Ben DeGaetano

Ben DeGaetano has over 15 years experience designing gardens and cultivating plant life.  He is committed to horticulture, fine gardening and recreating the calming beauty of the natural form; continually expanding his knowledge and expertise through horticultural conferences, industry workshops and technical garden tours. He continues to seek projects in which he can utilize the knowledge and experience he has accrued in new ways.

After 7 years as a regenerative vegetable farmer in Lancaster County, 3 years of which as a standholder at the renowned Lancaster Central Market, Ben turned his efforts to creating and maintaining private gardens. His focus for the past 10 years has been curating relaxing natural spaces for homes using an aggregate of natural materials in intuitive landscape formations. He specializes in perennial gardens, hardscapes and topiary with special attention given to garden antiques.

Accolades

Numerous gardens continually included in the Old Town Home and Garden Tour as well as the Demuth Garden Tour. (2014-present)

Featured on the cover of issue 26 of Fine Living Lancaster, 2013

Featured in Wilder Quarterly, January 2013