Amy lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois and does on-site coaching session around Chicagoland. To determine if your home is eligible for an on-site session, click the Book On-Site Coaching Now! button below and enter your address. The booking system will tell you if Amy travels to your area and whether there is a travel fee before you book.

Amy also offers virtual appointments to clients all over North America! Even clients in Chicago have been signing up for Zoom appointments to save on travel fees and get on Amy’s calendar sooner. Scroll down for details!

If the booking system tells you that Amy doesn’t travel to your area you have a few options:

1. Sign up for a virtual appointment instead.
2. Add yourself to the waiting list and if multiple people in your area request appointments, Amy will reach out when she has time in her calendar.

NOTE: Virtual Appointments cost $175 for one hour. On-Site Appointment fees are calculated by the booking system when you enter your address so you will know how much the session costs before you book.

On-Site Coaching Sessions

• Appointments book 4 weeks out
• New Appointments Open Every Week on Wed, Thurs and Fri
• Appointments open at 11:30am, 1pm & 2:30pm Central Time
• Northwest Suburbs: Check back on Fridays, Everywhere else check back Wednesday and Thursday

• Notes
  • Amy does not take notes of the session. You will need to either write down notes or you can audio or video record the all or part of the session on your phone.
• What to expect:
  • She will:
    • identify the existing trees, shrubs and perennials you have and give you specific pruning and maintenance instructions.
    • finds plants that are not happy growing in the location where they are and make recommendations on where you could transplant them.
    • show you how to transplant perennials and divide them too for free plants!
    • identify any invasive plants you have and tell you how to remove them.
    • listen to your goals and give you many suggestions for what to add and how to layer them together with what you already have.
• Amy does not do installations. She does not have staff or partnership with landscapers. If you know of a great Chicago based landscaper please let Amy know. She is always looking for great partners.
• Amy does not prune your plants she will show you how to prune them yourself and do it alongside you.

Virtual Coaching Session

Sessions are 1 hour and cost $175 and credit card payment is required up front and non-refundable. If you need to reschedule your advance payment will be applied to your new appointment.

Amy can give a lot of knowledge over zoom and give you design ideas and plant suggestions. Clients have been thrilled from British Columbia to Georgia. You also get a video recording of the call!

• A one hour session is usually enough to walk a typical home with a front, back and two side yards.
• Amy will use Zoom for virtual appointments so make sure you have Zoom installed on your phone before the coaching session starts.
• Amy will record the entire video call and generate an audio transcript. You will be emailed within 24 hours of the session with a link to view and download the video and transcript files. The files are only available on Zoom for 60 days after the session so remember to download them as soon as Amy sends you the link.
• It is a good idea a few days before the session to walk your property and do a video call like Facetime with someone and make sure you have good WiFi or cell service all around your property. If you have some dead spots where the video quality cuts out, email Amy (amy@powersplants.com) some pictures and / or short videos of that section so just in case we can’t hear each other in that part of the yard, Amy can do a share screen of the pictures and continue the call.
• If you have good pictures of the areas you want to work on, you can email them to Amy ahead of your Zoom call and then you can do the Zoom on your laptop. This only works with lots of good pictures or even a video sent ahead of time. Email Amy: amy@powersplants.com
• As you walk Amy around your property she will evaluate the plants you have, give you pruning and maintenance guidance and plant ideas for those areas based on sun and water in that location. She can also draw on her whiteboard a quick sketch of how to layer your plants and lay them out to scale. It’s a good idea to measure the spaces you want help with so she can give you an accurate number of plants for each space.