Ecological Restoration Services
Make a difference that persists for generations
Create compassionate change for regional ecosystems and wildlife by bolstering your existing meadow or woodland to reach its highest ecological potential. In the process, you’ll serve as a leader in the emerging Ecological Restoration movement and build a lasting legacy.
Ecological Restoration involves assisting damaged or degraded ecosystems to reach their highest level of recovery possible. This process includes:
Aligning with worldwide Ecological and Social Benefits standards from the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER).
Assessing your space to match it to its reference landscape- a nearby habitat community (public preserve, etc.) that is a model of the potential health and vitality of your space.
Identifying and observing existing populations of highly valuable plant populations.
Working with hydrology and other existing energy flows on site
Manually removing invasive plants that have crowded out indigenous/native plant species (including; bush honeysuckle, privet, multiflora rose, archangel, English ivy, and more), unearthing ecological memory.
Planting and/or seeding native species that are likely to thrive in your ecosystem, accelerating their return
Ongoing non-toxic stewardship to support ecological recovery
Embracing non-toxic restoration
With the well-being of you, your children, grandchildren, pets, resident wildlife, soils, and the watershed in mind, we are committed to a 100% non-toxic approach to restoration. We do not use herbicides, opting instead for mechanical removal methods and allyship with native plants that exhibit unique characteristics to help outcompete or ‘hold a candle’ to introduced species.
Our chosen path of Ecological Restoration, as inspired by indigenous practice, is a wisdom-based approach, rather than a warfare with chemicals. This heart-centered, mindful process often entails a longer-term commitment than Ecological Gardening projects. We invite you to learn more about this process and see sample projects on our blog.
Even ecosystems that seem to have ecological amnesia have potential. If you are seeking to make a large-scale impact on behalf of land and plants, wildlife, and humans, contact us to discuss your project.
