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by marie abaya  
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begin your garden collaboration: simeona gardenaire's range of services
simeona gardenaire specializes in dog-friendly and art-friendly spaces appropriate for the New Mexico high desert region; low-maintenance, yet lush and livable, innovative and lasting.
  • consultation and design for residential gardens and landscapes and out of the ordinary commercial environments
  • art consultations and installations; artist/artisan coordination
  • designs that provide for a peaceful and fun co-existence between dogs, gardens and people
  • standard range of design fees $250-500: for scaled plan with planting and hardscape material details
  • small-scale garden installations
  • estimates for installations of any size
  • recommendations for reliable and experienced professionals for small and large landscape construction and installation, pruning and maintenance, low-voltage lighting installation
Marie has worked in landscape design and maintenance in three regions: East Coast, Gulf Coast and Chihuahuan Desert, from Big Bend to Albuquerque. Some of her ecology and education projects include designing an indoor/outdoor garden for the Cesar Chavez Community School and YouthBuild Albuquerque; working with Legacy Land Trust in Houston to develop an outdoor classroom for HISD integrating sustainable building, gardening and nature studies; co-creating a landscape ecology program for a residential ranch in Jackson Hole developing guidelines for staff, residents and builders concerning human impact on and interaction with wildlife areas; site planning and program development of Chinati Hot Springs art and retreat center. Marie is a member of the Albuquerque Independent Business Association (AIBA, keepitquerque.org).
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