You can take care of your own yard with a little, sometimes occasional guidance. That's where I come in. I won't do it for you, but I can help you decide what to do with your yard/garden and how to implement your plan. My specialties are native plants and lower care plants, but I'm not a purist.
My rates are $50 for the original consultation, which can include a questionnaire, a visit to your yard (and possibly my yard or another yard with useful features), possible loaning of books, recommendations of useful websites, and an oral recommendation (and sometimes simple drawings) for various changes/fixes to your yard. As well I may recommend some particular plants after the visit and be available for limited emailing for follow-up. What I do is highly dependent on your needs and desires as we work through together. After the initial consultation and follow-up, I am available for checkups in later seasons. Depending on the detail or effort involved, these can be $25-50.
I am co-director of the National Capital Region Watershed Stewards Academy, www.ncr-wsa.org, which organizes courses for activists to understand the problems of stormwater in cities with lots of pavement and people, and how to mitigate some of those problems, including by installing conservation landscaping and above ground cisterns. We cover the District, Montgomery and Prince George's counties, parts of the Anacostia, Potomac and Patuxent watersheds. I am an active member of the Stormwater Committee of Friends of Sligo Creek, past president of the Takoma Horticultural Club, member of several other native plant, garden, and arboretum groups. I've completed 6 of 8 courses toward a Horticulture Certificate of the Graduate School (www.graduateschool.edu ) in DC.