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Your friendly neighborhood
Plant Nerds
A Dedication to Harmony and Abundance
Hermetic Order of the Garden Dawn is a secret society of PNW plant lovers helmed by husband and wife team Jess and Anders Kjell, specializing in regenerative dream gardens for the greater Seattle area. Regeneration is the next logical and heartfelt step past sustainability, not stopping at maintaining a non-harmful status quo but engaging in practices that leave the land more biodiverse, resource dense and resilient year after year. We use only organic methods (hand-weeding, mulching, and mycorrhizal composting, for example) to create the safest yard for dogs, children, and nature lovers alike. Our landscaping design and maintenance plans specialize in collaborating nature to dynamically harness abundance rather than trying to dominate it. This approach maximizes beauty while decreasing costs over time. Our passions lie in urban farming, native plants, climate change resilient landscapes, regenerative soil building, and functional food forests. The more you treat your yard like a mini ecosystem, the more plants, animals, pollinators, and humans thrive in the environment. We’re here to help you to steward the land for the benefit of all!
While our services fall under the general category of “landscaping” we aren’t a big fan of that word. We don’t do a lot of things you would expect traditional landscaping companies do (i.e. maintain lawns, hardscape with new mined stone, use gas shears, rake the ground “clean” after every visit) and we do a lot of things most landscapers do not (i.e. replacing lawns with edible ecosystems, hardscaping with found and recycled materials, hybridizing natives and native supporting plants for drought resilience). For more on our services check out that page below, otherwise keep reading on to learn more about us!
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ANDERS (he/they)
OWNER/OPERATOR
Our most dedicated dirt enthusiast! Anders has been rehabilitating, designing and maintaining some of the most beautiful gardens and properties in the greater Seattle area almost a decade. He started out as supervising and training for several other top organic gardening companies in Seattle before transitioning into founding the Garden Dawn in 2019. Since then he’s found his own unique gardening style and techniques based on studying, experimenting and otherwise learning from the plants he’s been privileged to work with. Nothing makes Anders happier than helping clients fall in love with their gardens!
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JESS (she/they)
OWNER/DESIGN LEAD
Jess is fell in love with plants when she fell in love with Anders and transitioned a career in graphic design and marketing to landscape design and plant media. Her artistic and analytical eye pair well with Anders years of hands on experience to create the Garden Dawn’s landscape designs. Jess is a student of herbalism and gets really excited about helping clients grow plants for DIY health, beauty, and natural dyes. When not at the computer or behind a camera Jess also manages our small in-house nursery and experimental garden!
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BROOKE (he/him)
APPRENTICE
Brooke has been training and working side by side with Anders since 2021 and is an indispensable asset to our field team. He is a talented pruner and brings creativity, tenacity and a positive attitude to every garden we work in. Brooke helps supervise and train our other team mates and we look forward to nurturing his growth as a gardener for many seasons to come.
Teammates
Anders is supported by our apprentice Brooke as well as several fully trained and experienced gardening assistants who help weed, mulch and haul to speed our visit and allow Anders to focus on fine detail. We are so blessed that all of our crew have worked with us with us for a minimum of several years, bringing their own specialties and areas of knowledge to the team. With connections to top-quality local arborists and specialty pruners, we can put together a custom team for bigger projects to make your regenerative dream garden a reality!
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“Anders, owner of Garden Dawn, has been my gardener for 3 years now, and my garden is thriving. He built us raised vegetable beds this spring and is incredibly knowledgeable about edible plants, native plants, perennials and trees. He weeds, prunes, plants, mulches, mows, builds raised beds and is a wunderkind in the garden. My family and I have noticed an increase in birds nesting in our yard, which I attribute to Anders pesticide and herbicide free gardening. I highly recommend Anders and Garden Dawn.”
— Babs. S
Book a Consultation
We walk through your property together and discuss your garden goals, then Anders will give you a quote for the initial cleanup and design your yearly maintenance plan!