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Stewardship Care Services
Do you love your garden, but it's proving to be too much, too often?
Imagine Your Garden Thriving Season After Season
You are our favorite people. We know because you’ve made it here.
You’re already doing great work in the world, taking care of others. That often means there’s little time left over to give your garden. You want so badly to do the best you can with this patch of earth you’ve been given, but there’s only so much you can do.
Before long, the garden isn’t joyful anymore. It feels like a pile of tasks — instead of a sanctuary. Instead of feeling relaxed in your home on a lovely day, you feel overwhelmed, confused and guilty. That’s not how a garden should feel!
Why Stewardship, Not Just Maintenance?
Have you tried to hire help before, but the mow-and-blow crew ripped out treasured plants without asking? Or maybe they proved a headache — never saying when they were coming and leaving things a mess?
We saw too many people struggling to find good, knowledgeable, communicative garden help.
Which is why each year we take on a select number of stewardship clients, who benefit from:
Consistency — regular visits that keep your garden progressing instead of sliding backwards.
Ecological Care — pruning, planting and weeding methods that work with nature, not against it.
Expert Eyes — we catch problems early and keep your garden balanced and healthy.
Peace of Mind — your investment in design, plants, and soil doesn’t fizzle out; it grows stronger with time.
Our Philosophy in Action
At Vivant, we believe a garden is more than just land; it’s a living, breathing ecosystem that deserves our careful and conscientious attention.
Unlike traditional yard maintenance, which leans on quick fixes and chemical solutions, our approach to stewardship is rooted in sustainability, health and ecological sensitivity. We’re not here to cut grass and trim hedges — we’re here to ensure your garden thrives in harmony with nature, which makes it lower maintenance for you over time.
Our practices include:
• Chop-and-drop trimming
• Natural soil amendments
• Hand weeding
• Incorporation of native plants
• Design/build of organic edible gardens
• Installing lawn alternatives
• Prioritizing ecological care techniques over chemicals
Stewardship Care is quiet
and uses good tools.
We only use herbicides to spot-treat the most invasive plants. Our small but mighty team avoids gas-powered machinery and fleets of trucks. Edges and sidewalks are hand-swept with good old-fashioned brooms and elbow grease.
As part of your stewardship care package, we’ll bring a small set of favorite tools to be stored onsite at your property. This saves fossil fuel trips — and means you’ll have tools handy when you want to “tinker” in the garden yourself. Each winter, these tools are collected, cleaned, oiled, and sharpened for long-term care.
Stewardship is also Education
We know that you want more than to just see the garden thrive. You want to understand why it's thriving and how it is serving! That's why our Stewardship Care packages include seasonal walkthroughs of your garden (outside the bustle of your workdays, with our leadership team). This gives us a chance to dream bigger with you on what the garden can be and talk through your questions or concerns personally.
In addition, our team will always be ready to share their knowledge, tips and techniques with you. On any day that the gardeners come, you are welcome to join us and get some soil under your nails :) We love to teach what we know and are happy to share our technical knowledge to help you and your garden succeed.
Our goal is that your garden’s needs decrease over time while your confidence grows!
When your time with our team ends, you should feel like the head gardener
for your own space - with Vivant as the coaches who helped cheer you along 🌿
Stewardship Packages
Book By Jan 9 for 10% off Your Care
Every garden is unique, which is why our stewardship care is customized after your consultation.
Still, most of our clients fit into one of these three rhythms of care.
Choose from the following garden care options for the season (mid-March to mid-November),
including 3 seasonal consults with our founder Kasey to guide the garden forward:
Monthly Visits
$844 per month
We come out for a workday once a month, alternating between one- and two-person crews based on seasonal need.
This is ideal for the small Chicago “postage stamp” gardens or for the person who likes to work in their garden and wants to keep up their DIY projects, but who needs extra hands to stay on top of it and to tackle the heavier tasks.
Includes the seasonal consults and year end written notes documenting the seasons's learnings and ideas.
Click Below To Choose this Option, and make your payment of $844 as a deposit.
Twice Monthly Visits
$2,000 per month
We come to you every 14-20 days - alternating between a 2 person crew for heavy project days and 1 person crew for days that need detailed focus.
This is perfect for the person who feels like their garden needs to be reclaimed or slowly redesigned to better match their vision and values. Or for the person who isn’t able to work in the garden at all due to time or other constraints.
Includes the seasonal consults and year end notes documenting the seasons's learnings.
Click Below To Choose this Option, and make your payment of $2000 as a deposit.
Weekly Visits
$4,000 per month
Let’s be besties! This option brings our team to your garden every week, again alternating between 1 and 2 person visits as needed to keep the garden smiling through the season.
