EarthWorks Landscape Design & Construction

07/30/2026

Snap, crackle, and POP

07/30/2026

Feather and wedge rock splitting. As it’s been done for hundreds of years. Age-old technique.

Wait to see how we install this.

02/02/2026

An amazing opportunity for the right person wanting to hustle with this fast paced crew of flower slingers!

We are hiring! We will be filling two positions for the 2026 season: a Crew Leader/Assistant Farm Manager and another Crew Member position.
If you’d like to join the kindest, sweatiest, fiercest, fastest and most fun farm team around, full info and application instructions are on our website. Please share with anyone who might like to join our team!

07/19/2024

Small business circle of life: My current customer goes to Talking Breads bakery to pick up her Roots Cut Flower Farm bouquet club flowers. Buys cookie. Delivers cookie to me while I’m working. Love it when a plan comes together.

07/17/2024

Show and tell time! This will be a guided tour of some of the stonework and hardscape projects at the farm, discussing design considerations, construction techniques, and materials selection. Plus you get to see the farm at peak abundance!

07/01/2024

So excited to show off my pet rock collection and share a few projects completed at the farm. Follow the link for tickets and bring your curiosity!

03/29/2024

Pocket Parks. First of all, why is this not a household term? It's just so fun to say. By definition, these are small parks or greenspaces, either public or private.

A few years ago, we found ourselves with tandem opportunities to design and build landscapes on what were formerly residential building lots in Carlisle. The owners wanted to create lush green space in their neighborhood to give viewers and visitors a respite from streets and tightly packed buildings. One was for public use, at Penn State Dickinson Law and another for a homeowner who loves a tidy and lush garden, to be admired by the pedestrian neighborhood. It was great fun to juxtapose formal hardscape lines, repetitive plantings and soft forms in both of these new neighborhood additions.

Where is your favorite pocket park in Cumberland County?

03/25/2024

Where does brick fit in?
To Earthworks, brick lives in the same "natural-stone" authentic materials category as real stone.
Brick comes from the earth, first in the form of clay. It is not dyed, filled with cheap aggregate, does not erode inconsistently. Brick making is as old as the Great Wall of China. Bricks are a classic colonial material, and continue to endure. You can use them in conventional patterns like basketweave or runningbond, or border PA Bluestone work, or use as an accent or inlay with another primary paving stone.
True clay bricks gently age, sometimes growing moss in their joints, keeping their true natural color. They may softly wear, rounding and smoothing, but they endure. It's a testament to natural materials to find them in centuries-old buildings and walkways. With a proper base, a brick path will last for years to come. And also make your landscape feel classically situated.

03/22/2024

Let's be honest, it's a rather personal thing to hire someone to work in your backyard. Especially if they will be there for several months on a big project. One of the most rewarding parts of my job - one of the fringe benefits I love the most - is getting to know my customers. If we haven't met, you should know that I really like people. I like interesting conversation, I like joking around, I like engaging. We can discuss whatever I'm listening to on the radio, whatever you are studying, or just make a bunch of wisecracks.
To those of you who have hired me, it is an honor to work in your space and to know you. To those of you who are thinking of hiring Earthworks, you’ve been warned😂

For example, on Maia’s job, gorgeous George and I got to where he would just come over and show off.

03/18/2024

Tight joints. Not good for those of us who are aging and creaking with every move, but to a patio, it's the telltale sign of precision craftsmanship. The smaller the joints between each stone, the more time that was taken to carefully fit them together. Just like a perfectly-fitting jigsaw puzzle, a tightly-laid stone patio shows time and patience. When all the gaps are the same (small) spacing, you can tell that a company spent time carefully piecing each stone where it was meant to be. This, tied with a stable and smooth plane, makes for the ultimate dry-laid patio or path.