Design Your Wild

We provide native plant yarden design and ecological landscaping education, training, and consulting services across the United States. Since launching in 2022, we now have more than 10,000 subscribers to our free newsletter. We offer an online course on transforming your yard using intentional design and native plants, as well as consulting services for those not into DIY. Through our own yards and those of our subscribers, students, and clients, we are helping accelerate a broader transformation of the North American landscape to mitigate climate change and promote biodiversity. Dear Avant Gardener is run by Heather and Zoe Evans, a mother-daughter duo with a shared passion for ecological landscaping and thoughtful design. Our professional backgrounds span science, research, analytics, consulting, and coaching. Together, we want to inspire people to create outdoor living spaces they adore and empower them to feel comfortable getting their hands dirty, confident they’re applying the latest research-based methods.