This option is reserved for gardens with higher design and more ground to cover (literally).
For the garden builder who feels overwhelmed at the thought of keeping it all up, this option gives you full attention on a regular basis.
Includes the seasonal consults and year end written notes documenting the seasons's learnings and ideas.
Click Below To Choose this Option, and make your payment of $4,000 as a deposit.
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Custom Stewardship Care Packages are available upon request
We are happy to provide weekly or other custom packages for larger properties, neighborhood cooperatives, municipalities upon request. Simply emails us [email protected] and we will be in touch to go over the details.
What is not included in Stewardship?
Our Stewardship Services are designed for naturalistic gardens filled with perennials, shrubs, bulbs, and seasonal plantings.
While we handle a wide range of ecological care, some tasks fall outside the scope of stewardship:
🚫 Turf mowing or traditional lawn care (what we lovingly call "mow and blow")
🚫 Large tree work or arborist services (over 12 ft)
🚫 Hardscape installation or repair (patios, retaining walls, etc.)
🚫 Heavy construction or drainage correction projects
🚫 Chemical lawn treatments or broad herbicide spraying
🚫 Snow removal or seasonal property services unrelated to gardens
If your garden needs something outside our scope, we’re always happy to connect you with trusted partners who specialize in those areas.
Instead we will focus on your planting beds and their health. If supplies are needed (like mulch, certain plants, fungicides, etc) we will offer to bring them with us on the next visit for the cost of the supplies plus a small markup to cover our time for sourcing and delivery.
We work hard to keep as much debris onsite as possible, using chop and drop methods, hugelkultur, compost and more so that
the debris from your garden can feed your soil as nature intended. If there are workdays that involve a lot of debris removal,
we will contact a local compost company to pick it up at an additional charge.
- The Vivant Difference -
Investing Beyond Your Garden
When you choose Vivant’s Stewardship Services, you’re not only investing in your own landscape — you’re helping shape the future of horticulture.
Training the Next Generation
Every stewardship visit doubles as a classroom. Our Garden Assistants learn directly under experienced Managers, growing into skilled professionals who will carry ecological gardening forward.
Creating Meaningful Green Jobs
Your garden becomes a place where climate-wise, dignified jobs are built — moving the industry beyond quick fixes and extractive work.
Leaving an Ecological Legacy
By choosing stewardship, you help shift the landscaping model toward biodiversity, resilience, and beauty that lasts.
Your garden thrives today and your choice plants seeds for the future!
We focus exclusively on *naturalistic, ecological gardens* — not cookie-cutter landscaping.
Our team is consistent: the same trusted faces, not a revolving door of workers.
We balance *ecology with aesthetics*, ensuring your garden looks as good to your neighbors as it does to the pollinators.
We’re local experts — rooted in Chicago’s soils, seasons, and neighborhoods.
“We’ve used Vivant Gardens for commercial and residential projects including work performed on the Chicago Riverwalk. Kasey and her team are always diligent about setting expectations and work with you on clearly defining the scope of a given project. This is a company that one can readily recommend. ”
— Aaron Z.
“Vivant has been a lifesaver these past two years. They were able to clear out the overgrown jungle that had taken over in my front yard and totally replant it. The advice, expert weeding, mulching and additional planting has been a huge help. Now we're working to get the back yard in shape. I can finally enjoy my yard and not be embarrassed by it, thanks to the expert gardeners from Vivant. ”
— Anne R.
“Our Vivant Gardening team did it all and within our budget. After years of unfortunate neglect of our garden, Vivant unearthed and refreshed our garden and pared back unwanted, aggressive growth in plants, bushes and trees. Plus they are all lovely people!! We recommend them highly.”
— Mary M.
Imagine the Difference
With Vivant’s Stewardship, your garden will:
• Grow better each season, rather than feeling like a reset every spring.
• Welcome birds, butterflies, and pollinators, adding life and movement.
• Look cared for — blending ecological health with neighborhood-friendly beauty.
• Give you freedom, knowing it’s “handled” whether you’re home or away.
We want good people like you to feel the joy of your garden again — knowing it is thriving and giving back to you, your family, and the planet overall.
Payment Terms:
Price shown is for full season (mid-March to mid-Nov), but prorated rates are available for shorter periods of garden care.
To secure this pricing we require a one month deposit, which will be due upon agreement to our services. This protects our crew’s time and schedule and allows you to feel the benefits of regular garden care. The remainder will be automatically billed monthly.
If any additional expenses are incurred (such as additional workdays, plants, or supplies), those expenses will be billed separately through our scheduling software called Jobber. That way you are only paying for the plants, soil, etc that we use.
Note: Any payment declines from automated payments will be subjected to $20 per declined payment charge and will be added to your outstanding balance.
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