We are a family-owned & operated business, that specializes in creating landscapes that produce food, medicine and fodder; increase soil carbon; foster bio-diversity and absorb and store water. In the city, that means edible landscapes, home/community micro-orchards and kitchen gardens. On farmland, that means promoting perennial, low-carbon agriculture with emphasis on multi-functional tree crops, soil health and holistic water management.
We assemble & lead crews of experienced designers, organic landscapers, tree-planters, machine operators, permaculturalists & green builders to create edible organic landscapes. We serve Greater Victoria, the Saanich Peninsula, the Southern Gulf Islands, as well as design consulting throughout Vancouver Island.
We assemble & lead crews of experienced designers, organic landscapers, tree-planters, machine operators, permaculturalists & green builders to create edible organic landscapes. We serve Greater Victoria, the Saanich Peninsula, the Southern Gulf Islands, as well as design consulting throughout Vancouver Island.
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We live and work on beautiful Southern Vancouver Island - the traditional homelands of the Lekwugen, Songhees, Esquimalt and WSNE peoples. We are grateful!. We transform boring and under-utilized landscapes into abundant, food-producing landscapes, from backyards to farms to public parks & community spaces.
Our team serves Greater Victoria, Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands. Remote design consulting using screen-share software is also possible for the right project. This service is for the home gardener who needs some experienced, outside eyes to take their garden to the next level. Our process involves a short online survey, a site visit, follow up recommendations & resources to get you pointed in the right direction.
Since 2010, we have worked with hundreds of clients, including home-owners, landscape renovators, backyard gardeners, community groups, municipalities, research institutions, music festivals, farmers, community groups, and local businesses. Despite this wide range of clients & projects, there is a common thread that unites our work:.
Reviews (6)
Maria-Jose Pria
Jan 26, 2022
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After a couple of years of building our veggie garden on our own we decided we wanted help to maximize our growing space, reduce work in keeping it up and make it look better. Hatchet and Seed did just that. Their design helped us significantly increase our growing space and has served us lots of time so we can focus on the parts of gardening that we enjoy. Plus it looks great and we love spending time in our new garden. Thanks!
Cindy Holmes
Jan 18, 2022
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The Hatchet & Seed crew took our front and back yards from dull, weedy, dead grass dirt squares to flourishing, self-sustaining habitat for birds, bees, butterflies—and humans. We now have a productive berry patch amid a beautiful edible landscape, including raised beds, fruit trees, lemon grass and myriad other wonders. The entire crew was knowledgeable, friendly, adaptable, and super hardworking, an absolute pleasure to have around. The "hatchet" part of the landscape, in the form of rustic cedar log edges and driftwood accents, is beautiful and cleverly done. The work on the stone wall was
Kathleen Zimmerman
Jan 03, 2022
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Tayler and crew built some beautiful raised beds out of yellow cedar, brought in the soil, installed trickle irrigation (which was so useful during the "heat dome" of 2021), and delivered and spread the wood chip mulch in the pathways. The whole project completely transformed my back yard! I was very pleased with the results, and highly recommend them!
Teresa Hall
Jan 12, 2020
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We can't say enough good things about Tayler and Tim at Hatchet and Seed. They are on the cutting edge of eco-design, incorporating into their designs all that we currently know about supporting and regenerating soil health.
They helped design and establish our silvopasture field and completely designed (and mostly installed) a brilliant irrigation system perfect for our small farm. They listened to and were sensitive to our needs and happy to work around our parameters. Extremely knowledgeable, they were able to take our mostly unformed ideas, refine and sharpen them, and then bring them to life
They helped design and establish our silvopasture field and completely designed (and mostly installed) a brilliant irrigation system perfect for our small farm. They listened to and were sensitive to our needs and happy to work around our parameters. Extremely knowledgeable, they were able to take our mostly unformed ideas, refine and sharpen them, and then bring them to life
Louise Oborne
Dec 12, 2018
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Adam Batty
Nov 04, 2018
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Over the past 6 months Hatchet & Seed has helped us transform our grassy yard into a charming food growing space. We initially contacted Hatchet & Seed for a consultation to help us understand how to take better advantage of our yard and grow more food. Based on the discussion, they developed a plan to build a Garden Room with raised beds and built-in privacy. It produced a bounty of food in its first summer and we spend so much time there with 2 little kids enjoying the space. This fall we asked Hatchet & Seed to help design and build more raised garden beds, providing more space for annual crops
