Michael Petrie's HANDMADE GARDENS is a landscape design company serving homes and businesses in Delaware County, Chester County, the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area--and beyond. The company specializes in practical and creative garden and outdoor living spaces design, offering consultations, problem-solving, installation and maintenance using unusual and interesting tree and shrub selections whenever possible. Originally located in Downingtown, PA, with an operation that included retail, HANDMADE GARDENS relocated to Delaware County in 2011.

HANDMADE GARDENS is owned and operated by Michael Petrie, a "best-in-show" award-winning Philadelphia International Flower Show exhibit designer, horticulturist, painting and garden artist with more than 30 years experience in the horticulture industry.

We do not create the same-old same-old. Our specialties include:

• meadow gardens
• vernacular gardens
• photographer's gardens
• objets trouvés gardens
• deer resistant gardens
• outdoor room design
• horticultural set design (television, real-estate, etc.)
• procurement & installation of aesthetic vintage and/or found objects as garden art
• creation & installation of designed-&-handmade-by-Michael found-object birdhouses
• creation & installation of original designed-&-handmade-by-Michael garden art
• unique curb appeal for homes, shops, office buildings, for-sale properties & new developments

In addition we perform the following popular services:
• sustainable & native plant landscaping
• container planting for homes & businesses
• seasonal garden clean-ups
• outdoor celebration yard & garden spruce ups

COME SEE US AT THE 2012 PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW