Garden Hose Living Designs

Garden Hose Living Designs Women Owned and Operated
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Landscape Maintenance and Design
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Spring 2025 Update!For clients who have heard from me, thank you for another full spring calendar, and quick responses d...
03/27/2025

Spring 2025 Update!

For clients who have heard from me, thank you for another full spring calendar, and quick responses during this transition. For those of you who did not, allow me to explain.

Garden Hose has always been a 10 year plan...and we're going into year 6. Many of you know my habit of traveling to Costa Rica in the winter months, and you've seen me extend my trip longer and longer each year. In doing such, I've fallen in love with and the role that I serve within the organization. (Yeah, you know me...always asking for $$$) As my role has deepened, and with the purchase of a fixer upper tiny house bus there, I'm working diligently to move my world more permanently south.

Unfortunately, that means a shift in priorities, schedules, business practices, and a whole lot more. In order to dedicate more time to my beloved turtles, I will be shortening my season here in Pittsburgh. It also means a change in business strategy (read:costs & overhead) and I will be working the season alone. Clearly I cannot possibly handle the schedule I've had in past years, and I had to make hard decisions on who I wouldn't be able to service this season. Believe me, it was absolutely not an easy thing to do.

I am eternally grateful for the business you all have entrusted me with at your homes over the past 5 years, and I truly hope to remain friends with many of you as my life fully transitions south. Yes, I'm happy to play tour guide in Costa Rica! Thank you for your support and kindness as my business grew and thru the tragedy of the fire last year. I'm so glad I met you all.

It's not over yet though...big plans for 2025!!!

Try as I might, I just can't hold off till post turkey day...Super excited to work with a new client in the Strip. He's ...
11/26/2024

Try as I might, I just can't hold off till post turkey day...

Super excited to work with a new client in the Strip. He's got a phenomenal eye for design, so I'll be excited to try new things throughout the seasons!

The wreath will hang soon, and the lights will be great at night--should last until we are ready to see daffodils this spring!

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. The 2024 season has been anything but easy...but as I learned long ago, if it ...
09/03/2024

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

The 2024 season has been anything but easy...but as I learned long ago, if it were easy, it wouldn't be special.

Thanks to long time clients Michelle & Bill for being so kind and generous...truly.

The AAA guy tested the battery and said "welp, it's the worst case scenario, the starter is bad." I quickly counted my blessings and corrected him...as this was CLEARLY not the worst case scenario.

I rant and rave about Costa Rica and "my turtles"...now's your chance to win an incredible trip for 2 to the home of Tor...
07/08/2024

I rant and rave about Costa Rica and "my turtles"...now's your chance to win an incredible trip for 2 to the home of Tortugas Bahía Tambor!!

A $25 donation enters you into the raffle...check the link in the comments for more info and to get your tickets!

The Garden that started it all...Thank you to all my clients who have offered support over the past 3 weeks. It's been a...
05/26/2024

The Garden that started it all...

Thank you to all my clients who have offered support over the past 3 weeks. It's been an overwhelming process, but the pieces are being put back together day by day.

The Garden Hose calendar has been reworked, and everyone I've spoken to this season has a date of service. With any luck, and some help from Mother Nature, you will all have a lovely weedless, freshly mulched garden by the 4th of July.

I will be emailing each of you with your new date of service...there's just lots of you and only one of me to send them...so keep an eye out in your spam, just in case!

05/12/2024

Clients--Please check your emails! I have begun the overwhelming process of adjusting the schedule, post fire, and have sent the following message to those scheduled over the next 2 weeks.

"Welp, there's no easy way to say this, so I'll keep it short. My Mother and I lost our apartment to a house fire just over a week ago. Luckily everyone made it out safe, and all loves and pets were spared, but the damage is fairly extensive and we are certainly displaced as we search for a new home. As you might imagine, this has thrown my "already messy from April weather" schedule into disarray. I am finally able to focus on rescheduling after cleaning up quite a mess and figuring out how to move forward day by day. We are very grateful for the support of our friends and community, and I am not graciously asking my clients for the same support and understanding as I work to get back on track. I am grateful to have found a full time employee who comes to me with experience and an eye for detail that I have yet to see from a man, if I'm honest. Many have asked about details or how to help, so I will share the link below. I remain hopeful for the season, and thank you in advance.

If you have a special day on your calendar that I need to be mindful of (birthday party, wedding, baby shower, retirement party) please do let me know and I will do everything in my power to get to your space before that day. (Unless, of course, it's tomorrow) I apologize for any lack or delay in communication, I'm quite simply a bit overwhelmed.
Make it a great day,
Nicole

Our story and GoFundMe can be found here: https://gofund.me/815505b0

To my dearest Garden Hose clients--We are ok, but our apartment is not. Thank a firefighter today for us, if you happen ...
05/03/2024

To my dearest Garden Hose clients--

We are ok, but our apartment is not. Thank a firefighter today for us, if you happen to see one. We have learned, quite quickly, and humbly, how vast our support system is- but that doesn't change the fact we have some clean up and work to do.

I managed to rescue my date book, computer, and work notebook, but they are water damaged and it will take me some time to put the pieces back together. Yes, I know--theres probably an app for that.

Please watch your inbox, as I will work to update each of you as soon as I can. Thank you for your patience and understanding as this is handled--and if you have some extra good juju, feel free to send it our way.

It will all be ok in the end, and if it's not ok, it's not the end...

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Pittsburgh, PA

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