As GreenTree's CEO and master gardener, Michael Baer does not start designing based on a plant list or what worked well on his last installation. Instead he begins by listening very carefully to your personal hopes, aspirations, frustrations and wishes for your project.

And everything comes into the conversation: favorite smells, dreams, travel destinations, favorite foods, and the personal experiences you’ve had with nature — wild or landscaped.

Michael Baer develops a relationship with the people involved so that the landscape you create together becomes nature’s gentle setting for the larger story of your life.