HomeHarvest, Custom Edible Gardens

Last year Ben transformed our sunnny, crabgrassy front yard into a stunning kitchen garden with a gorgeous fieldstone raised bed and blueberry bush plantings, and put in wood raised beds on the side of the house. Ever since, we’ve been growing enough organic produce to feed ourselves and share with the neighbors. His crew has also installed a variety of paths and walkways that we are equally delighted with. Their quality of workmanship, passion for the job, and knowledge of sustainable gardening is unsurpassed. Ben and his crew are a joy to work with, and I recommend them unconditionally.

Late last summer, Ben Barkan and Home Harvest built us a beautiful raised stone bed vegetable and herb garden — — right on our front lawn. It was such an exciting process, from design to install to abundant supply of organic greens. The garden included a custom assortment of kale, microgreens, and herbs, with perrenial flowers around the outside. This year, he added rhubarb, broccoli, cucumber and nasturtiums to the mix. I love the way he pays attention to appearance as well as functionality. Recently, his associate Adam designed and installed a flower bed for the other side of our walkway, and a lovely stepping stone path along both beds, surrounded by low-​growing thyme plants instead of grass. We’ve now happily eliminated our front lawn entirely. Ben’s passion for organic edible gardening is contagious, and his artistic skill in designing and installing a veg garden beautiful enough for the front of the house is impressive. I recommend the Home Harvest team without reservation – knowledgeable reliable, creative, enthusiastic, and very hard-​working. Ben is now our go-​to person for other landscaping needs as well, including pruning, edging, and mulching. They work tirelessly and quietly, without any big equipment or noisy power tools. So glad we found someone who cares about doing things the right way.