The mission of Happy Hen Cottage is to share our experience with small-scale landscape and garden design, incorporating Permaculture methods into our design wherever we can

Our cottage sits on nearly 1/4 of an acre, in an urban setting 292 feet above sea level, in coastal zone 8b

Latitude 47.3° N | 12" frost line depth

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“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes.  To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.”

~ Cynthia Occelli