A note from Tan & Jiji - Wives & UEG Owners

We started Urban Earth Gardens to continue the magic of our beloved Urban Earth Nursery and to steward our client gardens far into the future. As gardeners with a history in both commercial landscaping and nonprofit worlds, we are growing an incredible team of people who want to unleash their talent. We can sum up our business in three words - Sustain, Steward, & Empower.

Our ultimate goal is to build enduring and mutually respectful relationships between our gardeners and our clients. As a small business, we are truly dedicated to nurturing collaborative and trustful relationships in our industry and community.

If our ethos speaks to you as a business, school, or resident in Greater Seattle and South Seattle, we would love to meet you. Reach out today to connect with us. Together, we can explore your timeline and goals, work within your budget, and help create a space you love.

 With Love ~ Tan & Jiji

  • Image of one of Urban Earth's gardening clients. Pictured is a fully landscaped backyard.

    Fine Gardening Maintenance & Install

    Our Gardeners provide a variety of gardening services using organic and nontoxic methods for all sizes of gardens - from balconies & businesses, schools, apartments, single family homes, and larger estates, including:

    - Soil remediation

    - Moon, edible, rain, native, woodland, drought tolerant landscapes

    - Ongoing garden maintenance (weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly, annually available)

    - One time projects or plant installations

    - Fall/Spring clean-ups

  • Pruning

    Pruning is performed by our team of Master Pruners and Certified Professional Horticulturists (CPH) using a mix of scientific, artistic, and cultural techniques. A sampling of what we do:

    - Scheduled regular (quarterly, bi-annual, annual) maintenance pruning for plant health, longevity, size limitations.

    - Rejuvenation pruning to breathe new life into plants after malpruning, storm injury, overgrowth, or shearing

    - Fine pruning specialty, beloved or legendary tree & shrubs

    - Spur-pruning & training fruit trees and fruiting vines for production

    - Long-term training: Espalier, arborizing, trellising

  • Design

    A la carte mock ups or full scale design build to installation projects, we can be as involved as you’d like. We provide to plan right-sized garden planning for all spaces.

    - Conceptual and collaborative design process for every budget

    - Multi-phased garden renovation

    - Permaculture guilds & companion planting

    - Focus on sustainable plantings according to the level of maintenance you want

  • Invasive or Unwanted Plant Removal

    We can help manage or remove unwanted or vigorous naturalizing plants to reveal and renew the soil beneath, add beneficial bacteria and fungi, and/or install native, ornamental, or edible plants. We will manually remove and/or carpet mulch depending on your situation. Removals include:

    - English ivy

    - Himalayan Blackberry

    - Japanese Knotweed

    - Buttercup and other perennial weeds

    - Bishop’s Weed (extremely vigorous groundcover)

    - Anything you want to get gone!

  • Small Gardens

    We love bringing greenery to all urban spaces -container gardening, balconies, window boxes, community garden plots, and courtyards.

    - Plant selection and installation

    - Seasonal container refreshes with annuals, perennials, mini conifers to name a few!

    - Repotting, root pruning, thinning, transplanting, replacement and propagation

    - Soil amending or replacement

    - Bi-annual organic fertilizer application

    - Non-toxic pest control

  • Hardscaping

    Add hardscaping and non-plant garden features to your garden to complement your softscape. Projects of this nature will have a large design component to ensure accurate planning and right-sized project scope. We provide:

    - Rain gardens and cisterns

    - Herb spirals

    - Flagstone paver systems (sitting areas, walkways, etc)

    - Boulder and basalt columns

    - Dish rocks

    - Topographical build up with different substrates

  • Arborist Work

    We have an ISA certified arborist on staff. We would love to help you with helping your trees have longevity long into the future. We do not provide climbing arborist work or large-scale removals, but have ethical tree services we vet beforehand. We DO Provide:

    - Property-wide tree health assessment

    - Tree inventory

    - Action plan for transplant and removals

    - Long-term rejuvenation from malpruning (e.g., multi-year sheared japanese maple (pictured))

    - Pruning scheduling or subcontracting

    - Invasive tree and species management

    - Limbing up and clearance pruning

    - Soil amendment

  • Individual or Group Garden Coaching

    We’re always learning and we love to share what we know to help you with your current or future greenery.

    - On-site Pruning and training coaching

    - On-site Plant inventory and resources

    - Pest education and identification

    - Fertilizer types, timing, and application

    - How to germinate, harden off, and/or plant edibles

~ Fee Schedule ~

Free Consultations

Garden Maintenance & Installation ~ 85/hr  

Specialized Services: Design/Arborist Consults ~ $125/hr