Consultation
Design
Installation
Maintenance
Community Engagement
DCH offers a range of horticultural services to public and private entities to support our mission-driven work throughout the state of Delaware. Working with individuals, homeowner associations, local governments and nonprofits, and business and corporate partners, our staff offers consulting services to guide projects from beginning to end, including landscape concepts and design, plant sourcing, installation, maintenance, plant health assessment and more. Our contractual services perfectly align our staff’s extensive and broad horticultural experience with our goal to tackle challenging landscapes using ecologically-sound approaches to improve local ecosystems.
In order to complement and support private landscape businesses in our industry, we do not provide services for private residential landscapes but focus our work on public spaces and private commercial and nonprofit properties when appropriate.
Greening Programs
Phone: (302) 658-6262
Fax: (302) 658-6267
Consultation
Looking for plant species recommendations for a streetscape project? Interested in assessing your city or neighborhood’s tree canopy or funding a tree planting project? Looking to completely overhaul your landscape and don’t know where to start? DCH can help! Contact us for help with specific issues or for ideas, concepts, and strategies for new and established plantings.
Consultation with the gardeners at local nursery.
Design and coordination of landscape plantings at Delaware Humane Association (DHA)
Design
Are you looking for a creative, ecologically-sustainable solution for your space? With an extensive knowledge of the plants themselves and the know-how to choose the right plant for the right place, DCH staff design landscapes for all types of urban and suburban environments and provide feedback on ways to create attractive, functional green spaces that solve problems and increase your property’s value.
Design and coordination of landscape plantings at Delaware Humane Association (DHA)
Installation
You have a design for your new green space, but now what? We also make your plan a reality by creating beautiful landscapes that feature native species, benefit pollinators, and help manage storm water. Our team has the extensive experience necessary to ensure your plants and shrubs are properly cared for at the time of installation to ensure maximum growth and longevity.
Installation of an urban meadow in downtown Wilmington
Public landscapes are maintained to the highest standards, throughout the city. Here are purple smokebush and catmint used to create a wonderful effect.
Maintenance
Don’t have time to keep your landscape looking great all year-round? As a final step to our suite of services, DCH offers a variety of maintenance options to suit your needs and budget.If you have a landscape to maintain, consider contracted maintenance through DCH, which supports our mission, helps train individuals through the Branches to Chances program, and puts people to work. You have to do it anyway –why not do some more good by working with DCH?
Public landscapes are maintained to the highest standards, throughout the city. Here are purple smokebush and catmint used to create a wonderful effect.
Engagement
Looking to organize a park clean-up and tree planting? Want to gather your neighbors to care for the trees on your block? Interested in improving your communities’ green spaces? We can help! Since 1977, DCH has been a regional leader in inspiring individuals and communities through the power of plants to make a difference one block, one street, one neighborhood at a time.
For more information on these services and more, please call (302) 658-6262.
