For three decades, Jim Notestein has been helping people turn yards into gardens. In addition to being a co-founder of the Southern Gardening website, Jim Notestein is widely recognized for his pioneering involvement in organic gardening, low-maintenance landscaping, xeriscaping, and landscaping with native plants.

    Along with a bachelor's degree in architecture and a master's in urban planning from the University of Florida, he draws on a lifetime of creating gardens that are innovative, practical and beautiful. He also maintains his own nursery so he can provide the highest quality native and appropriate non-native plants for his garden design clients.

    For the average homeowner and small business, a professional garden designer can probably meet their needs more fully and much more affordably than either a landscape architect or a landscape designer.

    A professional garden designer

• helps clients visualize their landscape needs and tastes;
• makes suggestions about all the landscape design elements;
• makes drawings and sketches of the proposed changes;
• develops the plant lists and schedule of work; and
• can even assist the owner with plants and installation.

    Whatever your gardening and landscaping needs — from concept development to project implementation — you can benefit from Jim Notestein's unique talents and encyclopedic knowledge and experience. You may call him at (352) 372-2107 to discuss your interests and set up an appointment.