Ready to turn your Yard into a pollinator paradise?
Whether you're dreaming of an urban food forest, a healing herb garden, or a blooming flower party - you've come to the right place!
Building Regenerative landscapes
Soil
Plants and Pollinators
Plants and Pollinators
We use permaculture-inspired techniques to rebuild healthy soil. Our method incorporates a layering technique using cardboard, compost, and mulch that naturally decomposes, resulting in healthier soil each season.
Plants and Pollinators
Plants and Pollinators
Plants and Pollinators
By selecting native and drought-tolerant climate-adapted plants, our gardens create sustainable micro-ecosystems that increase biodiversity and build ecological resilience in urban habitats.
Structure and Flow
Plants and Pollinators
Structure and Flow
Using natural stone, we create borders and pathways that invite you to be a part of your garden. Incorporating water harvesting techniques like rain gardens, french drains, and rain barrels, rainfall is conserved and incorporated into the design.
Maintenance
Plants and Pollinators
Structure and Flow
We offer full-service garden maintenance, including invasive weed removal, perennial care, deadheading, and shrub and tree pruning. Big or small - we do it, and chemical-free!
Intentionally designed to support life
At Maekin Gardens, we specialize in pollinator gardens that are as beautiful as they are beneficial—thoughtfully designed as a sustainable alternative to traditional lawns. By using native and drought-tolerant plants, our landscapes dramatically reduce water use, eliminate the need for chemicals, and create vibrant, low-maintenance outdoor spaces that thrive in Colorado’s unique climate.
These gardens aren’t just pretty—they’re purposeful. As pollinators like bees and butterflies face rapid population decline due to habitat loss, our gardens help rebuild essential urban ecosystems. Each space we create becomes part of a growing patchwork of restored habitat—supporting biodiversity, improving soil health, and helping to strengthen local food systems.
In a time of increasing climate stress and ecological disruption, Maekin Gardens offers a way to reconnect with the land right outside your door. Whether you’re replacing a thirsty lawn or revitalizing a neglected space, our designs turn ordinary yards into thriving, resilient habitats—alive with color, movement, and meaning.
Our Team
Maekin has worked in the horticulture industry for fifteen years in wholesale greenhouses, container farms, and landscaping environments. They've completed over eighty credits of graduate and undergraduate-level horticulture courses in design, plant science, medicinal medicine, green building techniques, and human health. They hold a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a graduate certificate in Urban Agriculture from Colorado State University. Current projects include working with The Park People to increase tree canopy and water conservation in Denver's Southwest communities.
Danielle (Draco) is a passionate, purpose-driven community advocate who has completed 200+ hours of intensive ISA-based urban forestry arboriculture training in tree identification, biology, and common tree health problems in Denver. She works with The Park People as a Community Connector and Climate Ambassador for the Barnum neighborhood towards growing a sustainable and community-supported urban tree canopy. She is an Urban Forestry committee member and Lowell Street Community Garden Leader.
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