Spoke Pockette

03/08/2026

I think you have soemthing to do with this…

We’ve already grown exponentially this season — it’s only March!

As we’re celebrating the wins, we are also bringing on a new teammate —

Welcome Sarah!

You may meet her during your install, or speak on the phone, as Sarah will be observing the process, and taking the reins for critical behind the scenes coordination.

As a small business, having a solid team is everything.

Thank you for supporting Spoke Pockette, and thank you Sarah for joining the cause 🌻

02/28/2026

I’ve worked behind the scenes on editorial shoots. Styled brides. Built an Airbnb people didn’t want to leave.

I understand mood. Light. Texture. Sound. Scent. How a space feels when you step into it.

But somewhere along the way, the event world got loud.

Gardens felt different. Quieter. Deeper. More honest.

In hair, in fashion, in music — you’re always shaping something ephemeral. In the garden, you’re shaping a living system.
That’s what drew me in.

At Spoke Pockette, we create wildly beautiful gardens rooted in reality — and restore 1 acre of land per year along the way.
If you’ve ever wanted your yard to feel like sanctuary, that’s the work.

02/27/2026

A year ago, I was featured on Local NPR affiliate, The Fulcrum, after building a pocket forest in my Berwyn yard.

It started with a problem — heavy rains flooding the alley between our homes. At one point, water nearly reached my neighbor’s window.
So I planted differently.

Today, there are about 25 native trees and shrubs growing in that space. And when it pours? No flooding.

That project shaped Spoke Pockette.

I don’t just plant for beauty. I plant for function. For water. For habitat. For families. For the long term.

This is year 3 of the business — but really 10 years of curiosity, study, and hands-on learning brought me here.

Grateful for the conversation, and even more grateful to keep doing the work.

🌱 Goal: restore 1 acre per year.
Berwyn, IL

https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/urban-flooding-illinois-2672374468

Featured on The Fulcrum.

We talked about ecological garden design, restoring land, and building spaces that feel like sanctuary.

Berwyn, IL — we’re just getting started.

🌱 1 acre per

https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/urban-flooding-illinois-2672374468

02/27/2026

Technology is a tool. The thinking is human.

I use modern tools to help you see what we’re building 🌱

Here’s how it works:

1. I walk your space.
2. I study your soil, light, drainage, and how you live in it.
3. I sketch the layout and choose plants that actually work.
4. Then I put my ideas into AI to create a visual rendering.
The AI does not design your garden. I do.
AI helps us see it.

It’s like a fast digital sketch so you can imagine the future space clearly.

AI isn’t perfect — it can’t get the layout exactly how I want it — but it gets us close enough to: understand the feeling • adjust details • and build a clear estimate.

From there, we refine and bring in the right people to install it beautifully.

🌱 One acre per year (What if 3?!)

02/27/2026

A year ago, I was featured on The Fulcrum, after building a pocket forest in my Berwyn yard.

It started with a problem — heavy rains flooding the alley between our homes. At one point, water nearly reached my neighbor’s window.

So I planted differently.

Today, there are about 25 native trees and shrubs growing in that space. And when it pours? No flooding.

That project shaped Spoke Pockette.

I don’t just plant for beauty. I plant for function. For water. For habitat. For families. For the long term.

This is year 3 of the business — but really 10 years of curiosity, study, and hands-on learning brought me here.
Grateful for the conversation, and even more grateful to keep doing the work.

🌱 Goal: restore 1 acre per year.
Berwyn, IL

https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/urban-flooding-illinois-2672374468

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02/23/2026

Just say wild

02/23/2026

A little more intention, a tidy and fruit trees in Oak Park.

02/23/2026

Lucky little mini in Logan.

Our first garden of 2025.

02/23/2026

Bringing a parkway back to life in Wicker.

Our client is having a go with the modern machinery.

How gorgeous are these chunky woodchips? (Things we say around here)

02/23/2026

We overthrew the lawn.

Wait till you see the backyard.

02/23/2026

A garden edit:

Sometimes natives can be planted in the wrong place. Invasives were also taking over these boarders and blocking the walkway.

The client had roses bushes planted for each of their kids, which were invisible.

We adjusted this — less aggressive natives, groupings of muted pastels and pops of fuchsia.

Brennera makes an appearance yet
again in the shade garden.

02/23/2026

The understory.

10 years of trying, finding, asking, failing, leaping, testing, progressing, learning, adapting, experimenting, listening, pushing, investing, changing, growing, knowing, trusting, hustling, learning, earning, reversing, relating, teaming, chosen family, ideas, discomfort, discoveries, 5,000 travelers, guests, an airbnb, new gardens, and then another, moving, hosting, starting overs, meeting, seeing, seeking, floral murals, sad kiddos, mad kiddos, tired nights, tired mornings, doing it anyway, convictions, community, love, slow morning babies, marshmallows & forts with my daughters, sun, heat, rain, too much of it, petting bees, talking to caterpillars, their world, time, getting lost, several bikes, ride or dies, the good kind of enablers, nay sayers, running into walls, lot’s of no’s, enormous yes’s, splinters, overstayers, creative callings, without permission, intuition, good surprises, gorgeous surroundings, inspiring people, gracious teachers, patient believers…

It’s not about the leap, or the gains, it’s about the permanence of restoring and the permanence of if we do not.

All these things compound.

That is why I’ll be leaping out of bed at 5am on summer mornings.

If that’s you, I wana be your friend.