We believe in building healthy relationships between people and the land that they inhabit.
Patch cut for wildlife habitat funded by the Watershed Agricultural Council
Forest Management and restoration
The forest is a beautiful and complex environment that requires time to direct towards greater diversity, health, and resilience. To manage for thriving forests and forest edge habitats successfully, it’s important to be able to read and understand multiple layers of context. We have the background and experience to guide and conduct this vital and sensitive work. We can develop a strategies and customized plans to suit the needs of our clients as well as the land itself. .
Invasive and opportunistic Plant mitigation and Removal
A first step in stewarding your property towards resilience and good health is removing and mitigating dangerous and overabundant, aggressive species. We manage for diversity and support clients to participate in their landscape. Overgrowth of invasive species or dangerous plants like poison Ivy or Water hemlock can make the landscape feel unapproachable. We have the experience, strategies, and determination to turn the page on these problematic species. Each different species requires a nuanced approach. Call for a site assessment.
Asian Bittersweet canopy gap association. Bittersweet is thriving with hundreds of shoots growing where a large tree died and opened more light into the forest. If left unaddressed, these vines will attack and kill surrounding trees and establish seed banks deeper in the forest.
Knotweed with some Asian Bittersweet Vine overhanging. Not just a problem on river banks and flood plains, knotweed can move into your yard, spreading roots into septic fields, gardens, and worse the foundation of homes. Native species like Willow provide much better habitat and do a better job of securing floodplains and stream banks.
Beautiful, medicinal, and a menace to our landscape: Japanese barberry populations are out of control in our region, limiting native habitat and supporting larger tick populations.
Ginseng Plant on our Forest Farm
Ginseng Cultivation
We cultivate the forest floor, transforming whole habitat restoration into economic opportunity. Ginseng is one of the most precious and valuable botanical herbs in the world. . For property owners and managers with intact hardwood forest interested in exploring potential economic opportunities related to ginseng cultivation or other forest farming activities, a call or visit with One Woodland is a great place to start. We also offer customized contract grows for product companies interested in investing in their own, reliable source of the best quality forest herbs available.
Jamie and Tanya putting their heads together all the back at Race Brook Lodge
Consulting
For those with larger properties or personal ambitions for dream projects on the land, One Woodland can offer a helping hand. From educational walks, site visits, sourcing from countless growers and nurseries, developing spreadsheets and action plans, One woodland is here for you.