Private Sessions with Corva

2-Hour Consultations

habitat certification with corva rose
Habitat certification
  • Help with design and basic planning of a space — This could include starting with a blank slate of a yard; redoing an existing yard to create more habitat and climate-readiness; designing water catchment and rainwater infiltration into the soil.
  • Assessment of health, and coming up with solutions — For example, figuring out what’s ailing a tree and what might be the underlying cause; making hard decisions about climate readiness and replacement plants; determining if more or less water/mulch is needed and how to accomplish that.
  • Help with filling out the Valle de Oro Backyard Habitat workbook, and getting certified! Sometimes it’s helpful to have someone in your corner, guiding you through the process. I’ve completed it myself and helped others as well, and we have our cool yard signs to prove it : ) I’d love to help you get yours!
habitat certification tree school new mexico
Habitat certification
climate readiness planning with Corva Rose
Design work; climate readiness; project planning
Sign me up for a 2-hour consultation!

4-Hour Projects

4-Hour Projects

4 hour session with corva rose
Removal of gravel and landscape fabric around trees, and adding mulch
  • Pruning — Hire Corva for a chunk of time to tackle specific pruning tasks. You’ll have an opportunity when you register to write your specifics and ask questions.
  • Pruning Instruction — Work alongside Corva and learn pro-tips, for example clearing shrubs from a pathway; pruning a fruit tree; restoring a previous bad haircut; endless possibilities!
  • Instruction and help with mulching — Work with Corva to create mulch from your own yard; decide what type(s) of mulch to purchase if necessary; spread mulch together; remove some fabric and rock together; all things mulch!
  • Hosting a workshop at your house — Have a pruning project that needs professional help, and also see the value in others learning from the process? Contact me to explore this option.
12 hours of juniper pruning with corva
12 hours of juniper pruning, instruction, and debris removal
Creation of an outdoor bathing area that drains to garden beds
Sign me up for a 4-hour project!

This could be a good fit for you if:

  • When it comes down to it, you notice that you always come back to looking at things holistically, and lean into the Big Picture. What’s the historical context? How many beings can benefit from this action? What’s my motivation? What can I plant here at home that will contribute to the biodiversity of my neighborhood?
  • And yet you also deeply value the science, results, and mad skills that support successful gardening, habitat cultivation, and climate resilience. How is this particular species of tree going to fare in the coming 20-50 years, here in New Mexico? What forage (food source) shrubs are best to plant now in order to assist migratory birds and their changes in the coming years? How can I incorporate rain water into my garden plan?
  • You might have a problem on your hands — such as a disease or insect issue in a tree, a water or soil issue, or overall lack of vigor — and want to explore how this imbalance is connected with the entirety of your property, neighborhood, city, bioregion, earth...and universe.
  • You’re a hands-on person — you like to learn new skills, be involved in your garden, and try new things!
  • You’re intrigued by the Tree School analysis of three gardens: The Inner Garden, The Home Garden, and The World Garden — three worlds essentially, that interrelate and affect each other.
  • You’d like to take practical steps toward creating climate resilient habitat in your Home Garden. You want to do this while also cultivating joy, ease, trust, and deep love inside your own heart, your Inner Garden. And you wish to embody this, rooted confidence as you move outward into the World Garden, helping to plant and harvest with others. But how do you start this process?
  • Maybe you’re a former Divine Earth customer (hello!), perhaps you’re curious about the Tree School Mentorship, or perhaps you loved attending a playshop, and now you’d like to get a taste of working 1:1 with Corva for a couple of hours at your home.
  • Or you read all of this and think, I’d like to say this is what I think about, but I never would have come up with all of that...but now that I read it I’m like, Heck yeah!

If this resonates with you, and you’re wanting
to lean into an approach like this,
then a Private Session could be a good fit!

If this resonates with you, and you’re wanting to lean into an approach like this,
then a Private Session could be a good fit!

This sounds amazing, sign me up for a 2-hour consultation!
I’d love to do this, sign me up for a 4-hour project!

What do we do?

