cdb gardens

A consulting practice dedicated to sustainable

Maintenance
Management
Visioning of Designed Gardens

S E R V I C E S P R O V I D E D :

Maintenance & Management

Retain the garden vision of the landscape designer/owner

Identify the needs of the garden through regular site visits

Guide and instruct client's gardening staff in appropriate maintenance procedures

Select and supervise all specialty subcontractors

Offer on-site solutions and problem solving

Freshen garden containers seasonally and for special events

Garden Visioning

Articulate landscape needs and desires with homeowner

Encourage the use of native and xeriscape plants

Suggest possible changes and research estimated costs

Find and interview landscape architects/designers, if desired

Carolyn Doepke Bennett offers clients 30 years experience as a hands-on gardener, floral arranger and landscape historian.

She has served on the Boards of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, the Cultural Landscape Foundation, and the Garden School Foundation. She is an active volunteer with The Garden Conservancy and Garden Club of America, serving as a regional representative for the Garden History and Design Committee.

She has also worked for Nancy Goslee Power & Associates in Santa Monica and continues to write and lecture frequently on gardens and garden history. Her articles have appeared in Garden Design Magazine, Pacific Horticulture, The Christian Science Monitor and Shaping the American Landscape (UVA Press, 2010).

Her garden has been featured in Martha Stewart Living Magazine and "Tomorrow's Garden" by Stephen Orr.