People want access to healthy, abundant spaces, and plenty of them.
We partner with community developers, landscape architects, urban planners, designers, architects, and municipalities to create spaces that matter.
We combine authentic land stewardship with community driven local food programming, creating holistic wellness outcomes for all ages.
Go beyond traditional landscaping by implementing green space amenities that residents can touch, taste, and smell. Food as local as it gets.
Grow nutritious and delicious food
Boost community engagement
Support mental and physical health
Increase biodiversity
Go beyond sustainable to abundant
For developers, this means:
>>> Market Differentiation
Create tangible value for bdeliver a compelling sales story all at the same time.
>>> Resident Satisfaction
Support vibrant communities with green spaces that residents are drawn to care about.
>>> Streamline Approvals
Implement landscaping practices that enhance climate resilience and accelerate permits.
For developers, this means:
>>> Market Differentiation
Create tangible value for b deliver a compelling sales story all at the same time.
>>> Resident Satisfaction
Support vibrant communities with green spaces that residents are drawn to care about.
>>> Streamline Approvals
Implement landscaping practices that enhance climate resilience and accelerate permits.
"Gorilla Gardener quickly understood the complexity of our ambitions, took ownership of their scope of work, and brought a wealth of knowledge on food, landscaping, and maintenance."
Charles Boechler - Senior Development Manager, Truman
PROCESS:
1. Context
Context is everything. We dive deep into your project, team, and community to understand both the human and environmental parameters of the work. This foundational knowledge sets the stage for informed decisions and guides every phase that follows.
2. Strategy
We analyze your specific context, identifying holistic opportunities that will shape the design and create value beyond the project itself. This is where meaningful impact takes root.
3. Design
Drawing on our multi-disciplinary expertise, we weave your goals and requirements into a design that is uniquely yours. We use compelling visuals to tell the story clearly, ensuring stakeholders and contractors alike can understand the vision.
4. Implement
Concept meets reality. We guide you and your team to bring the vision to life on the ground, whether through training your staff or working directly with site contractors to ensure principles are understood and details are executed with care.
"Our work together to pitch a concept, secure trust and confidence in the abilities of our team, work with all the dynamics of building an expanded group of supporters, and get boots-on-the-ground to shape the reality of the program was inspiring."
Susan Antler, Executive Director - Compost Council of Canada
SERVICES
Understand the potential with a Feasibility Study before retaining us for Custom Consulting.We handle everything from concept through installation coordination and maintenance strategy.
• Site assessment and analysis • Community and stakeholder engagement • Concept design • Programming development • Renderings and marketing visualizations • Landscape plans • Plant and material specifications • Contractor and vendor networks • Reporting and project summaries
Fixed Fees
We give you a fixed fee so you always know the price. We never assess an hourly or daily rates, since you should not have to make an investment decision every time our assistance may be needed.
Our Guarantee
If you are unsatisfied with the delivered work for any reason we will continue to work with you until you are satisfied, or refund you completely.
"We had an outstanding experience working with Gorilla Gardener at TELUS Spark. We were extremely satisfied with the results and look forward to bringing them back for future projects."
Sam O’Neil, TELUS Spark
TEAM
Gorilla Gardener is Jack Goodwin, Diane Cassidy, and Geoff the Gorilla. Many years of on-the-ground and around-the-table project experience have led us to think differently about community amenity. We are practical plant growers, scientists, designers, hospitality experts, and ultimately optimists.
Jack Goodwin, BSc.
CEO, Ecological Landscape Designer
Diane Cassidy, BAID, NCIDQ
Creative Director, Hospitality Design Strategist
Geoff the Gorilla
Geoff is our mascot. Geoff, and the island he lives on, represent our work building islands of practical, productive green spaces in an ocean of concrete and grass landscapes.
