Ink portrait of Elizabeth, smiling, with curly hair
About

Hi, I'm Elizabeth. I like people. I like plants even more.

I've loved gardening and plants since I was a kid. I grew food on a commune, worked for a garden designer during my college hippie stage, and spent a few years in the nonprofit world before I got tired of biz-cas, meetings and performance reviews. I gardened for a couple of landscape businesses, and after wanting my own for about six years, I finally took the leap in 2015.

Why "constant"?

One day I was hanging out in a friend's backyard. She went inside for a couple of minutes, and when she came back out, I was weeding.

I can't stop, won't stop. I am the constant gardener.

(The book and the movie, it turns out, have nothing to do with gardening. I'm told I should watch it anyway.)

How I work

Think of me as your plants' nanny.

I care about the plants and your garden. I take care of them while you're busy. I plant what's suited to our climate, I care for it organically, and I like to work collaboratively with people to see their garden vision come true.

I'm laid back, but I'm also dependable. I'm communicative, I'm honest, and I'll tell you what I actually think.

What I care about
  • Quality
  • Honesty
  • Sustainability
  • Native plants
  • Beauty, understated
Since 2015· Oakland & BerkeleyGardening since 1999, when I apprenticed with a landscape designerLandscape Horticulture coursework, Merritt College: design, planting design, native plants, plant ID, pruningMFA, Creative Nonfiction, 2015
Kind words
"Elizabeth is my constant gardener: creative, reliable, flexible, and fun! She helped me bring my vision to life so I now have the yard of my dreams, and she keeps it looking magical."
— Hope, Oakland · garden design client
"Elizabeth is a hardworking, honest, knowledgeable gardener who is as good as her word. Hard to find these days and I appreciate all her good work."
— Howard, Richmond
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