Landscape Services
Performing landscaping practices that promote healthy ecosystems is a major component to maintaining biodiversity. Keystone ecology offers comprehensive landscaping and restoration services to support thriving natural systems.
Biodiverse Design
Planting design to support local biota at any scale. No project too small!
Explore Ecological Landscaping →Land Stewardship
Lawn care and landscape upkeep done in a responsible and sustainable fashion.
Explore Regenerative Lawn Care →Ecological Restoration
Restoring degraded areas into highly functional habitats.
Explore Natural Resource Restoration →Ecological Landscaping
Landscapes offer the opportunity to create and experience a flourishing ecosystem right outside your home.
Biodiverse Landscape Design
The plants you choose for your yard dictate whether you have created an area of food and shelter for local wildlife or a space that supports little diversity. Keystone Ecology can design a landscape, or single garden bed, that nourishes local species while enhancing the beaty of your surroundings.
Stormwater Management
Flooding is a growing concern within the Mahoning Valley. Many homeowners turn to drainage options which simply route the water away from their property and into nearby storm sewers but working with the resources provided by nature instead of throwing them to the wayside opens the door to new opportunities.
Urban Agriculture
Humans first began cultivating crops roughly 12,000 years ago and have continued ever since. While modern agriculture relies on large amounts of monocultured land, productive growing spaces can exist right at home. Many suburban and urban areas provide great opportunities for growing edible plants that can alleviate grocery bills and reduce environmental impact.
Regenerative Lawn Care
Lawn care that is sustainable and environmentally friendly benefits not only local wildlife but also reduces cost to the homeowner.
Electric Lawn Care
Electric landscape equipment offers an environmentally friendly alternative to its internal combustion engine counterparts. In addition to producing fewer emissions, electric equipment operates much quieter than conventional gas-powered machinery. Less noise is not only courteous to the neighbors but also to sensitive wildlife stressed by excessive noise.
Landscape Stewardship
Successful ecological landscaping does not end after establishing a biodiverse assemblage of plants. In the fall, strategically leaving leaves and plant stems of perennial plants intact throughout the winter creates essential habitat for the insects that rely on these structures to overwinter. This does not mean landscapes have to be sacrificed to the wilderness. By raking leaves into intentional patterns, a clean and curated appearance can be maintained while still benefitting wildlife.
Turf Transition
Although Keystone Ecology will happily mow and edge your lawn with our all-electric equipment, we also over turf transitions. A change in turf ranges from switching to a deeper rooting native low-growing grass to a beautiful flowering prairie and everything in between.
Natural Resource Restoration
The restoration of degraded ecosystems is a critical component to ensuring a future of biotic stability.
Ecological Restoration
Habitats at any scale play an important role in driving landscape-level change. Keystone Ecology is well equipped to conduct ecological restoration practices, large or small, on a myriad of ecosystems.
Invasive Species Management
Invasive species are one of the most troublesome issues native plant communities face today. Invasives displace native species and provide little benefit to the wildlife that depends on specific species of plants. To combat these invaders, Keystone Ecology offers comprehensive invasive species control through a combination of both chemical and mechanical removal.
Environmental Consulting
Navigating permitting processes can be complex and costly, especially when working with large environmental consulting firms. Keystone Ecology has experience conducting wetland delineations, Ohio Rapid Assessment Method (ORAM) evaluations, and Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) assessments. Our small, experienced team provides high-quality work at a more accessible cost.
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Whether you are planning a new landscape, looking for environmentally friendly maintenance, or need environmental consulting, Keystone Ecology can help.
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