Deeply Rooted Design

Specialties

At Deeply Rooted Design, we believe that landscapes are about more than just looks. The best homes extend their boundaries to the outdoors to include food production, water harvesting, living space, functional pathways, beneficial wildlife habitat, and more.

We aim to create functional and beautiful landscapes tailored to your needs. Whether your vision is to cultivate an abundance of vegetables, harvest fruit and nuts right outside your door, attract pollinators, control rainwater run-​off, or to just relax in your backyard Eden, we can guide you there.

We offer consultation, design, and installation services in Frederick County, MD and surrounding areas for any property type, from small urban backyards and suburban homesteads to large acreage farms. To get started, contact us to set up a consultation. We look forward to visiting your unique site and helping turn your vision into a reality!

Meet the Business Owner

Nicole L.

Business Owner

I got my start with cultivating food from the land in college, though my love for nature goes back to my roots in the Poconos, PA. Today, I’m getting to combine the best of both worlds by creating functional food producing landscapes modeled after natural systems. For several years, I have worked with Ecologia, an edible and ecological landscaping business owned by Michael Judd and based in Frederick, MD. With Michael as my mentor, I have honed my craft in design and implementation and worked on editing and promotion of Michael’s book Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, the building of Michael and Ashley’s circular straw bale home, and the overall development of the Judd homestead. I earned my Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) in 2013, and I now assist with the annual course.

On the side, I’m working with my husband Thomas to develop our property in Thurmont into a permaculture-​based farm. You’ll often see Thomas working alongside me on installations.