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AfterEcological habitat design · Salt Lake City
Your yard is part of the Wasatch Front. We design it to act like it.
Zero synthetic chemicals. Zero landscape fabric. Zero rock-only installs. Every plant native to the Intermountain West.
BeforeAfterEcological habitat design · Salt Lake City
Zero synthetic chemicals. Zero landscape fabric. Zero rock-only installs. Every plant native to the Intermountain West.
Zero synthetic chemicals
Zero landscape fabric
Zero rock-only installs
“We install Penstemon eatonii because hummingbirds need it. That it’s beautiful is a side effect.”
Utah Native Landscapes designs and installs functioning native habitat for residential properties on Salt Lake City’s east side — the Avenues, Federal Heights, Yalecrest, 9th & 9th, Sugar House, Millcreek, East Bench, and Holladay.
Native habitat means plant communities of species that evolved in the Intermountain West. Not decorative. Not adapted. Native — with living soil, mycorrhizal networks, and food webs that have been building for thousands of years.
We don’t install landscape fabric. We don’t use synthetic chemicals. We don’t build rock-only installs. These aren’t upsells — they’re the baseline.
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District spent three years removing fabric from their own Conservation Garden. It degrades into microplastics and destroys native bee nesting habitat. Not a preference — a standard.
No glyphosate, no synthetic fertilizers, no insecticides. We work with soil biology — mycorrhizal networks, nitrogen-fixing plants — not against it.
Utah's Division of Water Resources states rock-only conversions create gaps in the local ecosystem and fuel urban heat islands. Every install exceeds the state's 50% living coverage standard.
Not drought-tolerant. Not adapted. Native — evolved at this elevation, in this soil, under this rainfall, supporting food webs that depend on them.
We design plant communities with structural diversity across four seasons — groundcover, grasses, forbs, shrubs — that provide food, shelter, and nesting for native wildlife.
Every project meets or exceeds Utah Landscape Incentive Program requirements, qualifying for up to $3.00 per square foot — up to $50,000 per property. We handle the paperwork.
Full ecological design for your property — plant communities selected by species, soil type, sun exposure, and wildlife support. Every plant has a reason.
Learn moreReplace Kentucky bluegrass with functioning native habitat. No artificial turf. No rock-only installs. Real ecosystems that use a fraction of the water.
Learn moreUp to $3.00 per square foot from Jordan Valley Water, Central Utah, and Weber Basin. Up to $50,000 per property. Every Utah Native Landscapes install qualifies.
Learn moreWe serve The Avenues, Federal Heights, Yalecrest, 9th & 9th, Sugar House, Millcreek, East Bench, and Holladay.
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