  • When you book a session, you’ll fill out an intake form that will give me a good idea of what’s important to you, what’s happening in your yard, and where we’ll start. This gets the wheels turning!
  • After you book a session, you’ll receive a confirmation email that gives you a few things to do to prepare for our session together.
  • At the session, we’ll first set an intention for our time together. Then we dive into what your objective or wish is; or we talk about the issues, wishes and concerns, and I assess what the underlying causes might be; or we accomplish a project together.
  • We close the session by drawing conclusions based on what we’ve unearthed (literally and figuratively!) together. I write up recommendations and actionable next steps so that you have a tangible plan of what to work on next in your garden.
  • A month later I’ll email you to check in and see how things are going. In this way, you can keep an ongoing list of questions, observations, and insights, knowing that you’ll have an opportunity to share them with me in a month and get some witnessing, feedback, and help.
“Every time Corva comes to my house, I know I am going to learn something new about the flora in my own yard! In our Private Session, she taught me how to prune a shrub that loves to take over the front walkway. She both modeled what she was doing as well as gave me an opportunity to practice my new knowledge with her as my guide. She encouraged me to trust my instincts and approach the shrub not just from the top down, but from the bottom up -- from an embodied approach. Thank you, Corva, for your mad skills, wisdom and patience!”
~ Mindy G.

What’s included:

  • Two or four hours with Corva, 1:1, at your home
  • A copy of the Tree Owner’s Manual from Trees Are Good
  • A folder with helpful resources
  • A full write-up with conclusions, recommendations, and actionable next steps
  • An email check-in a month later to follow up and answer any questions

YES! I’ve been looking for something like this!

2-Hour Consultations
$250

design work with corva rose
Design work; climate readiness; tree evaluation; sheet mulching planning
I’m in, sign me up for a 2-hour consultation!

4-Hour Projects
$500

4-Hour
Projects
$500

private sessions with corva rose
Fruit tree pruning, instruction, and written plan for yearly care
Yes please, sign me up for a 4-hour project!
  • Debris (if applicable): $100/load — This is determined at time of service and charged a % of total load. You can pay me then, either by check or cash.

Q+A:

  • How do I know how much time I need? Possibly need longer than 4 hours? If you’re sure, book 2 days. Not quite sure? Email me here.
  • Have a Project but only need 2 hours for it? Book with a neighbor or a friend (who lives under 15 min from your house) and share the 4 hours with them! One of you does the full booking and will be house #1. You’ll include the 2nd person’s address and info in the registration. This ‘feed 2 birds with one scone’ option gives both of you the teaching/service you need, you can come to each other’s sessions and learn double, and I get a full day of work. Win-win-win! (note: I cannot ’split the cost’ in the booking. You two handle the sharing of the cost, thanks for understanding.)
  • What days are you available? I do 2-hr Consultations on Tuesdays, and 4-hr Projects on Thursdays and Fridays.
  • What times are you available? In the hot months, I start work at 6 or 7am and finish around 1pm. In the cold months, I start at 8 or 9am and finish around 3 or 4pm. When you sign up, you can choose the time.
"Corva helped us see our trees in an entirely new way. We'd hoped for some practical knowledge--which she gave in spades--but we were surprised by the deep affection and appreciation for our trees' beauty, shape, and resilience that grew through our time together. Not only do we have better skills to care for our trees' needs in this unique high desert climate, but we also have a vibrant sense of connection to them. Corva knows through experience what no book can teach and shares her wisdom in the most humble, accessible ways. She has legit expertise yet offers guidance without intimidating; her affirmative approach kept us eager to learn and grow."
~ Joelle and Peter

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Mentorship Dates:

The following dates/times are when we will be meeting together in person, for our 2023 cohort. Please check to see if you are able to attend all of the following dates, as Tree School has a magic of its own that comes together when we all participate. If you know that you will not be able to make all of the sessions, please indicate this in the application below. If you need to miss a session, we will provide materials/handouts, but there are no makeup sessions.
  • April 15:  (10am – 2pm) We open our circle with a nourishing and welcoming 4-hour retreat/garden time/creative day!
  • April 29:  (10am – 1pm) 
  • May 13:  (time TBA) We will participate in the Yerba Mansa Project Bosque Restoration Day
  • May 27:  (8 – 11am) 
  • June 10:  (8 – 11am) 
  • June 24:  (8 – 11am) 
  • July + August:  We take a break from meeting in person.  These 2 months are Integration/rest/individual project time. There is a Playshop during this time, and we are also connected via Slack.
  • July 8:  Playshop
  • Sept 9:  (8 – 11am) 
  • Sept 23:  (8 – 11am) 
  • Oct 14:  (10am – 1pm) 
  • Oct 21: Playshop
  • Oct 28:  (10am – 1pm) 
  • Nov 4:  (time TBA) 
  • Nov 18:  (10am – 2pm) We close our circle with a replenishing and grounding 4-hour retreat/garden time/creative day!

Habitat: Developing wildlife habitat from a place of compassion

You’re very clear about not spraying harmful chemicals in your yard but now you want to learn more about how to actually cultivate a healthy garden ecosystem.

