The Team
Meet the Larkspur Ladies: Your Colorado Gardening Dream Team
Nicole Chernyakhovsky
Founder and Lead Designer
For years, Nicole has been inspired by the beautiful and wild Colorado Landscape. While in quarantine, she devoted time to the design of her own garden, and began to shape plans for a big career shift. She dreamed of combining her long-time passions for design, nature, plants, flowers, and trees with the dependability and relationship-building skills acquired from her business experience. Soon after, her garden drew the notice of her first clients, and not long after, Larkspur was born. With the growth of these clients (and of her garden), also grew the encouragement to instill this love and passion with whomever seeks more life and beauty for their environments.
Nicole@Larkspurlandscapeco.com
Nicole Zelyez
Owner and Lead Designer
Raised among blooming fields and lush forests, Nicole's green thumb is a family legacy. Thanks to her grandmother Violet, she's a walking encyclopedia of plant knowledge. Nicole's superpower? Turning your Colorado garden dreams into reality while teaching you the secrets of high-altitude gardening. Whether you're looking to create a xeriscape wonder in Denver or a mountain meadow in Boulder, Nicole's designs blend beauty with practicality, often incorporating medicinal plants for that extra touch of Colorado wellness.
Nic@Larkspurlandscapeco.com
Eva Schoenholz
Eva’s love for the outdoors began long before her first landscape restoration job. She grew up on a working cattle ranch surrounded by endless rolling hills, every day discovering a new plant growing in a crack in a barn, or an interesting insect under a rock. This experience instilled a reverence for nature that influences the way she approaches the world today. When she does ceramics, takes photographs, cooks a meal with friends, or goes for a hike, she does so through a lens of sustainability and environmental ethics.
She went on to study Environmental Science and has supported research projects on ecological restoration techniques and seed germination processes. Though her degree was scientifically rigorous, she has since rekindled her long-standing innate artistic creativity. These days, Eva is an avid potter, film photographer, and fiber artist. She is thrilled to combine her experience in landscape restoration and customer service along with her passion for clever design and healthy ecosystems in her role as Junior Horticulturist.