Good Oak Ecological Services Information

At Good Oak, our mission is to “Restore natural areas and reintroduce native plants to our human landscape to benefit wildlife and the future of humanity.” Through our work we hope to create healthier, more natural environments to reestablish ecosystem services and to prevent the loss of our wild plants and animals. We have been strongly influenced by Aldo Leopold and his “Land Ethic”. In fact, we took the name “Good Oak” from a chapter in Aldo Leopold's landmark work A Sand County Almanac. We restore woodlands and wetlands, install and manage prairies, control erosion on slopes and shorelines, conduct prescribed burns and manage invasive species including clearing brush. Our sustainable landscaping services focus on using native plants, rainwater capturing and infiltration and stonework with locally quarried stone on projects including design and installation of rain gardens, pollinator gardens, birdscaping and more traditional landscaping with native plants.