Spoke Pockette

Telling the rain where to go 💧🌿

This recent Berwyn transformation is a pretty good example of what we mean when we say a garden can be beautiful AND work harder for your property.

Just a few feet away are the home’s downspout extensions, which means a good Chicagoland downpour can send a whole lot of water toward this parkway.

So instead of treating drainage as an afterthought, we made it part of the design.

We created a custom stone dry channel to help direct that rainwater through the landscape, then surrounded it with a layered, native planting designed to grow in, knit together and become dramatically fuller over the next couple seasons.

What you’re seeing here is year one.

Give these babies a year or two and this is going to be a completely different garden. 😍

Less thirsty turf. More plants. Better use of rainwater. More habitat. And a parkway that actually contributes something to the property. 🦋

Have an awkward, soggy, scorched or otherwise useless patch of lawn? Those are some of our favorite places to start. 🌱

📍Berwyn, Illinois
🌿 Spoke Pockette Gardens

🌿 The smallest project. The biggest difference 🦋

That strip of grass between your sidewalk and the street?

It’s often the hardest part of your landscape to keep looking good.

Too hot.
Too dry.
Too much foot traffic.
Too much salt.

So instead of fighting it…

We transform it into a beautiful, professionally designed garden.

The result?

✔ More curb appeal
✔ Less mowing
✔ More seasonal color
✔ A welcoming entrance to your home
✔ Habitat for butterflies and pollinators

Our Spoke Parkway Transformations start at $2,500 for up to 100 square feet.

A typical 200-square-foot parkway is $3,500 installed.

Every project includes:

• Complete turf removal + disposal
• Site preparation
• Beautiful (mostly) native plants in signature Spoke planting palette 🌸
• Professional installation
• Hardwood mulch

Because the first impression of your home shouldn’t be the hardest part of your yard to maintain.

Comment PARKWAY or send us a message to see what’s possible. 🦋

What if all of our parkways looked like this?!

Spoke Pockette is running a promo right now in Berwyn, Oak Park, Logan, Avondale and Wicker for templated parkway installs at a low cost — have them installed in one day.

Zero consultation fee, zero mockup/design retainer, as these are templated parkway gardens that can be adjusted easily based on your soil and light requirements here in Berwyn.

More about this offer:

Turf removal sucks if you don’t know what you’re doing. Legit. Just the disposal part of heavy soil is messy and no fun without a pickup truck.

Where are you going to dispose of hundreds of pounds of contaminated soil?

Our crew can come in, knock this out in a few hours, properly dispose of your debris, invasive bindw**d, creeping Charlie, and leave you with a full no- mow parkway that requires little maintenance over the next few years.

We source the plants, the materials, mulch water — You enjoy.

These parkways require

** NO FERTILIZER and almost NO WATERING when fully established.

You’ll need to w**d and water a little bit for the first couple of years, but because of the close planting, you’re good to go after that. Density keeps moisture in the soil, as does mulch, and these plants are native — climate adapted to withstand draughts and heavy rains.

A postage stamp lawn or stretch of grass parkway is way more expensive to maintain that a pocket prairie.

**** If you truly truly do need to DIY, please borrow our design. We just ask that you share it widely and tag us because we’d love to see how your work turned out.

Our goal is to help you make a parkway transformation FAST.

As the climate crisis is excelerating …
Your small yard of turf can have a huge compounding impact.

Our last install date for 2026 is Oct 16.

Visit Spokepockettfarm.com to fill out a request form. Mention the “Hell Strip Heaven” promo to save on consult & design fees.

We’ll need to know your square footage, a best time to see the space, and a desired start date.

Plant list:

- Native Bee Balm (Wild Bergamot, Monarda)
- Coneflower (Echinacea)
- Jacob’s Ladder ( Polemonium Reptans)
- Liatris (Blazing Star, Liatris Spicata)

The recipe…

Pinks on pinks on pinks, green texture and a tiny bit of purple.

Their inspo was Piet Oudolf.

Their home sits in a historic district.

Their wish list included a garden for cut flowers, veggies, fruit trees, a berry patch, room for kiddos to run around and loads of native plants for drama and color.

Next up, a crushed stone pad around the garden boxes, with corrugated metal framing and trellis’s for climbing roses and berries.