Halcyon Homesteads Garden Services

04/11/2021

Hello! We are currently searching for a new team member!

Specifications and qualifications:

-driver's license and clean driving record
-comfortable operating a truck with small trailer
-able to lift at least 40lbs
-some experience with gardening or plants preferred, but we will train the right candidate
-24 hours/week
-3 work days/week with set schedule based on initial availability
-fast-paced, but meticulous work environment
-first week of work begins May 3, with a full training day the prior week

If this sounds like you, drop us a note at [email protected]. We're excited to chat soon!

05/19/2020

For more insects, try adding pollinator plants, leaving fallen leaves when possible, and allowing some "messy"/wild areas in your landscape!

Most songbirds require an insect-rich diet to successfully raise many and vigorous young, researchers say.

12/06/2019

Thanks, Northampton!

07/14/2018

A work in progress!

05/19/2018

04/04/2018

Happy all things spring! Tired of battling that bittersweet that overtakes your yard every summer? Does your lawn have a tendency to become more of a tick-haven than a plush carpet of green? Do you have a w**d "situation"? Or perhaps you have a vision for a cut-flower garden, bee and butterfly nook, or simply could use some curbside appeal that will make your side of the street pop with color and invention.

Halcyon Homesteads is currently accepting new clients in Northampton, Florence, Hadley, Easthampton, and Hatfield for the following services:

-spring cleanup
-garden/landscape design and installation
-routine, bi-weekly maintenance (mowing, w**ding, pest and disease control, etc)

Free consultations and estimates!

05/02/2017

Happy May Day!

Happy May Day! Here in the Pioneer Valley of Western Mass, the daffodils are steadily drooping, my crabapple is in full bloom and yesterd...

08/18/2016

As the heat of the summer winds down, and the smoke clears from one of the worst local droughts on record, the picture of your yard looks something like this:

-yellow, crispy grass, burnt to a cinder
-perennial beds that are both overgrown and withered away
-dying shrubs
-stressed trees, dropping their leaves months early

If this summer decimated your faith in having a lovely landscape or garden for all seasons, fret not. With ecologically sustainable practices, we at Halcyon Homesteads Garden Services can help you reclaim your once-beautiful yard!

Call or email us for a free consultation, and we'll get your yard back on track and looking even better than it did before! [email protected]

08/12/2016

07/30/2016

In addition to a few staples like kale and collard greens -- and on just 1/10th of an acre -- the guys at Paradise Lot in Holyoke are growing non-traditional crops like clove currants, paw paws, and edible-leaf varieties of mulberry and linden trees. The garden contains over 300 varieties of perenni...

05/23/2016

so cool!

The little carnivores' colorful dens provide veritable oases in the tundra, a new study says.

05/15/2016

"The restoration of the Homestead’s greenhouse and backyard revives a less well known yet crucial fact about Dickinson: In addition to being a poet, she was an amateur naturalist and a renowned gardener with a considerable knowledge of botany."

Archaeologists are excavating the grounds of the home where the poet lived in hopes of restoring her botanical treasures.