Ecological Restoration Consulting Services for Large-Scale Landowners

Are you a landowner looking to restore your property to its natural beauty? Whether you're managing a one-acre plot or hundreds of acres, Natural Communities offers expert consultation services tailored to your large-scale ecological restoration consulting needs. Specializing in Midwest land restoration, we provide guidance for rewilding and restoring native landscapes—we do not focus on formal native garden consultations here. We can help at any stage of your ecological restoration project, from before you have begun to a decades old project, we have the experience on nearly all stages of a project.

Why Choose Natural Communities for Your Land Restoration Project?

With over 20 years of experience, our team has helped landowners transform degraded land into thriving ecosystems. From bulk planting of native trees and shrubs to large-scale seeding, we work with projects starting at a quarter-acre and larger. We consulta on the project and provide the native seed, plants, trees, and shrubs you need to succeed.   

Our network of professionals, including forest preserves, state, and federal land managers, wildlife biologists, land trust banks, ecological contractors, and native nursery partners. This extensive reach and depth of knowledge ensures that we stay at the forefront of ecological restoration. We are in constant dialogue with the industry leaders and we cherry-pick the best ideas and solutions from our extensive network to offer you custom, innovative strategies for restoring your land.

We consult on projects that include:

• Restoring Native Habitats: Revitalize your land with native plants, trees, shrubs, and seed mixes designed for large landscapes. Whether you're looking to improve biodiversity or solve specific ecological challenges, we have the knowledge and resources to help. We have extensive experience in ecological restoration of prairies, wetlands , woodlands, river & creeks, and rare habitats and endangered species, solar installations, and wildlife habitat mitigation.
• Bulk Planting for Large Landscapes: We specialize in bulk orders, whether you’re restoring prairie, woodlands, or wetlands. Our native plants, seed, and trees and shrubs are designed specifically for large-scale planting, ideal for landowners, municipalities, or environmental groups aiming to create or restore ecosystems. We can customize native seed mixes, conservation mixes, provide local genetically sourced native plant material, and provide a customed planting plan to meet your budget and restoration needs.
• NRCS and CRP Land Consulting: Having issues meeting your Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) standards? We can help you navigate government program performance standards to ensure you are benefiting from available incentives.

Free Phone Consultations for Large-Scale Projects

At Natural Communities, we understand that every land restoration project is unique. That’s why we offer free phone consultations for landowners working on larger projects. Whether you’re looking for advice on species selection, seeding, or how to design your land for ecological health, our experts are here to help you every step of the way. However, we do not focus on formal landscaping advice for smaller properties—our focus is on large-scale ecological management.

If you’re a DIY landowner ready to take on the challenge of transforming your landscape, or a project manager overseeing a public land restoration, our team will provide the expert advice you need to get started.

Oftentimes all you need is the free phone consultation, other times folks know they need ongoing training, coaching, a partner to trust, we offer all levels of consultations.

Who We Work With:

• Large Private Landowners: Own acres of land and need to restore or create a native landscape? We work with property owners, with a focus on projects that require bulk plants and seeds.
• Municipalities, Park Districts, and Land Trusts: If you’re managing public land and need assistance with ecological management, we can provide the resources and expertise to meet your goals.
• Hunters and Conservationists: Partner with us to improve wildlife habitats, enhance game populations, and support sustainable hunting practices. By creating healthy, natural ecosystems, you’re not only improving the land but also preserving the connection between land and wildlife for future generations.

Specialized Solutions for Every Challenge

Natural Communities offers consultations to solve specific ecological problems on your property. Whether it’s invasive species control, erosion, or designing a habitat that supports native wildlife, our team brings a wealth of experience and connections with top contractors and state land managers to every project.

Concerns?

We can work with you to address any concerns you may have from reducing herbicide use to funding strategies like grants and multi-year budgeting. Worried about taking on too much at a time, we are experts in this as well. We can develop a plan that fits your needs, skills, capacity, and budget.

Ready to Get Started?

For larger landowners, municipalities, or organizations seeking expert ecological restoration advice, book a free phone consultation today. Together, we can design a sustainable future for your land.

Book Your Free Consultation Here or send us an email:Natives@NaturalCommunities.net

Daniel

★★★★★

Natural communities and specifically Nick has been an excellent and knowledgeable entity to work with on my big project. With the help of my school, my students, many community partners, and Natural Communities, we are in the process of restoring an area on a high school campus to a natural prairie/pond area. Nick has come out to do site visits, he has recommended various plant species that would work best for us, and he has been able to get us what we want wholesale. Our site is not an easy project because we are restricted to only native plants and native seeds and Natural Communities has excelled in meeting our needs on this. Overall, I am so glad we ended up working with Natural Communities because they have helped so much.

Ron

★★★★★

Our company has worked with Nick Fuller since before he became Chief Ecological Officer for Natural Communities, LLC.  His knowledge of native plants and native seeds is remarkable.  Nick was the original steward of our 4-acre wildflower/wild grass prairie and has served us as a reliable consultant ever since 2006.  His continuing insights have helped us to maintain and grow a healthy ecosystem.

Kathy

★★★★★

I am extremely pleased with the one hour consultation I had with Nick Fuller regarding our wetland creek. We have invasive plants and grasses that have taken over our creek bed and we needed guidance on how to both effectively remove the invasives and  restore the area with native plants suitable for the creek. Nick asked pertinent questions that allowed Nick to identify plants and shrubs suitable for the area with a timeline for planting. Nick also provided a detailed outline of the steps needed to remove the invasives. I highly recommend Nick to anyone seeking help with their native plant garden or to anyone interested in growing a native plant garden.

Shane Calvert

★★★★★

Spoke to owner in depth regarding a couple of different projects I’m working on- very knowledgeable and professional. I plan on purchasing seed for my projects through Natural Communities and will follow up in the future if necessary. Highly recommend for native/natural projects!