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Make Your Outdoor Space a Standout

Gardening Matters with KC Fahy-Harvick

Creative, expert design that transforms ordinary landscapes into distinctive, thriving spaces — designed with 30+ years of plant knowledge

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Consultations

Thoughtful Design. Practical Solutions. Thriving Landscapes

Bring practical, site-tested horticulture and thoughtful design to your property. KC Fahy Harvick offers tailored services for gardens, ponds, and whole-property improvements.

General Consult

Expert guidance for gardens, ponds, and landscapes — available on-site or virtually.

Design

Thoughtful, site-specific plans that balance beauty, function, and long-term success.

Diagnostics & Maintenance

Solutions for existing problems and practical plans to keep your landscape thriving.

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Winter Classes

Plow Ahead with KC

Live Winter Classes & Workshops on Zoom

We fall back—why not plow ahead? Join KC for seasonal demonstrations, practical garden advice, and ideas to carry into the year ahead.

Upcoming

Winter Porch Pots

Learn how to prepare your container, arrange fresh greens, and add natural and decorative accents for a display that lasts well beyond Christmas.

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The Living Garden Workshops

Small group garden workshops – with real world advice.

Come learn in KC's own gardens — a warm, hands-on setting where three decades of plant experience meet practical, everyday gardening. KC leads small intimate workshops (weather permitting) right in her beautiful, working beds and water features — you'll walk the planting areas, see seasonal combinations in person, and get one-on-one tips tailored to your site and skill level. If the weather won't cooperate, lessons move to Zoom.

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Fall Front Yard Refresh

Saturday, August 29 — 10:00 AM

It's not too late to improve your landscape! Fall is the ideal time to plant, divide, transplant, and rejuvenate your garden. Learn how to correct overgrown beds, struggling plants, disease, storm or animal damage, and poor plant placement. KC will review submitted photos and share practical, budget-friendly ideas you can apply this season.

Photo Submission:

Email 1–2 JPEGs (subject: CLASS PIC) to gardenwithkc@gmail.com before class.

Rain Date:

Following Monday at 7:00 PM via Zoom

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Steps to Easier Gardening Next Year

Saturday, September 19 — 10:00 AM

Fall is the best time to prepare your garden for a healthier, lower-maintenance spring. Learn which chores really matter—including pruning, dividing, transplanting, deadheading, and strategic weeding.

KC will share five practical strategies to reduce maintenance, save water, minimize chemical use, and keep your landscape thriving. You'll also learn what to cut back, what to leave for winter interest and wildlife, and how to give your plants the best start next season.

Work smarter this fall—enjoy a better garden next spring.

2-hour outdoor session, or a 2-hour Zoom

Rain Date:

Following Monday at 7:00 PM via Zoom

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Landscape Design

Seasoned expertise, thoughtful results

With more than 30 years of hands-on horticultural and design experience, KC Fahy-Harvick creates landscapes that are beautiful, functional, and resilient. Her design work blends strong composition, plant knowledge, and seasonal interest — from intimate container groupings to full property master plans and living water features — all tailored to your site, lifestyle, and budget.

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Make-Overs

Restorations

Property Master Plans

Year-Round Containers

Water Features

New Build Landscapes

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Meet KC Fahy-Harvick

KC brings 30+ years of experience with perennials and water features as a designer, speaker, and writer. Founder of Hawk's Nest Nursery and now principal of Gardening Matters, she specializes in inventive perennial combinations, water-feature design, and practical, low-maintenance solutions. Her work earned national recognition (2003 Ground Zero — top tier of 13,000 entries). KC also leads popular workshops like Spring Into Action and The Four-Season Garden, and writes regularly to help gardeners turn ideas into thriving landscapes.

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