Management Planning:
A management plan is comprehensive, and will provide an explanation of your ecosystem’s geology, hydrology, climate, biology, and its relation to nearby ecosystems, before synthesizing that information into a season-by-season guide to what your ecosystem needs and what you can do in order to maximize or optimize its biodiversity and functionality.
This can be tailored to your needs and your willingness to contribute to the project! I love when clients or volunteers want to have their hands and feet in their ecosystem’s restoration.
Multiple site visits during multiple seasons are necessary before a management plan can be completed.
starting at $350 for a 3-year plan, plus $150 for each additional year.
Price will increase for sites greater than .5 acres.
Plant Selection/Garden Design
Following a consultation, we can create both a Plant Selection Chart and a basic Garden Design for you.
For plant selection, we generate a chart for you that details and categorizes all of the species recommendable for your ecosystem based on your needs and ecological references in nature, with each species categorized according to its use and placement within the garden (ie. whether it is cool or warm season) and really any other information you'd like included. All you have to do is choose the species that you like the most from each category.
Garden designs then take the final plant selection and turn it into a graphic that shows the placement and arrangement of those species together, so you can be sure you'll like how it looks. We can also outsource the garden design to an affiliated landscape designer for something more in-depth!
$55 for Plant Selection chart only.
$160 for Garden Design only.
$200 for both!
Required: 25% deposit on jobs over $499, subject to waiver
Lawn Killing & Soil Remediation:
Killing lawns is one of our favorite tasks. Soil remediation measures such as tilling are only recommended in ruderal soils that have become heavily compacted. Most suburban lots have hard, compacted, ruderal subsoil primarily composed of clay and rubble which makes for difficult and stressful growing conditions for many native plants (but not all! There are specialist plants who thrive in these soils and/or can turn it fertile again).
Sod flipping is the most effective, most ecological, least wasteful, but most labor intensive method of killing your lawn. It involves cutting the sod into tiles and flipping them over, carefully removing all sod-roots and avoiding damage to tree-roots, insects, fungi, etc. The flipped sod smothers itself and breaks down into topsoil. Subsequently covering it in mulch will prevent most resprouts.
Tillage is best for severely compacted, ruderal soils, but can also be used to quickly weaken or destroy a lawn. Tilling is rarely recommendable in decent soils because it can bring up dormant invasive seeds and disrupt the soil biome that provides for your ecosystem. A shallow tilling can be sufficient to destroy a lawn without heavily disrupting the soil.
Herbicide sod removal is methodically the same as any other herbaceous invasive removal, and simply involves spraying the turf with an eco-safe or a grass-specific herbicide. This is ideal if you do not plan on planting right away and do not want to disrupt the structure of the soil, but all of the deficiencies and hazards of herbicide use must be considered. We will refuse to apply this treatment if it is unnecessary. Recommended for sod removal only under very specific conditions (ie. around the roots of a parkway tree to plant a soft-landing garden).
$25/square meter for Sod Flipping
$17/square meter for Soil Tillage. $20 for tilling weak sod.
$16/square meter for Mulching
$50/square meter for ALL THREE!!!
Required: 25% deposit on jobs over $499, subject to waiver
Rates can be reduced for bulk amounts!
$11/square meter for Herbicide Sod Removal
Garden Installation:
We offer full garden installations, including transplants and divisions, and I can also find you a supplier and facilitate the purchase and transport of your plants for an adjustable fee. Installations are done according to client's needs and aesthetic, but primarily according to ecological references observable in natural areas (ie. how do these plants grow together in the wild?).
For installations, transplants, and divisions, I charge by the approximate size of the container that is or would be necessary to contain the plant’s root ball, or if in bulk, by the area of plants removed.
Price of installation can be adjusted with high bulk.
$4 for Plugs and pots >1qt.
$20 for pots 1-4 qt.
$24 for pots 5-8 qt.
$50 for most shrubs.
$100-250 for general trees less than 10-gal.
Required: 25% deposit on jobs over $499, subject to waiver
Rates can be reduced for bulk amounts!
Invasive Species Removal:
This is how I got my start, and I continue to offer effective, safe, low-impact, and ecological invasive removal for cheaper than anyone. And I mean removal, cause most landscapers would rather it grow back...
Invasive species removal is charged by area (grasses/forbs) or volume (woodies) of material destroyed, in squared or cubic meters, excepting hand-removal methods, which are charged by quarter-hour. Specific site conditions or complications may add to the base fees.
Off-site transport of removed material will be charged according to the volume of material removed, plus a travel fee based on the travel-time required to transport all material. The client must assume that off-site removal of the waste material is their responsibility, unless otherwise discussed. Small amounts of material can be destroyed on-site. Many treated forbs require no waste removal. If you have concerns about waste material removal, please mention them during consultation!
These rates will change for larger-scale sites (>.5 acres). If you have lots of land in need of restoration, we'll negotiate a completely different, budget-friendly rate!
One quote for invasive removal covers 3 treatments, which can take place over multiple years. A fourth treatment may be included in the price at the contractor's discretion.
I do not charge for herbicide. Herbicide is complimentary and optional, and herbicide use is accepted by the client and at the client's own risk as soon as a retainer is paid.
Required: 25% deposit on jobs over $499, subject to waiver
$5-10/cubic meter for woody removal (small trees, shrubs, vines, etc)
$3.50/stem or $12/square meter for small woody removal (saplings)
$11/square meter for non-woody removal (grasses & forbs).
$7/square meter for deadheading.
$20/15 minutes of creeping vine removal (anything with underground runners that must be removed by hand) (area and labor-hours unmeasurable prior to treatment) (alternative treatment methods can be discussed)
$25/15 minutes of poison ivy removal (by hand)
