Getting Started with Natural Communities
Your Path to Native Plant and Ecological Restoration Success
At Natural Communities, we believe that transforming your land with native plants is a powerful way to restore ecosystems, improve biodiversity, and create resilient landscapes. Whether you're a landowner looking to create natural habitats or a municipality planning a sustainable project, we have the expertise and resources to help you succeed.
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Retail - Wholesale
We offer tailored solutions based on your needs. Let’s get you started on the right track!
1. Retail Customers:
If you're a landowner seeking to restore your property with native plants, grasses, or shrubs, our retail services are designed for you. We provide bulk quantities of high-quality native species, perfect for creating ecologically sound landscapes in the Midwest and beyond.
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2. Wholesale Customers
For larger projects, such as municipalities, park districts, environmental nonprofits, or corporate campuses, our wholesale division offers custom solutions, including personalized quotes and specialized consultations.
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Native plants are essential to restoring and maintaining the ecological health of the Midwest. By choosing native species, you’re helping to:
- Support Local Wildlife: Native plants provide food and shelter for birds, pollinators, and other wildlife, ensuring biodiversity.
- Resilient In The Face Of Change: Resilient and diverse ecosystems are a first lie defense against climate change.
- Improve Soil Health: Deep-rooted native plants stabilize soil, reduce erosion, and increase water infiltration.
- Enhance Water Quality: Native plants act as natural filters, reducing runoff and improving water quality in nearby streams and rivers.
- Reduce Maintenance: Once established, native species are adapted to local conditions, requiring less water, fertilizer, and upkeep.
Core Services
At Natural Communities, we offer comprehensive services to meet your restoration goals:
- Ecological Restoration Consultation: Whether you're just starting or need ongoing maintenance guidance, our expert team provides consultation services to help design and implement native landscapes.
- Custom Restoration Services: From large private landowners, to commercial landscapes, to large restoration projects, we provide guidance for rewilding and restoring native landscapes. We can pair you with the correct ecological contractor to meet your exact needs.
- Site-Specific Seed Mixes: Our regionally adapted seed mixes and plants are designed to thrive in your unique environment, promoting healthy ecosystems. We can also supply locally sourced native seed, plant, tree and shrub material upon request.
- Sustainable Land Management: Utilizing Fly-Wheel-Ecology provide long-term management strategies to ensure the ongoing success of your native plantings.
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Getting started with Natural Communities means committing to a better, more sustainable future. Whether you're creating a native prairie, forest, or wetland, we are here to guide you through every step.
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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!