About us
Hobby Gardening LLC is a small gardening business located in Ypsilanti Township, MI, since 2023. We provide integral gardening services in the Washtenaw county area. We do not discriminate clients for race, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious beliefss, neighborhood and any other characteristic.
If you hire Hobby Gardening LLC, you will find a single person -not a big crew of people- working on your yard with hand and battery powered tools, open to listen to your needs. We are used to work with handicap clients and people unable to maintain their yard for multiple reasons, and understand the importance of reaching those difficult areas that you can't, that might make you feel worried about your curb-appeal and that you would not need to hire a gardener to do only what you can do by your own. We are aware of our limits and, if there is anything that we are not allowed to do for any reason, we will let you know in advance so that both parts are in the same page before starting a project.
Our business values
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Simple dynamic: once the client schedules an in-person assessment, we share a formal quote and then, if this is accepted, we provide a writen Service Agreement with an explanation of the service and the final price agreed.
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No surprise fees: Our quotes include the full and final price of the service, including taxes and materials. We won't surprise you with extra fees never mentioned before. Once you sign the Service Agreement, you know the price to pay upon completion of the service.
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No chemical gardenng: We are gardening in an echosystem, not against it, so we do not use any chemical substances to kill weeds or pests because chemical substances do not target uniquely those weeds and pests.
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Hand and battery powered tools: Noises, gas smells, and smokes are terrible for you, for us, and for your neighbors. We use hand and battery powered tools to reduce our impact in your community and to reduce pollution.
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Comfortable professional relationship: Gardening is not only our job, but a hobby, and we do not want to make the experience of making business with us uncomfortable. This is why we will listen to your ideas, share ours, talk about the options that fit best your budget, and are open to negotiate our srvice and prices until we find what you need. Your property will be respected and the communication will always be welcome.
Meet your gardener
Alvaro was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1990. When he was 14 years old, he started his gardening journey as an urban gardener. He built a 3 ft x 5 ft raised bed in his parents balcony, filled it with compost and experimented for the first time the excitment of growing organic food at home.
When he moved to the United States with his partner in 2019, he spent 3 years in Missouri, where he used his backyard to grow his own food. Alvaro and his partner moved to Michigan in 2022 and transformed his backyard in a high intensity garden, where he grows not only food but also edible flowers and herbs to make teas.
Alvaro is also a linguist. He earned a degree in Modern Languages and two MA in applied linguistics, one in French and one in Spanish. He works full time in education and combines his job with his passion for gardening, which became a formal business in 2023. Alvaro is a talkative guy who visited more than 10 countries. When he is not teaching or gardening, he likes spending time reading about agriculture and Édouard Louis and Didier Éribon books, painting and keeping his hands bussy woodworking in his garage.
Need a gardener? Schedule a first in-person visit to receive a free assessment and quote for your project. We are looking forward to sharing our hobby with you!
