garden. They’re low maintenance, when selected for the site, having adapted to our climate and growing conditions. Once established, they need little to no supplemental watering, saving you time and conserving water. They thrive without added fertilizers and have natural defenses against many pests and diseases, letting Mother Nature handle pest control while keeping harmful chemicals out of our waterways. Pruning is minimal—often just a spring clean-up.

Beyond their practical nature, native plants provide critical environmental support and habitat, especially as natural areas continue to disappear. Many wildlife species, including bees and butterflies, have formed essential relationships with native plants, relying on specific species for their survival. Choosing native plants means creating a garden that’s beautiful, sustainable, and vital for the ecosystem.

Advantages Over Traditional Gardening

All these things mean you save time, effort, and money over a traditional garden. You also get a feeling of contentment, joy, and accomplishment from watching an abundance of life, including butterflies and moths, birds, and other small critters critical to our ecosystems, buzz, flutter, and cavort around your space. What’s not to love about landscapes styled with nature in mind?

What People Are Saying

“There are people who have gardens and then there people who see nature in all of its honest and lustrous beauty and are able to bring it to life first in their imagination and then into the world. Heather’s imagination is vivid and her earthly creations divine.”
– D.C.
“Plant Wise Garden and Landscaping is an excellent choice for your gardening project. Heather is very professional and knows her plants and how to mix and match. She is very attuned to what you want and is able to decipher and understand what you would like even if you cannot put it into words! I am glad that I decided to go with Plant Wise!
– Sam
“Heather is an artist who’s media is nature and the living garden. She is an expert in plants and flowers and how to attract the beauty of nature into your own backyard. She can plan your garden to be low maintenance and attract butterflies, birds, and even dragonflies. She has some great programs available, she is dedicated to her clients, very detail-oriented, and educated in her field.”
– Lynn R.

“I love how much Heather cares for the environmental benefit of gardens and landscaping. Her passion is inspiring.”

– Charmaine G.

“The passion that Heather has for gardens, gardening and native plants and species simply radiates from her. It is part of her fabric as a person. If you want expert, and I do mean expert, advice from someone who truly cares at a core level, then Heather from Plant Wise Garden and Landscape Design IS your person!”

– Jeff W.

“Heather is great. She is so passionate about gardens and the environment and it shows in her attention to detail. She has been a wonderful resource when I have random questions…”

– Andrea W.

“Heather is passionate about designing gardens for her clients and showing them how to incorporate more nature into their lives. She designed my garden and I enjoyed multiple caterpillars, a monarch transformation, hummingbirds, and more friends along with the beauty of all of the flowers and grasses. Heather is the best!”

– Beth P.