Who are we?

Native Plant Gardens

After an initial consultation and site visit, I can design, install and maintain your kitchen garden. We can work together depending on your preferred level of involvement- I'm happy to do all the hard work myself, work side by side with you, or somewhere in between!

By choosing to have an organic Kitchen Garden on your property, you can decrease your personal carbon footprint. No more plastic-wrapped produce, shipped from faraway lands, grown with pesticides and unethical practices on monoculture farms. You can simply walk out the door and harvest fresh, organically grown produce from your own backyard.

Hi! I'm Skylar Rose, the sole woman behind Wild Woven Gardens.

I grew up in the Northeast and have always shared a deep sense of love and belonging in nature. Each day, I feel incredibly grateful for the natural world and all that it provides us- food, shelter, materials, water, sunshine, solace, beauty, and so many friends of various shapes, sizes and species, to name a few.

Acknowledging all these natural gifts, I always wondered how I could live in true reciprocity with this generous planet. No one wants to be just a "taker" in relationships, right? We must give back to the Earth to maintain an equilibrium, or else we end up...well, where we are now.

Facing the truth of our situation, I've always wanted to know what I can do to lend a helping hand towards all the various problems we are facing as a global community. So, five years ago I began volunteering on a non-profit organic farm to begin learning how to give back, and how to help.

This was just the very beginning of my education around growing food and flowers. I went on to work for various farms and gardening companies, became a certified "Maine Gardener" with the University of Maine, and am currently participating in a mentorship program with Native Gardens of Blue Hill.

Ecologically minded gardening definitely feels like my "calling", and is what I love to practice and continue to learn about the most. It feels like my answer to the questions, "How can I live in reciprocity?" and similarly, "How can I help????"

Are you asking those same questions? Lets talk.

Organic, Homegrown Food

Making space for Native plants on our properties is more important now than ever. Research has shown that we are losing our planet's biodiversity at increasingly alarming rates. The plants, animals, butterflies and native insects that make our planet (and our hearts) whole, are running out of food and shelter. According to expert Doug W. Tallamy, "We have turned 54% of the lower 48 states into cities and suburbs, and 41% more into various forms of agriculture. That's right- we humans have taken 95% of nature and made it unnatural."

Native plants, insects and wildlife have co-evolved alongside each other over thousands of years, forming complex, symbiotic relationships and adaptations. This means they need each other for food, shelter and life-cycle support. Our "specialist" species simply haven't evolved to utilize non-native plants for support.

The good news? By choosing to have a native garden on your property, you can bring nature back to its rightful home, promote those beautiful webs of relationships, and protect generations of wildlife. Want butterflies? Birds? Bees? Plant Native!

Native plants also help to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, clean water, reduce erosion, and can provide food for humans, too! Hazelnuts, Blueberries, Cranberries, Elderberries and of course Sugar Maples are some examples of yummy edibles here in Maine. Plus, they are just as beautiful as your standard ornamental perennials, if not more beautiful due to their incredible, life supporting ecosystem functions.

So...How Can Your Garden Help?

Wild Woven Gardens uses techniques such as Integrated Pest Management and No-Till methods of gardening to support the health of both you and your soil. No harmful chemicals, artificial fertilizers or pesticides will be used in your garden.