Education & Stewardship: Notes From the Field
What We're Learning on the Land, in Santa Cruz and the greater South Bay
Stewardship is a practice, and practices are meant to be shared. This journal gathers what our crews are seeing and learning across the orchards, gardens, and landscapes we tend: seasonal know-how, growing wisdom for this coast, and the occasional dispatch from a project we loved. For our library of evergreen growing references, visit our Cultivation Guides.
Garden Patio Company in Santa Cruz, CA: Sizing a Terrace Around How the Garden Gets Worked
Harvest season exposes the problem with a pretty terrace. Someone searching for a garden patio company in Santa Cruz, CA usually pictures a place to sit, and then finds there is nowhere to set down a full crate of apples, rinse a bunch of chard or park a wheelbarrow while pruning.
Orchard Keepers has grown since 2004 into a team of horticulturists, builders and gardeners caring for hundreds of home orchards and edible landscapes across Santa Cruz County and the greater South Bay.