Shigeru Arakaki
Planting and construction lead
Lays out every bed in pots first, so you see the spacing before a hole is dug. Runs the planting crew.
Kaitlyn Eriksson
Owner and garden designer
A small firm, six of us, doing the design, the planting and the tree care ourselves.
Kaitlyn started the firm to design gardens that work in the wind, not only in the photo. She walks every lot before a plan is drawn, picks the plants, and is on site for the first planting day. When a plant fails, she wants to know why before anyone buys another.
What she designs
- Coastal and windward gardens
- Lanai, courtyard and podium planting
- Native and hardy plant palettes
License
Hawaii landscaping contractor license, with the board lookup linked in the footer
How we work
We explain the cut before we make it
Most of what goes wrong in a coastal garden goes wrong in the first year, so we are careful at the start.
We plant small, stake low, and thin trees instead of topping them. The estimate is written, area by area, so you know what each line pays for.
A walk-through before a plan is drawn
A written estimate before any work starts
Notes after each care visit
The same crew from plan to planting
The crew leads
People you will meet
Ramil Domingo
Palm and tree lead
Our climber. Explains each cut before he makes it, and leaves a tree thinned, not topped.
Marilou Dizon
Office and scheduling
Books the walk-throughs, sends the written estimates, and tells you the new day when wind or rain moves a visit.
Meet us on your lot
Book a walk-through. Kaitlyn or Shigeru will come out.