Denver, Colorado · Central Park
Gardens that grow where they belong
Shades of Green is a garden and floral design studio in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood that designs and creates gardens that feel natural, inviting, and connected to the landscape around them.
Garden & Floral Design
The Studio
Hi Neighbor
As a Central Park resident, I started Shades of Green to help homeowners create lovely outdoor spaces rooted in thoughtful planting and local expertise.
Outdoor spaces start with the right plants in the right place. I design with Denver’s unique climate in mind — from intense summer sun and challenging soils to our unpredictable winters. I specialize in selecting perennials, ornamental grasses, shrubs, evergreens, and seasonal flowers that thrive in our region, providing lasting color, texture, and interest throughout the year.
My approach is plant-focused and intentionally simple. Rather than relying heavily on hardscaping, I let the plants do the work; creating gardens that feel natural, inviting, and connected to the landscape around them.
Whether you’re looking to refresh a garden bed, design eye-catching container arrangements, add seasonal color, or redesign a small landscape, I can provide thoughtful recommendations tailored to your home’s style and growing conditions. In addition to gardening, I create seasonal front porch and entryway displays that welcome guests and celebrate the changing seasons. From spring containers and summer color to fall harvest arrangements and festive holiday planters, each display is customized to complement your style.
My goal is simple: help you enjoy vibrant, healthy plants and gardens year-round while bringing creativity, color, and curb appeal to your home.
What We Do
The right plants in the right places
Designing yards, gardens and porches using plants suited to Denver’s sun, soil, and seasons. Hardscaping is kept to a minimum.
i.
Garden design
I'll create a plan that combines Denver's elements, the specifics of your yard (sun, shade, shape, size etc), and your preferences.
ii.
Planting & installing
I source healthy local perennials, stunning annuals, evergreens, shrubs, ornamental grasses, and the occasional small tree and plant them myself.
iii.
Seasonal colors & containers
Front-porch pots, window boxes, and cutting beds refreshed through the seasons — tulips to dahlias to dried winter stems.
iv.
Garden evolution
Spring clean-ups, mid-season edits, and fall cutbacks. A couple visits a year helps a garden settle in and stay healthy.
Recent Work
A Central Park backyard, before & after.
A tired patch of lawn became a low-water garden with corten steel planters of grasses, evergreens, and cutting flowers along the fence. Turf and gravel fill in the spaces between. Drag the line to compare.
More from our gardens & containers
Say Hello
Tell us about your yard.
A sunny side yard, a porch that wants pots, a bed that never quite worked — we’d love to hear about it. Send a note and we’ll reply within a couple of days.