Welcome! Bobbie's Green Thumb, based in but not limited to Shaker Heights, Ohio is a full-service, award-winning landscape design company that creates gardens and landscapes that make your dreams come true.

Established in 1977 by Bobbie Schwartz, FAPLD, the business quickly earned recognition for her creativity and in-depth handling of the design process. This process begins by listening to the client's wants, needs, and aspirations. It ends in the creation of an inspired design that suits both the site and the client and is as sustainable as possible.

Bobbie's work is epitomized by certain signature elements: a passion for color, a love affair with perennials and ornamental grasses, and the creation of four-season landscapes. You can be sure that specified plants have been thoroughly trialed in real-life sites (Bobbie's garden and those of some of her clients) and, will, therefore, be well-suited to the client’s site conditions. Her specialties are master plans, renovation of overgrown landscapes, perennial gardens, shade gardens, and wet landscapes.

In the interest of sustainability, Bobbie works with her clients to reduce the amount of lawn on the property. This reduction equates with a lowering of the use of fertilizers, chemicals, and water, thus improving the environment for this generation and those to come.

Once a design is installed, Bobbie encourages her clients to enter into a contract for periodic maintenance so that the design visionevolves and matures with the plants. Because the landscape is a living entity, changes will occur and these changes can be noted and dealt with appropriately.

To increase her knowledge of gardening and design, Bobbie regularly attends horticultural and design conferences, that include lectures and garden tours. Her love of gardens has taken her around the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe on trips that provide inspiration as well as introductions to new plant material, but she is always happy to return home, ready to create inspired, magical gardens for herself and her clients.

Bobbie's passion for gardening and design is the basis of her book, "The Design Puzzle -- Putting the Pieces Together," which you can purchase from Amazon.com or by contacting Bobbie. Isn't this the kind of garden designer you want?

Bobbie is available for consultations and design as well as landscape installation and maintenance. She also lectures extensively and writes for local as well as national publications. Contact her to discuss her services and let Bobbie's Green Thumb turn your dreams into the new garden or landscape you've always wanted.

Spring Newsletter Online

Want to know what's hot this year? Be sure to check out the annual spring newsletter. Bobbie highlights what's hot for the year, the Perennial Plant of the Year, trends in garden design, New and Fairly New Annuals for the year, and Perennial Offerings. Also available are the order sheets for the annual sale, held the Thursday before Mother's Day, of perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, hanging baskets, and tools from Bobbie's Green Thumb.