Design. Plant. Maintain.
Designed by artists, inspired by nature, and guided by science.
Mission
Plant Matter Garden Design is committed to improving the environment by using locally sourced native plants to create natural garden spaces. By choosing the right plant for the right place, we can repair our fractured ecosystems and offer habitat and food for wildlife.
Who We Are
Plant Matter Garden Design was started by Kyle Psulkowski who has a background in Fine Art and Art Education as well as a life long passion for nature. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, they started researching native plant ecology and volunteering throughout Philadelphia to help repair its fractured ecosystem.
They have been propagating plants in Germantown for two years and in that time has become intimately aware of what these species need to survive and how they build an ecosystem.
Their goal was to create an approachable and sliding-scale based garden design business with the goal of one day doing non-profit work in public spaces through out Philadelphia. All proceeds from any work will go directly back into growing and planting native plants directly in Philadelphia.
“ Our success is up to each one of us individually. We can each make a measurable difference almost immediately by planting a native nearby. As gardeners and stewards of our land, we have never been so empowered - and the ecological stakes have never been so high. ”
— Douglas W. Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home (2007)