Land Stewardship and Management Strategies
Nature models for us how to live sustainably within it, but often our landscaping practices do not benefit the surrounding environment. ADGD practices land stewardship that considers all living beings in the ecosystem. By managing our land for wildlife and biodiversity, we are benefiting our plants long term stability and nourishing our own mental health. By practicing low impact, high output methods of gardening, we achieve harmony with our surroundings that create abundance that can be shared. If you are looking to have a more holistic and healing approach to your property than traditional landscaping offer, then we are here to help you along that path.
Solutions are found in how we think about the problem.
Land Stewardship practices consider all living creatures in your garden. By nurturing the health of our gardens ecosystem, we broaden our awareness and become more than home owners, we become responsible stewards of the land.
*Annual pruned cuttings from the garden can be gathered and arranged to create Ecology piles. “Eco-piles” are intentional stacks of accumulated debris from the garden meant to be used by insects, birds, and other animals, as ecosystem grocery stores. Eco-piles provide shelter, breeding sites, and foraging opportunities for birds, rabbits, chipmunks, and many insects seeking refuge from predators.
*Fallen leaves are natures fertilizer. It’s counter-productive to have them shipped away from our properties each fall, only to be bought back next season in the form of sterilized, dyed mulch when it literally falls from the trees. Leaves are money in the bank! Leaving the leaves where they lay adds nutrients back into the soil overtime. Healthy soil = healthy plants. Leaves also allow for many overwintering moth and butterfly species a warm cover from the cold months ahead. If soil is exposed over the desiccating winds and frigid temperatures in winter, many soil microorganisms will perish, decreasing invertebrate populations next season. These are your free pest managers.
If we can shift our thinking from fear and control to one of seeing ourselves as responsible stewards of the land we own, we are more inclined to care enough to want to make wiser decisions for all involved.
I offer Land Stewardship practices to reach people where it matters most to them, their homes. If people can see change happen close to them then that positive effect can ripple out and affect neighborhoods and beyond.
With Stewardship services I provide both my hands-on experience in working with plants in your landscape and help guide you in how to best manage your property to increase its biodiversity for abundance and health. When a landscape is rich in species and habitat diversity there are more opportunities to attract varieties of insects, both predator and prey, which help create balance in the ecosystem. Land Stewardship is about creating the conditions to sustain healthy ecosystems.
Land Stewardship fee is $55 an hour.
I am happy to work on a ‘project’ basis from season to season to suit your schedule and budget.