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Edge Ecosystems
A restored tallgrass prairie in midsummer bloom, with purple wild bergamot, yellow black-eyed Susans and the seed heads of big bluestem under a cloud-scattered sky

Native Restoration

Detail-oriented native restoration for properties that deserve more than a crew-and-go approach.

The large restoration companies do volume. We do nuance. Our team takes on projects that require patience, precision, and the kind of site-specific thinking that gets lost at scale. That's where we thrive.

A newly installed native planting strip of sedges, prairie dropseed and flowering blue vervain running between a mown lawn and a sidewalk, with restored prairie on the slope beyond

What sets us apart from larger contractors

We're not chasing acreage numbers. We're after quality outcomes on properties whose owners actually care what happens to them. Our team brings botanical expertise, soil science, and a genuine ethic of craftsmanship to every project — and we find value in what others burn.

Buckthorn and Invasive Species Removal

Targeted removal using appropriate methods — mechanical, chemical, or a combination — with a plan for what comes next ecologically.

Prairie Installation

Seed mixes and plugs selected for your specific soil type, sun exposure, and hydrology. Establishment plans included.

Native garden beds

We can help you install a gardening system that works for you, from preparing planting beds directly in the ground, or set-up a raised bed.

Hardscaping

Handcrafted natural stone features and raised planting beds — built to last and in harmony with the surrounding landscape.

Custom carpentry

Including raised beds milled from locally harvested cedar recovered from our own restoration projects. No virgin lumber. No waste.

Prescribed Burns

A critical ecological tool for maintaining prairie and savanna communities. Conducted by trained staff where permitted.

Cut buckthorn stems stacked in brush piles across a cleared oak woodland floor at sunset in early winter
Buckthorn and Invasive Species Removal
A restored tallgrass prairie in midsummer bloom, with purple wild bergamot, yellow black-eyed Susans and the seed heads of big bluestem
Prairie Installation
A bumble bee feeding on the pink flower cluster of a common milkweed plant
Native garden beds
A small pond edged with hand-laid natural stone, ringed by black-eyed Susans, native grasses and ferns
Hardscaping
A live-edge cedar bench on steel legs set at the edge of a shaded woodland
Custom carpentry
A low line of flame moving through dry prairie grass during a prescribed burn, leaving blackened ground behind it
Prescribed Burns

A note on our approach

We don't remove material from a site and call it done. Brush, timber, and woody debris from our restoration work are assessed for value before anything is disposed of. Cedar becomes lumber. Logs become mushroom substrate. That's not a marketing claim — it's how we've decided to operate.

Restoration project in mind?

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