We live and work on beautiful Southern Vancouver Island - the traditional homelands of the Lekwugen, Songhees, Esquimalt and WSNE peoples. We are grateful!. We transform boring and under-utilized landscapes into abundant, food-producing landscapes, from backyards to farms to public parks & community spaces.
Edible landscapes combine the aesthetics of formal landscaping features with the functionality of the 'kitchen garden' and 'home orchard'. They can provide year-round access to fresh, nutrient-dense fruit and vegetables as well as give you a chance to get outside more often and engage with nature.
We integrate seating spaces, patios, trellises, arbors, fruit trees, ponds, vegetable boxes, water collection, and even chickens into beautiful, productive landscapes that nourish the belly and the soul.Together, we can make your yard sing with life! When developing a farm or acreage, it is important to harmonize with natural processes while optimizing ecological resources.
Edible landscapes combine the aesthetics of formal landscaping features with the functionality of the 'kitchen garden' and 'home orchard'. They can provide year-round access to fresh, nutrient-dense fruit and vegetables as well as give you a chance to get outside more often and engage with nature.
We integrate seating spaces, patios, trellises, arbors, fruit trees, ponds, vegetable boxes, water collection, and even chickens into beautiful, productive landscapes that nourish the belly and the soul.Together, we can make your yard sing with life! When developing a farm or acreage, it is important to harmonize with natural processes while optimizing ecological resources.
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We are a family-owned & operated business, that specializes in creating landscapes that produce food, medicine and fodder; increase soil carbon; foster bio-diversity and absorb and store water. In the city, that means edible landscapes, home/community micro-orchards and kitchen gardens. On farmland, that means promoting perennial, low-carbon agriculture with emphasis on multi-functional tree crops, soil health and holistic water management.
Our team serves Greater Victoria, Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands. Remote design consulting using screen-share software is also possible for the right project. This service is for the home gardener who needs some experienced, outside eyes to take their garden to the next level. Our process involves a short online survey, a site visit, follow up recommendations & resources to get you pointed in the right direction.
Since 2010, we have worked with hundreds of clients, including home-owners, landscape renovators, backyard gardeners, community groups, municipalities, research institutions, music festivals, farmers, community groups, and local businesses. Despite this wide range of clients & projects, there is a common thread that unites our work:.
Reviews (10)
Maria-Jose Pria
Jan 26, 2022
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After a couple of years of building our veggie garden on our own we decided we wanted help to maximize our growing space, reduce work in keeping it up and make it look better. Hatchet and Seed did just that. Their design helped us significantly increase our growing space and has served us lots of time so we can focus on the parts of gardening that we enjoy. Plus it looks great and we love spending time in our new garden. Thanks!
Cindy Holmes
Jan 18, 2022
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The Hatchet & Seed crew took our front and back yards from dull, weedy, dead grass dirt squares to flourishing, self-sustaining habitat for birds, bees, butterflies—and humans. We now have a productive berry patch amid a beautiful edible landscape, including raised beds, fruit trees, lemon grass and myriad other wonders. The entire crew was knowledgeable, friendly, adaptable, and super hardworking, an absolute pleasure to have around. The "hatchet" part of the landscape, in the form of rustic cedar log edges and driftwood accents, is beautiful and cleverly done. The work on the stone wall was
Kathleen Zimmerman
Jan 03, 2022
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Tayler and crew built some beautiful raised beds out of yellow cedar, brought in the soil, installed trickle irrigation (which was so useful during the "heat dome" of 2021), and delivered and spread the wood chip mulch in the pathways. The whole project completely transformed my back yard! I was very pleased with the results, and highly recommend them!
John McClarnon
Sep 15, 2021
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We are thoroughly satisfied with the garden project completed for us by the Hatchet & Seed crew. The ferro cement beds were a perfect solution for our property. In addition to being functional, the completed work looks great and blends in nicely with the landscape. Communication, quality of work, attention to detail, craftsmanship and tidiness of the work site were all excellent. Highly recommended!
Pete Knutson
Jun 18, 2020
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We are so happy with the garden space that Hatchet & Seed designed and installed for us. Tayler & Tim were fantastic to work with! They took my initial ideas and designed a space that was even better than I had imagined. They were knowledgeable, professional, efficient, always willing to answer questions and make tweaks as we went. We now have a beautiful backyard garden space and are looking forward to expanding with a phase two in the future. We would highly recommend Hatchet & Seed!
Teresa Hall
Jan 12, 2020
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We can't say enough good things about Tayler and Tim at Hatchet and Seed. They are on the cutting edge of eco-design, incorporating into their designs all that we currently know about supporting and regenerating soil health.
They helped design and establish our silvopasture field and completely designed (and mostly installed) a brilliant irrigation system perfect for our small farm. They listened to and were sensitive to our needs and happy to work around our parameters. Extremely knowledgeable, they were able to take our mostly unformed ideas, refine and sharpen them, and then bring them to life
They helped design and establish our silvopasture field and completely designed (and mostly installed) a brilliant irrigation system perfect for our small farm. They listened to and were sensitive to our needs and happy to work around our parameters. Extremely knowledgeable, they were able to take our mostly unformed ideas, refine and sharpen them, and then bring them to life
Ms. G'S. Teaching Ideas
Dec 22, 2019
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Tim and Tayler from Hatchet and Seed installed a much needed irrigation system to my urban farm. They were professional, efficient, and absolutely lovely to work with. My garden is quite elaborate (lots of nooks and crannies) yet they made me feel like the installation was easy and that nothing was impossible.
Kat Mason
Oct 26, 2019
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Yesterday I attended their Kitchen Garden: Join the Revolution! Workshop, located at their beautiful home base in Vic West. The knowledge, skill and attention they put into their work is abundantly clear! What really impressed me is their attitude towards continuously learning new things and sharing with honesty where they've learned from their own mistakes. Having that said, they are extremely knowledgeable abut compost systems, irrigation, wicking beds (this wow'ed me!) and drainage for flooding. Their focus on staying current with what food and social trends are happening in the community is
Louise Oborne
Dec 12, 2018
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Adam Batty
Nov 04, 2018
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Over the past 6 months Hatchet & Seed has helped us transform our grassy yard into a charming food growing space. We initially contacted Hatchet & Seed for a consultation to help us understand how to take better advantage of our yard and grow more food. Based on the discussion, they developed a plan to build a Garden Room with raised beds and built-in privacy. It produced a bounty of food in its first summer and we spend so much time there with 2 little kids enjoying the space. This fall we asked Hatchet & Seed to help design and build more raised garden beds, providing more space for annual crops
