Wild Works of Whimsy, LLC

Love this business and its owner. Trista is an amazing woman, and her passion comes through in her work. She takes time to really design your dream yard. She listens to the things that are important to you and incorporates them into your design. She is able to spot areas of your yard that might need more help than others. She is great with feedback too. She designs a layout and refines it with your input to make it exactly what you are looking for. She is a pleasure to work with!

Trista was wonderful to work with and came up with a great design for my natural garden. I can't wait to see how my garden looks in the spring!

Trista of Wild Works helped us to create a sustainable garden that would support pollinators and local wildlife. The clay soil here results in pooling in many areas of the property attracting mosquitoes. We also asked for an area for a fire pit for cooler weather evening star gazing. Trista designed a rain garden to help with the flow of the water, a stone pathway which doubles as a dry bed for rainwater dissemination, and incorporated all local native vegetation including a variety of ferns, grasses, and flowering shrubs. The garden is beautiful and exactly what we were hoping for. Trista completed the job within budget and in a 4-5 month time frame from first consultation to final planting, despite several rainy days. She is extremely knowledgable about conservation landscaping and native plants.

Trista designed a beautiful all-native garden for us. It is colorful, full and includes most of my favorite flowers and bushes. She worked with us on several iterations and produced a detailed computerized plan with a key and accompanying pictures of each plant, as well as a simulated picture of our house so that we could see what the garden would look like once planted and mature. I recommend including in your plan having her come to the site on planting day to ensure your planting go according to plan. Trista has a great aesthetic eye and thorough knowledge of native plants! We also really appreciated her responsiveness and patience with our questions and alterations!

We came to Trista with lots of ideas....and she took those ideas and created an edible and native landscape that is even better than we imaged. Feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet her and work with her. Wild Works of Whimsy is the best around.

Trista was very attentive to detail and was patient with my edits. The final design is beautiful and I’m so appreciative of her knowledge of the local ecosystem.

We contracted with Trista Imrich of Wild Works of Whimsy to landscape our small yard in the North End of Virginia Beach. The yard was planted approximately 25 years ago, and was completely overgrown. Almost everything had to go. Our goal was to replant with native species that were low maintenance, but other than rough sizes and quantities of plants, we were not sure how to proceed. Trista was excellent at working with us to plan exactly both what we wanted and what would work in our space, which is a vital but often rare skill in a designer. Our goal of using native, low maintenance plants is one of her specialties, and her enthusiastic approach to her work combined with her abundant knowledge guarantees extremely positive results. Also of importance, her patience is incredible. She made multiple trips to our home as we worked through details of both the design and installation, and perhaps changed our minds several times more than was reasonable. We are extremely pleased with the end product; Trista did a truly outstanding job. We are looking forward to watching everything grow over the next few years as it becomes more mature and beautiful. We would unhesitatingly give Trista our highest recommendation for any such landscaping project.

As a novice to gardening, Trista was an amazing resource to me. She came up with our landscape plans in less than a month and knew exactly what I was looking for. Her fee is extremely reasonable and I would highly recommend her work.

After home renovations that tore up exiting landscaping, our yard was much in need of some love. We wanted landscaping that is relatively low maintenance while providing food and habitat to suburban wildlife. I read about Wild Works of Whimsey's projects using plants native to our area, knew i had found the right fit for our project, and contacted Trista. She provided a homeowner survey to gather basic information about our property. After seeing the area to be planted and learning about our soil, drainage, and sunlight, she suggested plants for us to research; then we worked together on the final selections. Once the plants were delivered, Trista provided guidance on planting and early maintenance. We were fortunate to be ready to plant in late fall to allow the plants to become established, and look forward to their emergence in the spring.

We were looking for someone to develop a creative design for our small side yard near the beach, and Trista knocked it out of the park. I appreciate not only her talent, but her ability to provide multiple options for completing specific projects within the design depending on where we wanted to go with our budget. We are looking forward to tapping her hands on assistance for our "professionally guided" DIY project.

I was referred to Trista through a mutual friend. I immediately recognized Trista's professionalism and knowledge regarding landscape design and native plant choices. She was always on time with appointments, easy to reach by phone or email. Trista really took time to understand what I was hoping to achieve, my preferred plants and use for the space. I would recommend her 100%.

We wanted a designer who would give us a basic plan, plant list with associated costs. Trista was spot on. We now have what we need to realize our vision by doing the work ourselves. As we have approximately two acres to deal with, it is likely to take several years to bring the project to completion. Trista was very thorough in probing what we considered to be our needs and respectful of our uninformed ideas. We look forward to continuing our relationship as we begin to assemble her recommendations. Photo is aerial view of property and house foundation.