A Different Way to Design a Yard

 Backyard Orchard Design grew from a simple observation: most yards have far more potential than people realize.

For Edil, that belief is personal.

His connection to land is shaped not only by years of hands-on experience with fruit trees, soil, gardens, and ecological design, but also by his Indigenous background — a way of seeing nature as something alive, relational, and worthy of care.

To him, a yard is not just an outdoor area to decorate or maintain. It is a living place. It has patterns, needs, energy, limits, and possibilities. When cared for with intention, it can feed people, support wildlife, create beauty, and become part of a family’s story.

That perspective became the foundation for his work.

Over the years, Edil saw the same problem again and again. Homeowners wanted beauty. They wanted food. They wanted something meaningful outside their door. But without the right plan, fruit trees were often planted in the wrong place, chosen without enough guidance, or left without the care they needed to become productive.

The problem was not a lack of interest.

It was a lack of orchard-specific design.

Traditional landscaping could make a property look polished, but it often missed the deeper questions: Will this tree get enough sun? Will the soil support long-term growth? Does it have a pollination partner? How will it be pruned? How will the space feel in five or ten years? How will this landscape support the people, plants, and life around it?

Edil saw an opportunity to bridge two worlds that are too often kept separate: the beauty of fine garden design and the abundance of a productive orchard.

That became Backyard Orchard Design.

The work is not just about planting fruit trees. It is about helping people reimagine what their yard can become — a place of shade, flowers, harvests, seasonal rhythm, and deeper connection to nature.

Every project begins with the land itself: the soil, the light, the slope, the existing plants, the movement of the family through the space, and the long-term vision for what the yard could become.

Because when an orchard is designed well, it does more than produce fruit.

It changes the way people experience home — and their relationship with the land around them.