EcoAddendum is committed to helping preserve the rich biodiversity and healthy environment of our region. We educate people of all ages and backgrounds about native plants, trees and the web of life they support. We also help restore urban forests and native plant communities in parks, greenspaces, backyards and gardens.
Eco-Restoration Help from EcoAddendum:
• Inventory and Site Overview
This is the critical first step in any restoration project. It’s important to know details about the natural character of your site before making decisions that impact your landscape and the ecosystem it supports.
• Strategic Site Management Plan
We provide a written plan outlining step by step activities for the best recovery of native plants, trees and your site’s environment. We’ll consider short and long term views. We will help you set priorities, timetables and create a blueprint for continued work by future managers..
• Advising and Training on highest priorities and safest, best ways to remove invasive plants without harming the eco-system we are trying to restore
There are many ways to remove invasive plants from a property. Few people know that sometimes more damage can be caused with certain removal methods. As part of our Inventory and Site Overview, we can assess your invasive plant situation and explain best removal strategies. We also partner with experts who specialize in all types of invasive plant removal.
• Leading volunteer groups for invasive species removal and planting native plants
We will teach your volunteer leaders to recognize the difference between native and non-native species and train them in safe invasive plant removal techniques. And we can train and help your volunteers plant native plants in the best locations on your site.
• Recommend Planting Native Plants and Trees
We provide a comprehensive list of native species, where to find them, and best planting locations for your site. We’ll tailor our list to your needs and preferences such as color and aesthetic groupings, size and height of mature plants, and edible or wildlife food priorities. We can arrange delivery of many native plants species through one of our local partner native plant nurseries.
• Leading Educational Walks that highlight the special character of your parks or greenspace, and help generate public interest in Stewardship
We lead engaging and informative walks that explain the value of your restoration site and teach about the values of native plants, and how your site is an important part of the overall ecosystem within your local watershed and broader regional ecology.
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“Unless we restore native plants to our suburban ecosystems, the future of biodiversity in the United States is dim.”
– Douglas Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home
For more information, Contact Us
info@ecoaddendum.org or call 404-862-0118
