Food - Habitat - Fiber - Medicine - Fuel
Who We Serve
The passionate landowner
1–20 acres in MN or WI. You want a landscape that works as hard as you do — producing food, beauty, and habitat while being manageable for the long haul.
The broad-acre visionary
20+ acres ready for syntropic agroforestry, food forest systems, or ecological restoration at a scale that changes what's possible on your land.
The institutional partner
SWCDs, municipalities, nonprofits, and conservation organizations who need expert design, installation, and measurable ecological outcomes.
Our Team
Sean Wickhem
Thorin Gustafson
Sean Wickhem
Owner; Native Restoration + permaculture
15+ years restoring native wildlands and edible landscapes. Leads business operations and project strategy.
Alex Odden
Thorin Gustafson
Sean Wickhem
Native systems + natural stone
10+ years at the intersection of craftsmanship and conservation. Specialist in natural stone, hardscaping, and rain garden installation.
Karen Vanek
Thorin Gustafson
Thorin Gustafson
Perennial food systems
14 years in perennial food systems from quarter-acre edible landscapes to broad-acre syntropic agroforestry. Leads food system design and installation.
Thorin Gustafson
Thorin Gustafson
Thorin Gustafson
Restoration ecology + soils
Botanist, wetland scientist, soil scientist, and grazing planner. Hundreds of acres restored. Leads assessment and large-scale restoration projects.
Featured Services
Native Restoration
Custom Builds From the Land
Perennial Food Systems
We perform ecological restoration best management practices including installation and management of prairies, woodlands and shorelines. Examples include: seeding, planting, invasive species control, erosion control, prescribed haying, etc.
Perennial Food Systems
Custom Builds From the Land
Perennial Food Systems
From garden beds to full-on perennial food forests, we install permaculture-inspired edible perennial landscapes for urban residences all the way to broad acre properties.
Custom Builds From the Land
Custom Builds From the Land
Custom Builds From the Land
Nothing from our projects goes to waste if we can help it.
The cedar we mill, the logs we harvest, the seedlings we rescue, the materials we recover from restoration sites — these become products you can put to use on your own property. We're building a catalog of value-added goods whose materials come entirely from within our service area. This is early and growing.