You’re concerned that wildlife are losing habitat at an alarming rate, and your heart hurts thinking about how the climate crisis is affecting them.

You’d like to learn how to make your space both wildlife friendly and a thriving garden that humans can eat from as well.

You’re ready to put your compassion for the seen and unseen beings around you into action, and have your outdoor space be part of the local (and world!) habitat quilt.

Results of the program:
You feel confident in your good-hearted gardening practices, and through the process of certifying your space as Wildlife Habitat, you become an informed and knowledgeable habitat advocate. You get to see more wildlife using the space and receiving benefit, which feels so good!

Community: Cultivating community, belonging, and hope

You feel some isolation and disconnection after the last 2 yrs, and some fragmentation between what’s happening internally in your heart and externally in the world.

You might feel intimidated or unsatisfied by mainstream gardening classes or instructional videos that don’t feel like they speak to your sensitive heart, your worldview that includes equity and justice, or the sovereignty of the Indigenous peoples who are the original stewards of this bioregion.

You long for instruction that speaks to your specific garden and helps you develop the skills you need.

You are ready to be part of a like- minded community of supportive gardeners who are digging deep together, creating a world where we all feel we belong.

Results of the program:
Through getting to experience the tangible support of the community working in your yard, and learning with the other Tree Schoolers over your six months, you feel connected, supported, and supportive. Through building connections with others in the program, you experience feeling cohesive, integrated, and hopeful.

Joy: Mixing your adaptive gardening methods with JOY

You feel fearful and anxious about the unraveling of climate, both locally and globally. You want to know how to effectively prepare for what’s coming, and how to pivot and respond as things change.

You’re ready to learn as much as you can about climate adaptive practices, but you don’t want to feed your fear in the process.

There are so many methods out there, and the clock is ticking. You want to make the most of the time you have, but you know that a light touch and a loving heart will be more fruitful than pushing for results with a worried state of mind.

You are ready to learn how to cultivate joy in the midst of all we are facing, and then co-create adaptivity from this playful place.

Results of the program:
You feel joyful, confident and clear about how to foster more adaptability, and what actual steps to take. You learn the skills needed to transform your yard into the climate resilient garden you want.

Strategy: Moving from confusion to strategic planning & achieving your goals

You look at your garden and wonder where to start and what to do. You don’t want to do it ‘wrong’ but also don’t want to get trapped by ‘shoulds’.

There might be gaps in your skills and figuring out what exactly you need to learn is a bit daunting. Maybe you’ve tried a lot of things and gotten mixed results.

You are tired of getting sporadic help, not really making the progress you want, or it’s slow and feels fragmented and not cohesive. You are longing for some deeper transformation in your yard and your relationship with it, not just a superficial ‘fix’ that addresses one aspect of the garden but not the whole.

You are ready to create a strategy that lays out exactly where you are going with your garden space, what skills you will develop, and how to achieve your goals.

Results of the program:
You are clear and on-track, with momentum, and feel happy with yourself in the process.

You receive help with a plan/design, and also with making solid, important decisions – thus saving time/money.

You learn the gardening skills you need, and experience cohesive, steady, holistic progress that continues and develops into the future.

Engagement: Moving from overwhelm about the world to engagement with the world

You feel deeply about the climate crisis and the suffering in the world, and want to be a positive force for healing and change, but you find yourself getting overwhelmed and frozen about how best to use your energy in service.

You are ready to use your garden space to be part of the solution.

You want to learn what  your role and your next step is here, and how to move into engagement with the world that is grounded and steady.

Results of the program:

You are able to use your depth of feeling to become a more effective, loving presence in your spheres of influence (family, neighborhood, circle of friends, city, or workplace).

You feel clear, on-purpose, and good about your role and engagement in the world.

Important notes about communicating with me:

  • Phone/texting: I prefer to not be contacted via phone or text at this time. If you are a previous Divine Earth customer and you have my phone number, I ask you to please respect these new guidelines to help me keep my health and sanity. Thank you!
  • Emails: I answer emails between 9am and 5pm, not before or after.
    My aim is to answer emails within 24-36 hours.
  • My device boundaries: I turn my devices off for chunks of the day. On the weekends I pick one full day to have all tech off. This feeds many birds with one scone: I become more focussed when I’m ‘on’; I can relax and recharge more easily when I’m ‘off’; I become less beholden to the energetic/emotional tug of the ever-present and yes so helpful gadgets in my life (as one of my Teachers says, created by distracted people for distracted people); I can more easily tune into the outer gardens and the inner garden in my heart.