Organic garden care · Arcata & Humboldt County

Your garden, tended with magic.

I'm Taya — your local garden faery. I tend to gardens in the Humboldt area.

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What I do

Garden care, with love.

Weeding, pruning, planting, mulching, and seasonal upkeep — by the visit, whenever your garden needs a hand. I work around Arcata, Bayside, McKinleyville, and Eureka.

No contracts, no minimums. Just steady, careful hands in your garden as often — or as rarely — as it needs them.

Work with the soil: compost, cover crops, companion planting. How every visit is done
Taya tending a garden bed in a client's Humboldt garden
On the job, in a client's garden
$30/hr One simple rate — cash, card, or check
100% Always organic — no synthetic fertilizers, no chemical pesticides, ever
By the visit Weekly, monthly, or one-off — whatever your garden needs
Taya, the Garden Faery, leaning on a garden tool under a birch in a Humboldt garden
Taya — your garden faery

About me

Hey, I'm Taya.

A barefoot Florida kid who never stopped playing in the dirt. I studied permaculture in Costa Rica, ran a specialty farm in North Carolina — building a mushroom grow and microgreens operation from scratch — and learned gentle beekeeping right here in Humboldt.

I came for the redwoods and stayed for the people. In spring 2026, Garden Faery bloomed: hands-on, organic garden care across Arcata, McKinleyville & Eureka. I treat your garden like it's my own.

Always organic

No synthetic fertilizers, no chemical pesticides, ever.

With the soil

Compost, cover crops, companion planting — feeding the ground that feeds the garden.

The journey

My path here

Florida

A barefoot kid in the dirt

Mud pies, bug-catching, always outside.

Costa Rica

Permaculture at Verde Energia

Soil health, water flow, whole-systems growing.

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Taya standing in a pool full of freshly harvested turmeric at Verde Energia, Costa Rica
Washing a fresh turmeric harvest at Verde Energia
Taya cutting down a banana tree at Verde Energia permaculture farm, Costa Rica
Cutting down my first banana tree
North Carolina

Specialty Farm Manager, Mystic Roots Farm

Built a mushroom grow + microgreens operation from scratch.

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Taya beside a lush flat of pea microgreens she grew at Mystic Roots Farm
Pea microgreens I grew at Mystic Roots
Taya holding baskets of pink and yellow oyster mushrooms from her Mystic Roots grow
A mushroom flush from my Mystic Roots grow
Humboldt County

Gentle beekeeping with Missy Bee

Came for the redwoods, stayed for the people — and put down roots.

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A honeybee resting on Taya's fingertip in Humboldt County
One of my honeybees, resting on my finger
A top-down view of a healthy honeybee hive with bees drawing fresh white comb
Fresh comb on a frame from a healthy hive
Spring 2026

Garden Faery blooms

Hands-on, organic garden care across Arcata, McKinleyville & Eureka.

Kind words

What clients say

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