Fly-Wheel-Ecology™
Integrated pest management is about least impacts. Integrated pest management thoughts and actions are driven by removing pests, it is a pest-first mindset. Integrated pest management is flat and one-dimensional approach.
Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ is a wholly new ecological restoration framework. Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ is “most benefits” not least impacts. Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ thoughts and actions are led by building resilient ecosystems not by killing pests, a whole new mindset. Fly-Wheel-Ecology is three-dimensional in its approach to building resilient ecosystems.
Can you see the difference? Least impacts are still negative impacts. Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ is dramatically improving the situation. When you shift your mind from least impacts to most benefits, you'll approach the whole world with a whole new lens.
You do not lead your thoughts with killing invasive species. You lead your thoughts & your actions with bringing nature to life. You do this by utilizing the power of native plants, the power of nature.
Therefore, we call Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ practitioners “Native Plant Nuts” for good reason. We are passionate about building resilient ecosystems using native plants.
| Integrated Pest Management | Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ |
| pest first mindset | building resilient ecosystems first mindset |
| least impacts | most benefits |
| one dimensional | three dimensional |
| killing pest | restoring nature |
Leveraging knowledge and native plants to restore ecosystems. This approach allows for so many benefits including money savings, time savings, reductions in herbicide/pesticide use, and most importantly resilient and functional ecosystems. We are experts in it, we actually developed this system from over 20 years, from many varying restoration projects with vetted and input from many industry experts, both private and commercial sectors. Distilling the best restoration ecology techniques down into Fly-Wheel-Ecology.
The Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ system has 4 main components that when implemented, will build momentum in your flywheel. Turn upon turn of the flywheel you build momentum until it has so much built energy your ecosystem is unstoppable.
Our mission is to restore thriving ecosystems. We want our wholesale partners to be 100% successful in that mission so we offer phone Fly-Wheel-Ecology™ consultations for free to our wholesale partners.
Schedule a free phone consultation so that we can get mother nature working for you!
Fly-Wheel Spoke 1- Investigation, Planning & Prevention
Fly-Wheel Spoke 2- Plant, Seed, Shrub, and Tree Selection
Fly-Wheel Spoke 3- Establishment and Management
Fly-Wheel Spoke 4- Monitoring
Pesticide/herbicide reduction in combination with Fly-Wheel-Ecology™
We have partnered with the IPM Institute of North America, a non-profit formed to focus on improving sustainability in communities. Through their Lawn + Land Forum we developed a program for natural areas to aid in management. Click here to see the resources the team developed.
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Daniel
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
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
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
Shane
★★★★★
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!