Permaculture consulting
A walk of the property and a written report: what is failing, what the site is already trying to do on its own, and the order to fix things in.
Site visit · Report · Half or full dayStart a permaculture consultWest Jordan, Utah · Est. 2026Regenerating landscapes.
Regenerating landscapes.
Restoring connection.
A design studio for Utah’s dry valleys and benches. We plan yards, acreages, and small farms that hold their own water, feed native pollinators, and get better every year instead of more expensive.
60Feet or acres. The principles do not change.
The work starts at home, because home is the part of the world most of us can actually reach. A sixty foot bed along a driveway and a sixty acre farm are the same problem at different sizes: put the water where it needs to go, build the soil back, and plant things that want to be here. Bigger ground does not change the thinking. It only takes longer.
Working with the ground instead of against it is most of the answer. Working with each other is the rest of it, and food is what makes that part easy. A row of tomatoes nobody can finish. A bag of apples left on a porch. A potluck at the end of a long planting day, when everyone is filthy and pleased with themselves. Shared ground gives people a reason to be outside at the same time, and that is usually where neighbours stop being strangers.
Enough good soil across enough yards becomes a corridor. Enough people who know each other becomes a street worth living on. That is the whole of it: getting reconnected to the ground, and to the people standing on it.
Seven in ten of Utah’s native bees nest underground, so when they turn up on their own, you know the water, the soil, and the planting all worked.
01 · Services
What we design
We are primarily a design and documentation company. You get drawings competent enough that most installers can build from them, or that you can build yourself one phase at a time. Plans are drawn to flex, so a tight year phases the work down rather than stopping it.
Water harvesting & drainage
Swales on contour, basins, berms, dry creek beds, and roof-water capture, laid out from real elevations so runoff soaks in where you want it.
Grading · Swales · Rain gardensStart a water planPollinator habitat
Planting designed for unbroken bloom April through October, with bare ground, pithy stems, and nesting structure left in on purpose.
Forage · Nesting · OverwinteringStart a pollinator plantingFood forests & edible landscape
Fruit, nut, berry, and perennial vegetable layers arranged for the light, water, and chill hours you actually have, not a zone-7 catalog.
Orchard · Guilds · Kitchen gardenStart a food forestLawn conversion & native palettes
Turf removal that does not end in bare gravel. Plant palettes chosen for Great Basin soils, alkalinity, elevation, and exposure.
Waterwise · Natives · Low-inputStart a lawn conversionWhole-property master plans
A scaled plan for the entire site covering circulation, grading, water, planting and structures, sequenced into phases you can afford one season at a time.
Residential · Acreage · Small farmStart a master planHowever you startEvery one of these runs through the same four phases, and each phase ends in a deliverable you own outright. See how a project goes.
02 · How it works
The same yard, two ways
The lot does not change and neither does the budget by much. What changes is where things go and why: shade on the walls that take the afternoon sun, planting where the water already collects, lawn only where someone stands on it. Every element in the second plan is doing a job.
Lawn to every edge, shrubs in a row, and the rain leaves for the street.
- Shade trees cut the cooling load.
- Planting sited where the water already goes.
- Lawn kept only where it gets used.
The four drawings behind this one take each idea apart on its own.Learning More
03 · Process
Four phases, in order
Each phase ends in a deliverable you own. Stop after any one of them and you still have something useful in your hands.
Phase 01
Observe
A site visit and a full read of the property: sun, wind, slope, soil, water movement, existing plants, and what you actually want to do out there.
- Site visit & measure
- Soil & drainage check
- Base map
Phase 02
Design
Concept plan first: rough zones and shapes, cheap to change. Then the drawn plan, rendered so you can see the place before anything is dug.
- Concept plan
- Two revision rounds
- Rendered master plan
Phase 03
Document
The build set: planting plan with quantities, grading and water layout, irrigation zones, materials, and a phasing plan with budget ranges.
- Planting plan & list
- Grading & irrigation
- Phasing & budget
Phase 04
Steward
Installer handoff, then a seasonal calendar for the first three years: when to water, when to cut back, and when to leave it alone.
- Contractor handoff
- 3-year care calendar
- Annual walkthrough
04 · Studio
Design that starts with a conversation
Earth Bee Studio is a regenerative landscape design practice based in West Jordan, Utah, working across the Salt Lake Valley, Utah Valley, and south into central Utah.
Every property is different, and so is every household. The first thing we do is talk about what you actually want out there. How you want to use it, what you want to grow, what you would rather never think about again. That conversation is the part of this we care most about getting right, because the design flexes to your vision and never the other way round. Plans get revised as many times as it takes to feel right.
From there we start with the water and the soil, design the planting to the site’s real conditions, and draw it clearly enough to build from. The result costs less to run every year it is in the ground.
We focus on design and leave the building to you, which is what lets the plan be drawn for your site rather than around any one crew’s equipment. Take it out to bid, phase it over a few seasons, or build it yourself a weekend at a time. The drawings are made to be handed to whoever ends up doing the work.
05 · Questions
The things people ask first
If what you want to know is not here, ask. The answer is probably short, and we would rather tell you before you commit to anything.
Do you install the landscape as well as design it?
No. We design and document, and stop there. You get a drawing set precise enough that any competent contractor can bid and build from it, which means the plan is drawn for your site rather than around one crew’s equipment and availability. Most clients bid it out, and some build it themselves over a few seasons.
What does a design cost, and how is it structured?
Work is quoted as a fixed fee per phase rather than hourly, so you know the cost of each step before it starts and can stop after any one of them. The consult is priced on its own and credited toward a full design if you continue. We are still finalising the published fee ranges, so ask and we will send current numbers for the scope you have in mind.
How long does it take?
A consult and written report turns around quickly: a site visit and notes back within a couple of weeks. A full master plan takes considerably longer, because it needs a site survey, at least one round of revisions, and time for you to live with the ideas. We will give you a date in writing before the work starts.
Can the work be phased over several seasons?
Yes, and most of it should be. Plans are drawn in phases that each end in something finished and usable, so you can build one section a year and never have a half-done yard. Water and earthworks come first because everything else depends on where the water goes; planting follows the water.
Will a native or waterwise landscape look unkempt?
It can, and that is usually a design failure rather than a plant failure. Unmanaged native planting does read as messy, so the plans use hard edges, mown or gravel borders, repeated massing, and a clear path structure to give the eye the order it is looking for. The planting inside those edges can then be as loose as it likes. Winter is the honest test, and we plan for how it looks in February, not just June.
How much water does this actually save, and how soon?
Outdoor use is where the savings are, and converting turf to a designed native palette typically cuts that substantially once plants are established. The first year is not the year to judge it: new plantings need regular water to root, and use usually drops sharply from the second or third season as they take hold. Your own numbers depend on what you are replacing and how it was irrigated.
Do you work with HOAs and their landscape rules?
Yes, and it is worth raising early. Utah law limits how far an HOA can go in prohibiting waterwise landscaping, but most still have submittal requirements and approved-plant lists, and those are far easier to satisfy at the drawing stage than after planting. We can produce the plan set in the form your committee wants to receive.
What area do you serve?
We are based in West Jordan and work across the Wasatch Front and into central Utah. Roughly, that is anywhere within a comfortable drive of the Salt Lake Valley. If you are further out, ask, because it depends on the size of the project.
05 · Start
Tell us about the property
Send the address, roughly what you are hoping for, and anything that is already failing out there. We reply within two business days with a scope, a fee, and a realistic timeline.
hello@earthbeestudio.com
West Jordan, Utah
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