We are a small landscaping company focusing on sustainable design and tree care. We turn woody debris into fertile soil, sequestering carbon and improving food security. Our goal is to make gardening and sustainable greenspaces available to everyone where they live.
Why Catch Carbon?
Carbon is the key cause of global warming. Excess carbon in the air captures the sun's heat and raises the temperature.
Plants pull carbon out of the atmosphere and use it to grow. Wood is 50% carbon that plants have pulled out of the air.
Carbon is also a key ingredient in healthy soil. Burying wood and turning it into soil is a sustainable way to turn carbon in the air into fertile soil.
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Tree Care and Brush Removal
It is well known that planting trees is a good way to catch carbon, making trees one of the best ways to address climate change. But what do we do with them after we plant them? Throughout its lifespan and especially at the end, a tree will produce large amounts of wood that is usually treated as a waste product. Many people burn their wood debris, putting the carbon right back into the air.
Your wood is not a waste product. It is a natural resource. By buring wood and using it as mulch, we put the carbon into the soil where it can make food, retain water, and create beautiful landscapes.
Most trees in a populated area have a 50 year useful lifespan. Young trees catch carbon faster. Old trees become dangerous and expensive to maintain. When a tree is felled, a new tree can be planted on that land to catch more carbon. Wherever your trees are in this cycle, we have products and services designed to maintain healthy trees and make good use of the carbon that they catch.
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Sustainable Landscaping
Sustainability means that there is no end; every step of the process feeds into the next, and links back to support earlier steps. Wood creates rich soil, which grows beautiful and useful plants, which support bees and our local ecosystem, which encourage tree growth.
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Indoor Greenspaces
We offer services and teaching that make houseplants easy and reliable to maintain. Indoor Greenspaces reduce stress, improve well-being, and brighten the long, brutal Northland winters. Our designer soil with glass mulch looks great and improves water retention and bioavailability of nutrients.