About Us

Green Plumb Garden Design (GPGD) creates exceptional outdoor environments, greeting you with color, fragrance, seasonal variety and intriguing textures year round. We create landscapes with:

birds and butterflies as frequent visitor
sustainable plantings complimentary to our Midwestern climate and resilient to a warming planet with heavier downpours and more frequent droughts
durable and cost-effective paths, patios and stonework to frame and direct your outdoor rooms
inspired by the framing and strong aesthetics of renowned garden architects and first class, sophisticated horticulture

Work with GPGD to bring beauty, inspiration, relaxation and unforgettable moments to your landscape setting, with outdoor rooms that match your home’s interior elegance.

Established in 2003, Green Plumb Garden Design serves communities from Hyde Park to Harbert, MI. We offer all phases of landscape design, and some construction, from garden plans for entire renovations to small injections of color and texture at front stoops and in container plantings. Green Plumb Garden Design’s vision is to make every landscape more enjoyable, memorable and aligned with the natural world. We achieve this vision with a reputation built on excellent client services, ongoing education from leading horticulturalists and by listening and collaborating with our clients and other designers.

Julia Plumb, Owner & Designer

Daniel Goldfarb, Designer

Julia Plumb grew up in the Chicago suburbs, initially working on habitat restoration efforts with several land trusts north of the City. She received a Masters in Ecological Landscape Design and Planning from the Conway School of Landscape Design http://www.csld.edu/. She has worked at the Chicago Botanic Garden, created public gardens at Garfield Park Conservatory, and received a merit of certificate from the Chicago Wilderness and US EPA Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards. She uses her training in design and ecology to create gardens with a sense of place and beauty, whether a large country estate or a modern house on a city lot. In December, 2021, Julia completed her MBA at IU Northwest.

Daniel Goldfarb grew up in South America, in Chile and Venezuela, and seeks to merge art and ecology throughout our company’s garden projects. Daniel has degrees in ecology and forestry, as well as a Master’s degree in Sculpture from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Daniel’s education and design experience translate into a range of urban, commercial and industrial ecological restoration and community forestry projects in the Calumet Region of Northwest Indiana and Northeastern Illinois.

With careful consideration of your site’s features, coupled with your own garden ideas, needs and budget, Green Plumb Garden Design will help you create a stunning and functional home landscape.