Edible Landscape Installation, From Ground to Table
First Planting To First Harvest, in Santa Cruz and the Greater South Bay
The most beautiful landscapes are the ones that fill the table. Orchard Keepers is an edible landscape installation company creating productive landscapes for properties in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Portola Valley, Atherton, and the greater South Bay, bringing fruit trees, edible gardens, and the systems that support them into one living, giving whole.
A Landscape That Gives Back
An edible landscape is measured in what it returns: fruit in the bowl, herbs in the kitchen, a reason to walk the property every day. We've been building them since 2004, when we started with home orchards, and every element we've added since serves the same purpose. Here is what goes into one.
Harvest in Every Month of the Year
Our Mediterranean climate is a standing invitation, and a well-designed edible landscape accepts it fully. With the right mix of fruit trees, berries, and vegetable beds, chosen for this coast and planted with intention, you can be harvesting something from your landscape every month of the year. Apples in fall, citrus in winter, berries through the long summer: the calendar becomes a menu.
It Starts With Design
Most projects start with design, because you cannot build well what you have not imagined together. Our design phase is how we get to know you and your land before anything is planted: your goals, your site's conditions, and the shape of what's possible. In-house edible expertise pairs with landscape design craft, so the plan is as sound horticulturally as it is beautiful on paper.
The Quiet Systems That Make It Thrive
Behind every productive landscape stands infrastructure doing patient work: irrigation matched to what each planting drinks, pathways and hardscape that make the garden livable, arbors and trellises that carry the harvest upward, berry houses that keep the critters out, rain gardens that put winter water to use. Orchard Keepers builds the whole system, because plants and infrastructure succeed or struggle together.
Designed with Nature in Mind
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Designed with Nature in Mind ◆
Trusted by Homeowners Who Care Deeply About Their Land
“The whole crew at Orchard Keepers did an amazing job on our property. From the design process, to the quality of detailed work, to expectation management and updates, and for owning the outcome, I saw zero gaps. Made a huge job look easy, and now our place looks amazing.”
Kurt S., via Google
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A Clear Approach to Edible Landscape Installation
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Begin With A Discovery Call And Site Visit
We start by listening: what you want to create in your space, how you hope to use it, and what the land itself has to say about it.
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Design The Landscape Together
Through our design phase, we develop the plan that fits your property and your goals, from plant selection to irrigation, hardscape, and the systems that hold it all together.
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Build And Plant With Care
Our skilled crew carries out the installation with attention to detail and clear, responsive communication at every step, so you always know where the project stands.
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Grow Into A Long-Term Partnership
When the planting is done, the relationship is just beginning. Our maintenance team can carry your new landscape forward with the ongoing care that turns a good installation into a great one.
Edible & Ecological Landscape Services
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Edible & Ecological Landscape Services ◆
FAQS
Edible Landscape Installation Questions We Hear Often
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An edible landscape installation can include fruit trees, berries, vegetable beds, native and ornamental plantings, irrigation systems, hardscape and pathways, arbors and trellises, fruit and vegetable houses, and rain gardens. Each project brings the elements together into one plan shaped by the site and how you want to live with it.
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Most projects begin with design, and for good reason: it's how we learn your land, set clear expectations, and plan the landscape as a whole before committing to the build. Smaller enhancements may need only a plant list, while complete renovations call for full digital design.
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Projects range from planting a few well-chosen fruit trees to complete transformations of the entire property. The scale matters less than the intent: if you want your landscape to produce food and support the life around it, there's a right-sized way to begin.
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With thoughtful variety selection suited to our Mediterranean climate, a landscape here can offer something to harvest in every month of the year. Fruit trees, berries, and seasonal vegetable plantings each carry different parts of the calendar, and good design weaves them together.
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Installation hands off naturally to care. Our maintenance team can partner with you long-term, tending the young landscape through establishment and beyond, so the trees, gardens, and systems we built keep improving with every season.
Santa Cruz Area Edible Landscape Installation Rooted In Stewardship
A landscape that feeds you changes how you live on your land. Schedule a consultation to explore edible landscape installation for your property in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Portola Valley, Atherton, or the greater South Bay.