ECOLOGICALLY RESILIENT LANDSCAPES
OUR MISSION
Earth Designs Cooperative curates ecologically resilient landscapes, transforming current narratives of land use from exploitation to regeneration, creating custom works of living art.
Our Story
Earth Designs Cooperative is a worker-owned co-op. We specializes in grounds & project management, design & install of hard and soft scapes, vegetable gardens, meadows, forestry, arboriculture, and custom stonework.
What is a Cooperative?
A cooperative is a business that is owned, managed, and governed by its employees. Employees participate in the oversight, direction, and profits of the business in a democratic manner.
2025 Calendar Now Open!
We are accepting inquiries for the 2025 season.
Our Services
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Consultation
Conceptual planning and recommendations for design as well as education on general maintenance of ornamental, edible, and medicinal gardens.
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Design
Hand drawn designs for outdoor use and beautification purposes. Our design principles are oriented toward regenerative and sustainable practices that embody whole-systems thinking.
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Installation
Horticultural projects ranging from whole-property ecosystem development to small ornamental gardens. As well as, ecological restoration (including meadows and native lawns), vegetable gardens and apothecary (medicinal herb) gardens, stonework, and trail-building.
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Maintenance
Spring and fall cleanups, regularly scheduled garden maintenance and mulching, meadow and native lawn management, invasive species management, restoration of neglected landscapes.
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Forestry Arboriculture
Root to stem tree health assessments, orchard installation and care, wildlife habitats & habitat rehabilitation, nature trail installation and maintenance, pest prevention, invasive management, pruning, removals.
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Custom Stone Masonry
Custom installation of stone walls, garden paths, steps, retaining walls, tiered gardens, boulder installation, fire pits, patios. We use natural broken flagstone and true bluestone sourced locally in the Hudson Valley.
“Thank you so much to Colin and the whole Earth Designs Cooperative team for the perfect, amazing, beautiful, extraordinary, wonderful-smelling, eye-dazzling enclosed raised bed garden and flagstone path, which is the envy of the entire neighborhood and which I have ended several Zoom meetings early this month just to go stand inside.”
