raiseD BEDS

Raised beds are a great way to design a 3-D garden space in your yard. Each bed is accessible via pathways and from all sides, so the garden soil is never disturbed. It’s an effective way to grow an abundance of food in a more controlled system. Drip irrigation is often installed in each bed to ensure the soil never dries out.

Our team of experienced woodworkers can build custom raised bed gardens designed to keep pests, deer and dogs out of your garden. Each bed is made from local materials and crafted with the goals of the client in mind. We think they look pretty beautiful, too!

In ground gardens offer a way to grow food in areas where there is already optimal soil health. We can add mulch, gravel and stone pathways to define the beds and build in drip irrigation lines with timers for easy watering.

One of the greatest pleasures of growing fruit trees and berry patches is the access to incredible fruit that isn’t typically found at the grocery store. We love to connect clients with locally-adapted and native fruit plants that thrive in the St. Louis region yet are hard to find due to a lack of public awareness. We’re here to change that! Cultivated varieties of pawpaws, jujubees, currants, goumis, persimmons - even plums and apples - can thrive with a minimal amount of maintenance and without the use of harmful pesticides. Here’s a look at some of our clients’ delicious harvests!

A BACKYARD BOUNTY

This urban food forest features meandering pathways, a rain garden and a myriad of perennial edibles. Fruit trees like pawpaws, figs, hybrid persimmons and Asian pears occupy the top layer of this yard, while multipurpose flowers, herbs, and groundcovers fill in to take advantage of all the sunlight this site has to offer. Each year this food forest will become more and productive while requiring less and less work to maintain.

A woodland foRaging experience

For this partly shady backyard, CF emphasized native shrubs and groundcovers that are commonly foraged in the wild areas of Missouri. The sunnier main corridor of the yard features raised garden beds for incorporating vegetables into this backyard landscape. A live edge bench and trellis invite the homeowners into the landscape while serving as a screen to the carport.