About Keystone Ecology
Keystone Ecology is focused on creating landscapes that are beneficial to local wildlife and enjoyable for people.
Our Mission
Keystone Ecology believes landscapes are not merely aesthetic, but play a critical role in maintaining biodiversity in an anthropogenically dominated era.
Keystone Ecology
Meet the Ecologist
Glenn Christopher
Ecologist · Founder, Keystone Ecology
Throughout my education I’ve been taught to examine ecological systems and develop questions about why and how processes occur. This intentional curiosity is the basis of ecological studies, an ecologist investigates a natural system, and questions arise regarding abundance and distribution of organisms. As I continued to practice this skill of observation, I found my thoughts lingering not on remote, pristine habitats but on the natural settings surrounding our homes and urban areas. During these times of thought I began to realize the importance of our own home landscapes, and my perception shifted from viewing them as simply ornamental plantings that increase the attractiveness of properties, to critical ecological systems. This realization led me to create Keystone Ecology with the goal of changing how we view and manage our landscapes by providing affordable ecologically educated landscaping services that not only are attractive to the human gaze but also provide critical habitat for wildlife.
A Land Ethic
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”
— Aldo Leopold