Light & Shade Garden Design, Inc.

Specialties

At Light & Shade Garden Design, we offer a range of services from a consultation with the home-​gardener to development and installation of a design for an entire property. We are comfortable designing all manner of spaces: patios, walkways, driveways, terraces, outdoor rooms and play areas, vegetable, shade and entry gardens. Our goal is always to work in collaboration, not competition, with the natural environment. After careful analysis of existing conditions we select site-​appropriate, and therefore lower-​maintenance, materials and plantings to protect and enhance the natural diversity of the property.

We adopt a collaborative approach in our relationship with our clients too. Turning dreams into reality requires sensitivity to our clients’ needs and an understanding of their vision. Listening is key; close communication and regular feedback ensure that our interpretation matches client expectations, bringing pleasure to their daily life and value to their property.

Meet the Business Owner

Sally N.

Business Owner

Sally is a Certified Landscape Designer and NOFA-​certified Organic Land Care Professional. Her practical horticultural experience was gained in years of gardening in the U.K. and U.S., in California, the Mid-​Atlantic region and New England. She has been focusing on residential landscape design in the Boston area since 2002. Also, she has worked both independently and with others to complete designs on a pro bono basis for several organizations and institutions, including the Mystic River Watershed, Arlington’s Ottoson Middle School and the MAB Community Services’ Ivy Street School in Brookline, MA.

Sally very much enjoys her active involvement in the Arlington community, serving on the Tree Committee, the boards of the Friends of the Robbins Library and the Garden Club, helping present local events such as EcoFest and Books in Bloom, and teaching classes for Arlington Community Education.