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Healthy Home Habitats designs yards with less lawn and more native plants, in its own words, and a 2022 customer named Michele Chalice as its owner. A local news site, keenesentinel.com, has described Chalice as a city councilor and the owner of Healthy Home Habitats, where she helps people create edible landscapes and native-centered yards. On Google the business carries 5 stars from 18 ratings. A recent customer said Michele provided a landscape design based on a careful overview of their property and a discussion of their ideas, and was ready to start planting to her plan. A 2025 customer said they sought Michele's guidance on drought resistant native plants to hold back soil on slanted ground near their sidewalk, plus help with water collection and a privacy hedge, and that she followed up in a timely manner. In a 2024 review, a customer said Michele helped design a landscape plan for their new home. A 2023 customer said they hired HHH to discuss native plants and landscape ideas for an area where trees had been removed. A 2022 customer said Michele gave them detailed plans that took into account their color preferences, where to put container gardens for vegetables and where the composter should go, and ranked places to buy plants locally and online. A 2022 customer said Michele offered suggestions for a small seating area and woodland path on a steep wooded slope behind their house. A 2024 customer said Michele's online class on Berries, Birds, Bees and Butterflies was a source of information and inspiration that winter.
Typical your area range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Healthy Home Habitats. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Estimated range
$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
“A program called “Getting Ready to Compost” will be held Feb. 8 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Healthy Home Habitats Demonstration Gardens, 25 Beech St., Keene.”
“Chalice is a city councilor and the owner of Healthy Home Habitats, where she helps people create edible landscapes, native-centered yards and other green projects.”
Michele provided a beautiful landscape design based on a careful overview of my property and a thoughtful discussion of my ideas and expectations. I'm super excited to start planting according to her plan! I was lost and bewildered trying to plan something like this and I had it all wrong! I've wanted for years to turn my yard into a beautiful, living, ecologically sound space, and with Michele's help I'm finally going to make it a reality. Get in touch with her--you'll be glad you did!
Michele’s many years of experience and commitment to sustainability is what drew me to use her services. I sought her guidance on drought resistant native plants to beautify and hold back soil on a challenging bit of slanted ground near our sidewalk. And I also wanted help with water collection and building a privacy “hedge”. Michele was professional, knowledgeable, and thorough. She kept my goals in mind throughout the consultation and followed up in a timely manner- with humor and general encouragement. Highly recommend!
Michele, thank you so very much. Really enjoyed the walkthrough and appreciate your insights. Can’t wait to start tweaking in the Fall!! Thinking this will be so impactful to our space!! Thanks again!!
Met with Michele a few weeks ago to discuss plans for redoing our front yard with native landscaping options. Michele was extremely knowledgeable and gave us some tips on other areas of the yard as well. She has a number of options at very reasonable prices. Looking forward to getting the final plans back soon.
Michele was very helpful to us in designing a landscape plan for our new home. She is knowledgeable, pays attention to detail and provided us with a plan that will work for years to come!
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