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.

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How a Flagstone Patio Can Support Your Edible Garden in Santa Cruz, CA

A flagstone patio in Santa Cruz, CA, should do more than create a place to sit. In a well-designed edible landscape, it should support the way people move through the garden, harvest from it, and spend time in a space shaped around food production. At Orchard Keepers, we approach every flagstone patio as part of a larger edible garden system, where fruit trees, vegetable beds, herbs, pollinator plants, and soil health remain the primary focus.

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