Space for your ideas
A place to sit, familiar plants, a fresh perspective on the garden: note what you would like to keep and what you would like to change.
Bring nature back into your garden.
Even small changes create valuable habitats – for native plants, wildlife and for you.
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A garden that lives with its surroundings.
Tell me about your ideas, interests and dreams. Together we read the site, uncover its potential and develop a natural garden where native life can flourish.
- Individual consultation
- Garden design & project support
- Monitoring & continued development
Your garden. New possibilities.
A good beginning is not a finished plan. It is curiosity about what is already there.
Understand the setting
Where does the sun fall? Which areas stay damp? Where do you spend time? These observations are a useful starting point for a conversation.
Think in manageable steps
Everything need not happen at once. Together we can explore priorities that fit the site, your everyday life and your resources.
I show you the way to a restorative, healthy and living garden.
From the first visit to a living garden
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Understand
On site, we consider your wishes, the garden and its immediate surroundings.
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Develop
We select effective biodiversity measures and document them clearly in a report.
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Accompany
Implementation and monitoring make progress visible and create room to keep developing.
Use existing potential
Close natural cycles
Cool the garden in summer
Strengthen ecological infrastructure
Peter Michel
ETH natural scientist, biodiversity practitioner and owner of a certified natural garden. Scientific care meets practical experience in horticulture and natural pond construction.
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- MSc Naturwissenschaftler ETH
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- MSc Wasser- und Umweltmanagement
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- Biodiversitätspraktiker · Jardin Suisse
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- Practical experience in horticulture & natural ponds
Your garden in experienced hands.
Expertise meets a love of living gardens. Peter Michel brings together scientific training, practical experience and careful attention to your particular setting.
More about the consultancy- A scientific perspective
- MSc Natural Sciences, ETH · MSc Water and Environmental Management
Soil, water and habitats are considered together, as parts of a living whole.
- Practical understanding
- Biodiversity practitioner · Jardin Suisse
Experience in horticulture and natural ponds connects ideas with practical implementation.
- Personal guidance
- Your contact: Peter Michel
From your first questions through project design to observing how your garden develops.
Let’s meet in the garden.
At your own garden or on a visit to Peter’s natural garden: discover together what makes your outdoor space special. Visits by appointment.
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