Meet Koby

Add an enchanted element to your garden with my well-seasoned methodology for harmonizing essential elements with pretty pleasures. I do not rest upon pre-set canons. My gardens are inventive and immersive, with myriad seasonal delights to get noticed day by day.  My Master-pallet is crafted from exhaustive experience, and my muse's secret conversations with the spirit of the space.  I translate those notes into a melodious composition of nature inspired senses in:  color, texture, fragrance, movement, shape -- with chiseled character, beautiful bends and filigrees of foliage . . .  adding joy to your life.

My gardens are part of the party - not just wallpaper.    

You can leverage my 30+ years' experience of honing my practical skills by designing and/or maintaining 100s of gardens utilizing 1000s of plants to your best advantage.  This experience has given me the ability to blend a sense of art with the science of horticulture.  I know the types of plants that thrive in Southern California Coastal environments.  And, unlike some novices or retailers, I won't recommend something that doesn't do well in our climate just because it looks pretty on the page or newly imported to the  showroom.  You'll be amazed with how much more fascinating your garden becomes when I introduce uncommonly admirable plant treasures and expand your garden's allure.  

From Apples to Zephyr Lilies - I am very plant passionate!   

Utilizing my experience and your green-dreams, I design gardens that are uniquely engaging.  Many ideas and elements require thorough discussion (and wise editing) before a design plan can coalesce into a flourishing garden success story. Buildings and hardscape are just part of the picture.  My vision also unites the plants relationships & mature sizes to display their best features.  Too much hardscape can feel stark, hard and heavy - and too many plants may feel congested.  Too little of either can look like a feeble attempt. The design assignment needs a visionary mind for the big picture and the professional experience to manage all the details - which results in making an enchanting garden happen.  Depending on the project -- there are seemingly endless factors to juggle adeptly:  dreams, budget, functionality vs. aesthetics, style, theme, scale, proportion, master pallet of color-texture-type, soil make up, drainage, irrigation integration, lighting for safety and ambiance, your micro-climate, environmentally appropriate plants, maintenance aspects and so forth . . . ! 

But you don't need to worry about all of those things! This is why you hire Koby's Garden Alchemy -- to get excellent, professional results. As far as your garden is concerned,  all you need to worry about is -- which view is the most delightful.