Blue Flag
Welcome
ecoChic (pronounced eekoh sheek) landscape design inc. is a new type of landscape design firm located in Southeast Michigan and is based on much experience and thought. We embrace new ideas and test new trends for solving landscape challenges, focussing on environmentally-friendly methods which work in our area and are safe for our clients, their family, pets, friends, and critters who come to visit. These innovative eco-landscaping ideas are often more cost effective in the long run and produce beautiful results.
We believe in educating our clients by providing the best information possible so they can make the most balanced decisions for their landscapes. ecoChic believes in cost-effective solutions that do the least harm to the environment while mazimizing the beauty of our clients' personal space. Landscapes should always be examined and re-examined to determine what can be done best while reducing maintenance. Our clients' happiness with their landscape is our highest priority.
Some of ecoChic landscape design's methods include:
- Maximize garden beauty, minimize the impact
- Low-maintenance "freedom" lawns
- Organic vegetable & herb gardens in the landscape
- Natural shoreline lakescaping
- Using hardy plants that are sustainable in Southeast Michigan
- Reducing water use with rain barrels
- Controlling stormwater run-off with rain gardens
- Year-round garden interest -- interesting in winter and in summer
- Edible plants are not just for humans -- attracting wildlife
- Designing for the senses: sight, smell, sound, touch, taste
- Eco-safe chemicals and native critters for pest control
- Sustainable landscapes that are plant-design oriented
- Container plantings aren't just for flowers
White iris in rain garden. The hibiscus underneath will bloom in late summer.
