Greenleaf Design, LLC

08/29/2025

TODAY! 🌱
Open to volunteers to come join put the final touches on the *new* rain gardens and edible buffer along the Barton River at Glover Town Offices & Library. It’s been a transformative and beautiful week with an absolute rockstar team !! Thank you Memphremegog Watershed Association, NorthWoods Stewardship Center Conservation Crew, Reilly Auger Excavating, and the Town of Glover and Glover Road Crew!

Sneak peek👀 !

08/26/2025

We got all the knotweed ! It’s all gone.

Ha. Ha. THANK YOU to the Huntington Conservation Commission and local Huntingtonians who came out to pull some young knotweed on a beautiful Saturday morning 🌞

In all realness, knotweed is here to stay and keeps us on our toes. Nature has a way of balancing out. But removal is not the only answer ! Planting and protecting native trees to grow up through the knotweed and help shade it out and provide stronger root systems and habitat for wildlife and healthy waterways is key (anyone else a big fam of sumac ?!). We saw a LOT of young cherry and maple trees coming up through the cobble bars 🍁

08/22/2025

Join some neighbors for a fun river walk tomorrow morning to remove knotweed that was spread from the flooding last summer! We will meet in Hanksville and walk a section of the Huntington River heading north.

We will be focusing on newly spread and sprouting knotweed, not established stands. Once they get their roots established, knotweed is really hard to remove, but right now is the best - and easiest - time to stop knotweed in its tracks! Knotweed outcompetes native plants, makes river access hard, and does not hold streambank soils well. Knotweed is an invasive or introduced pest plant, but I like to think of it more as an opportunist - we brought it here and degraded the environments for it to thrive, but we can help minimize the spread in the watershed !

Wear grippy shoes that can get wet. The river is pretty flat and cobbly here and water is low right now. We will provide some trash bags, sleds, shovels, and trowels, but you may want to bring your own if you have them! We will be bringing all plant material to be composted in an industrial facility.

This is organized in collaboration with Huntington Conservation Commission. Reach out with any questions ! Thank you 🌱

12/12/2024

09/27/2024

finding the ✨peace & joy✨ of design & drawing again after a really hard summer where my focus has been elusive. it takes the time it takes. the last time I worked on this plan was the day my dad died. there’s so much to face fully, one at a time. there’s so much to be gentle with ourselves and each other, again and again. 🌼 may you take care of yourselves and may your heart resist business as usual 💛

08/30/2024

Tomorrow !

Lake Eden Shoreland Workshop, 10am-12pm 🌱 in collaboration with Lake Eden Association.
We will be planting native shrubs, trees, and perennials to help restore and diversify this lakeshore from lawn to lush! Naturalized vegetation in this wet meadow will provide habitat for fish and wildlife and help to soak up and filter water from upland runoff and high floodwaters, protecting the health of the lake. 🌀

07/31/2024

*TOMORROW* Thursday, August 1st, 5-6:30 pm We are back this summer with for our third Conservation Block Party!

Come hang out with us and your South Hero neighbors for a local plant walk - an educational journey through the local flora of your community.

Led by Holly, an Ecological Landscape Designer and owner of Greenleaf Design, you’ll learn how to pick the right plants, discover what thrives in your community, explore local natural communities, and more.

Food (pizza and salad!) and a very awesome prize included!

RSVP at TinyURL.com/SouthHeroBlockParty

10/18/2023

Posted • the yestermorrow fall speaker series is back!! 🍂 join us for a series of lectures on the theme of sustainable sites: how we can better steward the land we inhabit and create more responsible, resilient communities in the face of increasingly impactful climate events. all events are free and open to the public. remote attendance will be available via zoom. for zoom meeting info and more details please visit yestermorrow.org/events. we hope to see you in the studio this fall!

10/18/2023

A few amazing photos from of our rain garden design/build course in June 2022 with 💦
I’ll bring giving a talk tonight at yestermorrow and on zoom about rain gardens for sustainable sites: come learn how the simple green stormwater infrastructure of a rain garden can mimic pre-development hydrology to support sustainable sites. Rain gardens can offset the impacts of impervious surfaces (driveways, roofs) and semi-impervious surfaces (lawns, patios) that create large amounts of stormwater runoff, causing erosion and pollution downstream. You will come away with an understanding of the benefits of a rain garden, design considerations, and ideas for siting, sizing, and planting a rain garden. 🌿🌾🌸

07/19/2023

TODAY! Why native plants belong on lakeshores, not lawns - lakes need naturalized buffers for clean water, fish and wildlife, and flood resiliency 🌲🌳🐟💦 Posted • Franklin County NRCD and the Franklin Watershed Committee are hosting an educational Watershed Workshop on Wednesday, July 19th for Lake Carmi community members. This workshop, titled “Healthy Shorelines, Part One: Lakeshore Buffers” will feature guest speaker Holly Greenleaf of Greenleaf Design, LLC. For those interested in attending, please RSVP by emailing [email protected] or calling 802-528-4159.

Date: Wednesday, July 19th, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Location: FELCO Room, 142 Homestead Drive, Franklin VT 05457

07/06/2023

This Saturday !!! 🌱🌱🌱 Volunteer planting day for a rain garden at CP Smith Elementary School in Burlington’s New North End. Starts at 8 am until we finish! Bring gardening tools and/or wheelbarrow or just yourself ! Wear close-toed shoes and gloves. We will be moving stone, stump stools, soil, mulch, and planting. 🌸🌾

This project has been a dream with an incredible team, support from .vt many nurseries and businesses who donated plants and materials (more info to come on that) and the 4th grade class !