Wild by Design

Specialties

Wild by Design is one of Boulder County’s premier landscape design companies. Whether you are interested in sustainable landscape, hardscape, outdoor kitchens, water features or just sprinkler installation, our team has you covered. We are not just the number one Certified Wildlife Habitat design company, we are at the top of landscape design companies in Colorado. Sustainable native landscapes are more than just a fad, they are the future of garden design and sustainability. Here is a short list of our services:

Assessment, Design & Project Management

Stone & Hardscape Construction

Water Feature Design & Installation

Irrigation Design, Installation & Maintenance

Garden Planting & Maintenance

Meadow Restoration

Winter Prep

Please visit our website for more information.

History

Established in 2010.

Perennial expert Mimi Elmore has been helping homeowners and gardeners select the appropriate plants for their gardens for over 15 years throughout Boulder County. Many customers will remember her from the botanical department at McGuckin Hardware in Boulder and Gwynne’s Greenhouse in Lyons. In 2010, she decided to strike out on her own with Wild by Design. She recognized a specific need to move beyond the cookie cutter approach to home landscaping to more natural native approach to gardening that supports our native birds, bees and butterflies. For more info, please check out our website.

Meet the Business Owner

Mimi E.

Business Owner

Wildlife garden designer and perennial plant expert Mimi Elmore is more than just a gardener. She’s an internationally recognized painter, too. In 2009 and again in 2011, she has been selected by the jury to exhibit her botanical paintings at the Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy. If you’re interested, you can see some of her paintings on our website.

But most of the time during spring, summer and fall, you’ll find Mimi in her garden or helping others with their gardens. Wild by Design is the result of her tremendous success in converting her xeric garden into a wildlife habitat, the ground breaking research of professor Douglas W. Tallamy, the author of Bringing Nature Home, and Mimi’s dedication to the emerging field of reconciliation ecology. The WbD sustainable organic demonstration garden in Lyons is home to birds, bees, butterflies and a host of other beneficial wildlife.