--- title: "Gardenessa — Landscape Contractors | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/gardenessa-pfvwus-pf~881774945 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~881774945.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: Gardenessa category: ["Landscape Contractors"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/e2738d0903ed6d9e_9023-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "PO Box 392, Bristol, Vermont 05443, United States" latitude: 44.146 longitude: -73.0717 phone: "(802) 793-7170" website: http://www.gardenessa.com rating: 5 review_count: 2 best_of_houzz_awards: 1 followers: 2 last_updated: 2026-09-22 --- # Gardenessa Original Houzz profile: [Gardenessa](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/gardenessa-pfvwus-pf~881774945) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Landscape Contractors - **Location:** Bristol, VT - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (2 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2017), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - 25 Ideabook Saves Gardenessa is a small team of creative landscape gardeners & stone artists brought together by Kristina Stykos, a musician and record producer whose day-job has been gardening for over a decade. Collectively they have beautified gardens and landscapes in many Vermont and Upper Valley towns, including homes and estates in South Woodstock, Woodstock, Pomfret, Barnard, Corinth, Vershire, Norwich, Chelsea, Bethel, Thetford, Newfane, Quechee, Dummerston, Lincoln, Hanover, Lyme, and Etna as well as a handful further afield. With an eye for composition, extensive knowledge of regional plants and a respect for the deeper spiritual implications of landscaping, they make a formidable team. They have traipsed the woods with shovels in search of native ferns, tended diverse gardens attentively through the often not-so-delicate seasonal shifts that affect plant populations, and set stones as focal point and backdrop to the almost-wilderness that is the north country. Each member of the group brings unique talents and an extensive background of on-the-job know-how; they all share an indefatigable love of hard work. For Gardenessa, the process of collaborating with clients - supporting their dreams and practical considerations - is all part of a satisfying day's work. For in the end, a garden is much more than a garden. It's a relationship between its creators, its inhabitants, its visitors and the unpredictable energies of the natural world. ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Gardenessa | | Address | PO Box 392, Bristol, Vermont 05443, United States | | Phone | (802) 793-7170 | | Website | http://www.gardenessa.com | | Followers on Houzz | 2 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/kristina.stykos - Blog — http://www.gardenessa.com ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Gardenessa](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/gardenessa-pfvwus-pf~881774945) - **Website:** http://www.gardenessa.com - **Phone:** (802) 793-7170 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2017), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 2 reviews** ### All 2 reviews **★★★★★ — esayers, March 2016** > Over the last 6 years I have been fortunate to work with Kristina. > She has helped me manage a wide variety of gardening at a large estate in Central VT. > With her excellent skills and careful attention to her work I was able to focus on other things and let Kristina manage the gardening, on l fronts. > Kristina has a very strong work ethic putting in long days and always willing to take on more. > I gladly would recommend Kristina to anyone,for anything she might venture into ,as I know she intelligent, hard working and honest. > What else can you ask for! **★★★★★ — aliceabrams, Feb. 2016** > Kristina Stykos brings dedication, artistry, and a conscience to her garden work. > She has a sensitivity for the rhythm of a garden's health and its proper maintenance. > She respects Mother Nature and the interplay of seasons. I have never worked with anyone as capable and interesting as Kristina. Could it be 12 years already? > > She is a professional in her business skills and knowledgeable in plant life. Billing is well documented and scheduling dependable. She does not shy away from hard jobs or needed research. She is curious to keep learning. She brings diligence and physical stamina to long hours in outdoor weather. We walk through projects in the spring for the coming season, and we re-evaluate in the fall. Her attention is focused, her work is thorough. > > She has the eye of an artist. I am particularly impressed with her elegant edging and > and care for the flowers. She understands pruning and keeping order. My gardens have thrived under her stewardship. I think the plants like having her around - I know I do. She is a woman of depth and character, with an engaging personality. She is a professional musician in her other life, multi-talented in composing, performing, producing. She commits that same creativity in her garden life. Her instruments are trowel and shovel, her rhythm section are the sun and rain. She makes the garden sing, with melody in tune. ## Selected projects - [Estate Garden, East Barnard, Vermont](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/estate-garden-east-barnard-vermont-pj-vj~645239) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 7 - [Estate Garden, Quechee, Vermont](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/estate-garden-quechee-vermont-pj-vj~1635805) - Location: Quechee, VT - Photos: 5 - [Estate Garden, Corinth, Vermont](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/estate-garden-corinth-vermont-pj-vj~645165) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 [See all 3 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/gardenessa-pfvwus-pf~881774945) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-22.*