Turn your property into a living landscape.
Grow Wild designs and builds premium edible and native landscapes that become more beautiful, productive, and resilient over time — integrating food, habitat, healthy soil, and the way you want to live outdoors.
Design/build projects from $5,000 · Serving the Farmington Valley and surrounding Connecticut towns
Choose the scale that fits your property
Garden Enhancement
$5,000–$15,000
One focused area, done beautifully — a pollinator garden, productive raised beds, an edible border, or a focused soil reset and planting.
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Transform & Grow
$25,000–$75,000
Our core work: a connected, multi-zone transformation — food, habitat, soil, and water designed as one living system.
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Signature Project
$75,000–$250,000+
Whole-property ecological master plans and complex, phased builds that evolve over seasons — the full Grow Wild vision.
Learn more →Ranges are planning anchors, not quotes — every property is different.See what shapes the investment.
From lawn to living system
The same ground, seasons apart. Ecological landscapes don't just get installed — they establish, mature, and improve year over year.
Property-scale ecological intelligence
Most landscaping starts with what to plant. We start with what your property is already telling us — soil first, then water movement, sunlight, deer pressure, invasive plants, and how you actually use your outdoor space.
That diagnosis shapes everything: which zones to transform first, which plant communities will thrive rather than merely survive, where food production makes sense, and how the whole system gets easier — not harder — to live with as it matures.
- Food forests & edible landscapes — perennial food systems that feed your family and the ecosystem.
- Native habitat & pollinator gardens — plant communities that belong here and bring life with them.
- Living soil — no-till methods, composting, mineral balancing, and biology-first soil building.
- Water-wise design — rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, and planting that works with how water moves.
- Long-term stewardship — establishment care and adaptation that protect the investment.
Step into a landscape that feeds you back.
A clear path from first look to living landscape
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Project Fit Form
Tell us about your property, goals, and investment range.
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15-Minute Fit Call
A short conversation to confirm fit and explain next steps.
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Property Discovery
A structured walkthrough — soil, water, sun, habitat, and how you want to live outdoors.
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Private Property Plan
Zone-by-zone findings and recommendations in your own private review site.
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Build & Stewardship
A human-approved proposal, a phased build, and care that protects the outcome.
See a Grow Wild landscape come to life
Two and a half minutes of real Grow Wild ground — the philosophy, the soil, and the landscapes it grows.
You work with the person who walks your land
Grow Wild is led by founder Brian Barnicle — two decades of hands-on experience across commercial farming, off-grid living, and ecological design from Southern California to Northern Oregon to Connecticut.
The person who reads your soil and water, explains every recommendation, and stands behind the finished landscape is the same person who answers your questions — not a sales rep with a brochure.
Ready to see what your property could become?
Tell us about your property and goals. If it looks like a fit, we’ll schedule a 15-minute call to talk through next steps — no pressure, no obligation.