Custom Design & Build
Sunkissed Garden is a permaculture nursery in Ocklawaha, Florida, specializing in edible and ecological landscaping projects, small and large scale
"Every outdoor space, raised bed, container garden, or planter we create contributes to protecting biodiversity, growing food, medicine, and pollinator habitats".
Our Approach
By building lasting relationships with our clients through our consult-design-build-caretaking process, we empower you to understand and interact with your landscape as you deepen your role as an environmental steward. Our approach is holistic, considering the unique characteristics of each site and the needs of its humans and inhabitants.
Key Principles
- Biodiversity Enhancement: We focus on incorporating native plants and creating habitats that support local wildlife, including essential pollinators like bees and butterflies.
- Soil Health: We prioritize practices that build and maintain healthy soil, such as composting, mulching, and minimal tilling, which enhance the soil's ability to retain water and nutrients.
- Water Conservation: Our designs include rainwater harvesting, efficient irrigation systems, and rain gardens to manage stormwater naturally.
- Edible Landscapes, planters, and container gardens: We integrate food-producing plants into your project, offering fresh, organic produce while supporting local ecosystems.
Our Process
- Consultation: We begin with an in-depth consultation to understand your vision, needs, and the specific conditions of your site.
- Design: Our team crafts a custom design that aligns with ecological principles and your personal preferences, ensuring functionality and aesthetics.
- Build: We bring the design to life, using sustainable materials and methods to construct your outdoor space, whether you want raised beds, container gardens, or decorative planters.
- Maintenance: Post-installation, we offer quarterly or monthly caretaking service plans and ongoing support to help your living project thrive.
Join us in creating a sustainable future, one garden at a time. Together, we can transform outdoor spaces into vibrant ecosystems that nourish people and the planet, building soil and restoring the water cycle. Your garden, no matter the size, can have a positive impact.
Most gardens are designed to be high-input systems⏤, water-intensive, chemically dependent, and high-maintenance. Instead of toxic, resource-heavy conventional landscapes, we build health from the ground up by transitioning landscapes to become ecologically sound, healthy ones. Our work is to reconcile the human-built environment and the natural world, creating a life-giving conversation between the two.
By building lasting relationships with our clients, we empower you to understand and interact with your landscape as you deepen your role as an environmental steward of the land.
Our Promise:
Every custom plant project we create is a one-of-a-kind, carefully crafted, ethically grown, and thoughtfully designed to root beauty into your everyday life.
Call or contact us now if you are ready to create the garden of your dreams!
We service all over Central Florida. A $200 in-person consultation fee for on-site evaluation and advice for food forest installations or raised bed gardens. The fee will be applied to the final project should you decide to move forward. Custom planters and container gardens consultation is done via phone or Zoom and delivered to your location.
Call Permaculture Designer - Gardener Karern Salem (512) 922-6609
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