Services · Priced like a ledger

Trowel in the bucket, lab envelope on the stoop, and a price list that fits on one screen.

Four things we make, all from the desk, all billed by invoice. Pick the one that matches how far along your yard is — from “why does nothing grow here?” to “where does every plant go?”

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A desk with a jar of soil, a trowel, a lab report and a pencilled planting plan BILLED PER PLAN · NOTHING RECURRING · $96+

The main plans

Three ways to hand us a yard, one honest price each

Plan A · Diagnosis

The Soil Read

Flat fee$168

Your lawn sulks, your bed won’t hold anything, and you want to know why before you spend a dime on plants. We read the lab numbers and tell you what to fix first.

  • Lab report decoded in plain English — pH, organic matter, texture, lead screen
  • Amendment spec: compost depth in inches, sulfur or lime per 100 sq ft
  • A 12-plant starter list matched to your light and moisture
  • One 20-minute phone call, PDF in your inbox within 3 business days

Good fit if: you’re not sure what’s wrong yet, or you’re happy to shop for plants yourself once the dirt is sorted.

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Plan B · The full drawing

The Whole-Yard Plan

Flat fee$612

Everything in the Soil Read, plus the drawing: where every plant goes, how many, how far apart, and what to do first when it rains Friday night.

  • Full Soil Read with amendment spec
  • To-scale planting plan drawn from your photos and measurements
  • Native plant list with counts, spacing in inches and nursery sizes
  • Month-by-month bloom calendar, install order, one revision round, in 7 business days

Good fit if: you’ve got a backyard, a front bed, or a whole lot to turn over and you want to build it yourself on a Saturday.

Plan the whole yard

Plan C · Small spaces

Balcony & Container Plan

Flat fee$96

Stoop boxes, fire-escape planters, a rooftop corner with wind and no shade. Small spaces get their own kind of attention — pots dry out fast and August on a roof is brutal.

  • Pot sizes and depths, with a potting-mix recipe by volume
  • Natives picked for wind, reflected heat and a thin soil column
  • Watering rhythm by season, delivered in 3–5 business days

No soil test needed for pure container plans, since you’re buying the mix. Just photos and measurements.

Plan my balcony

Page one, page two, page three

SOIL FIRST · PLANTS SECOND · p.1

What’s actually inside the PDF we send you

No fluff pages. Here’s how a Whole-Yard Plan is laid out, so you know what lands in your inbox before you pay for it.

  1. 01
    Amendment specCompost depth in inches, sulfur or lime per 100 sq ft, and what to skip.
  2. 02
    The to-scale drawingEvery bed, every plant, drawn from your measurements.
  3. 03
    Plant listLatin and common names, counts, spacing in inches, nursery size.
  4. 04
    Bloom calendarWhat’s flowering in March through November.
  5. 05
    Install orderWhat goes in first, and what to do when the forecast turns.

Add-ons

Little extras, priced like a ledger

Bolt any of these onto a plan. Same invoice, same email thread.

Extras menu

  • Pollinator-strip add-onA bloom-sequenced border along any plan$74
  • Extra revision roundMoved the fence? New tree? We’ll redraw.$38
  • Rush deliveryYour Soil Read in 24 hours, weekday submissions+$85
  • Tree-pit mini planOne street tree pit, with salt and dog-pee tolerant natives$58
  • Shared courtyard or odd lotQuoted by email, usually within a business dayQuote

Billed by invoice per plan. Nothing recurring, nothing auto-renewing. A lab test (usually $25–$60) is paid to the lab, not us.

What to send before we start

The envelope: four things on your end

Easy to gather on one Saturday. Napkin sketches and blurry phone shots are totally fine.

1

Lab report

PDF or a photo of the printout. Missing one? We’ll tell you which test to order.

2

Three light photos

Morning, noon and late afternoon, same spot, same angle.

3

Rough measurements

Paces are fine. Tell us where the fence, the stoop and the tree sit.

4

A few sentences

Dogs? Kids? Veggies? Mostly Saturdays? Tell us how you actually use the yard.

READY WHEN YOU ARE · SAY HELLO · hi

Ready to start?

Pick a plan, grab a trowel, then say hi.

A Soil Read starts at $168, the Whole-Yard Plan is $612, and a balcony plan is $96. Not sure which? Tell us about your yard and we’ll point you to the right one.

Send us your dirt Call (934) 210-3421

Emailcontact@ravenloam.com

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HoursMon–Fri 8:30am–4:30pm · evenings by appointment