Natural Area Installations
Beautiful Habitats The Way Nature Intended
Prairies
Woodlands
Wetlands
Basins
Gardens
Natural area installations by skilled ecologists. We’ll install practical, natural landscaping prioritizing performance with the beauty of native plants. Our goal is to fully understand the problem you’re facing, find the root cause, and implement a plan that solves your problem in the most economical and visually appealing way possible. In doing so, we look for opportunities to provide long-term cost savings by reducing the need for mowing, irrigation, and fertilizers while increasing the value to pollinators and other wildlife. From permitting and design, through installation and maintenance…we can help with all natural area installations including pollinator gardens.
Ecological Restoration
Restoring natural systems requires thoughtful scientifically based planning, implementation, and management. A site can be remnant or re-constructed. Remnants are part of the once vast green carpet that covered the land. Re-constructed sites have had significant disturbance (significant human intervention). Remnant sites respond quickly to restoration. Re-constructed sites require more efforts at the beginning but yield results in a few years.
Our ecologists, project managers, and crews have successfully worked on some of the region’s most sensitive remnant sites as well as creating some of the region’s newest ecosystems. We’ve completed projects of all sizes and worked on all ecosystems with amazing ecological restoration results.
Sustainable Landscapes
Design plays a big part of sustainable landscape and green infrastructure. We succeed because of our system of feedback between landscape architects and field staff. All our sites are beautiful as well as functional. A weedy look is not an option! Sustainable landscapes can have the same look and feel as a traditional landscape. They also function as habitat and provide stormwater management. Green infrastructure can also be designed to look more natural, while requiring less stewardship.
Since our founding, our work has focused on sustainable landscapes and ecological restoration. Our client’s projects have been recognized time and time again, winning over 170 green industry awards!
Erosion Control
Shoreline Stabilization
Shorelines erode when the soil is bare and not anchored. Lawn has a shallow, weak root system and it cannot survive in wet soils. Stone is static, is displaced by wave action, freeze-thaw cycles, and soil settling. Animals, such as Muskrat, Beaver, and Canadian Geese are other common sources of erosion as they cause damage to shorelines causing soil instability. The solution is deep-rooted native perennials that are dynamic and will respond to changes in the environment.
We help you avoid the repair costs of erosion by installing new shorelines and slopes with native perennials that are beautiful and functional. We’ll take care of permitting, regrading, installation of a custom mix of native perennials, and stewardship to establish a stable shoreline or slope.
