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The Giving Gardeners

Giving Gardeners

The people behind the wheelbarrows

Every Giving Gardener volunteers hours each month. Profiles show experience, credentials, service area, and the work they've already done for neighbors.

  • Marcus Adeyemi

    Cedar & Sons Landscaping

    18 years of experience

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    Third-generation landscaper who believes nobody should lose their home to a yard citation. Marcus leads our senior yard-reset crew.

    • Yard resets
    • Low-maintenance conversions
    • Tree care
    • Licensed
    • Insured
    Service area
    Riverbend, Westside, Hillcrest
    Languages spoken
    English, Yoruba
    Volunteer availability
    Two donated Saturdays per month
    Website
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    Favorite native plants: Serviceberry · Little bluestem · Wild bergamot

    Before & after gallery

    • Senior yard reset

      Before

      Overgrown to the windows

      After

      Mulched beds + gravel path

    • Front walk rebuild

      Before

      Cracked concrete

      After

      Native border and level walk

  • Lena Vasquez

    Prairie Roots Garden Design

    11 years of experience

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    Lena turns thirsty lawns into pollinator habitat and teaches free native-plant workshops at the library.

    • Native plantings
    • Pollinator gardens
    • Water conservation
    • Licensed
    • Insured
    Service area
    Citywide, 20 mile radius
    Languages spoken
    English, Spanish
    Volunteer availability
    Monthly volunteer design consults
    Website
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    Favorite native plants: Purple coneflower · Blue grama · Common milkweed

    Before & after gallery

    • Lawn to meadow

      Before

      Struggling turf

      After

      Prairie meadow with paths

    • Rain garden

      Before

      Flooded side yard

      After

      Planted rain basin

  • Ruth Kowalski

    Steady Hands Garden Care

    24 years of experience

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    Ruth builds wheelchair-height beds so gardening stays possible at every age and ability.

    • Accessible raised beds
    • Seasonal help
    • Container gardens
    • Licensed
    • Insured
    Service area
    Northside, Maple Street
    Languages spoken
    English, Polish, ASL
    Volunteer availability
    Weekly visits for wheelchair users
    Website
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    Favorite native plants: Sedum · Aromatic aster · Alpine strawberry

    Before & after gallery

    • Accessible bed build

      Before

      Ground-level plot

      After

      Roll-under raised beds

    • Porch container garden

      Before

      Empty stoop

      After

      Herbs within easy reach

Are you a gardener or landscaper?

Donate a few hours a month, rehome plants from your projects, or teach a class. We handle the matching.

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