A New Chapter for Bee Kind Landscapes and Invasive Pros - September 22, 2025

Friends in Conservation,

Bee Kind Landscapes is shifting from being a local service provider to a conservation-focused design, consulting, and research company.

First though, a heartfelt thank you. Every project we’ve worked on this season and last has been made possible by the support of our customers, friends, employees, and partners. From removing invasives at the ballpark, to planting a few native wildflower meadows, to helping families build gardens, we’ve had a lot of fun and made a lot of great memories. We’re deeply grateful to everyone who has supported us.

At the same time, we need to be candid: we’re not equipped to grow as a local landscaping service at this time. We remain passionate about advancing our goals, but it's time for us to take the next step in our mission. Like many small businesses, we’ve faced staffing and sourcing challenges. But our laser focus has always been on one thing: advancing conservation by fighting invasives and growing the market for more sustainable native landscaping.

This doesn’t mean we’re shutting down. In fact, it’s the opposite. We’re still out in the field every week, but instead of building every garden ourselves, we focus on piloting methods, collecting data, and teaching crews how to succeed with natives. We’ve acquired property and launched significant R&D projects to test new models that go far beyond local service. Our aim is to help build an entire regional ecosystem, not just a landscaping business. In the next phase, we hope to support:

• Broader regional conservation and ecological restoration initiatives

• Rural economic development

• Preservation of family farms

• Support for micro entrepreneurship in the environmental industry

• Less reliance on volunteers for public and private conservation work

We believe the future of conservation landscaping is bright. We can grow the industry and make conservation land management practices the norm. We may just be a little early to the party, which is a good thing. With that in mind, we’re focusing on developing scalable systems that governments, nonprofits, and landowners can adopt across the region.

That’s where our energy is going now. So what projects are we still interested in?

• Large, on-brand installations — in partnership. We collaborate with contractors, nonprofits, and landowners to execute the work while we focus on design, field time, and data collection. Our end goal is to teach landscapers how to do the native landscaping business better.

• Consulting — site assessments, project design, sourcing strategies, and long-term maintenance plans. Our role is to guide landowners, nonprofits, and agencies toward successful outcomes while avoiding costly mistakes.

• Research pilots — projects that double as trials, giving us insight into species performance, establishment methods, and long-term outcomes.

• Nursery collaborations — we are investing significant resources in exploring the propagation of native plants at scale

In short, we’re looking for collaborative projects where we can contribute expertise and get our boots dirty, but the heavy lifting is shared. Our role is to learn, document, and share methods that make conservation landscaping viable at scale. We’re not academics. We’re practitioners who get our boots muddy, but we bring financial discipline and operational systems that the conservation industry badly needs.

Over the coming months, expect to hear updates as we share progress from the field: seed trials, restoration funding research, and collaborative projects designed to push conservation landscaping forward.  Please follow us on Facebook for occasional updates.

Thank you for standing with us in this next chapter. This has never been just about landscaping. It’s about building a movement together; one that puts conservation first.

— Joe and the Bee Kind Landscapes & Invasive Pros Team