Native and Edible Landscapes

Shelter and Seeds is on a mission to increase food and habitat abundance for all species through ecological land and water stewardship. We believe that by observing, nurturing, and working alongside natural elements, we can create beautiful and resilient landscapes.

  • Design/Installation/Maintenace

    We design, install and maintain landscapes with an emphasis on native and edible plants that balance beauty, function, and ecological well-being. Based on each client’s unique location and goals, we can add to local biodiversity, grow an abundance of food, and reduce irrigation needs. No project is too big or too small, and if you want a single tree planted, we’re happy to do it.

  • Water Retention Earthworks

    Water is the foundation of all landscapes. To support this essential element, we can build earthworks to slow, spread, and sink precipitation in the soil. These include swales, berms, terraces, check dams, rain gardens, sunken beds, and hugelkultur beds, Rather than water rushing off the landscape, causing erosion and leaving the land dry, earthworks are designed to passively direct and store water in the soil. This creates more plentiful and consistent water throughout the year, which increases drought and wildfire resilience, creates more food and habitat abundance, decreases irrigation needs, builds topsoil, replenishes aquifers, and restores the watercycle.

  • Food Forests

    Modeled after patterns observed in natural forest ecosystems, we create polyculture agroforestry landscapes focused on perennial tree crops grown among mutually beneficial understory plants. These “forest gardens” produce food for decades while requiring less maintenance and outside inputs than a conventional garden. The outcome is exceptionally resilient, abundant, and sustainable yields of food, medicine, and materials. Food forests are an investment in long-term food security and they support diverse populations of wildlife.

  • Consulting

    If you’re looking for personalized assistance to steward more effectively, we offer on-site and remote consulting to help with observing, analyzing, and caring for your landscape. to create more abundance and resilience. Our goal is to help you create more abundance and resilience that will save you time and resources in the long run. We can work with you to understand the existing elements of your landscape and formulate approachable plans so you can actualize your landscape vision.

  • Roundwood Construction

    Utilizing locally harvested small diameter trees, we build roundwood trellises, arbors, shade structures, and more.

  • Compost Systems

    Turn your abundance back into healthy soil by recycling organic matter with home-scale composting bays. We can build you a composting system that fits your aesthetic and site-specific function.

  • Lawns to Wildflower Meadows

    Coming soon

  • Seeds

    Coming Soon…

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Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort Food Forest Leavenworth, WA - 2024

  • "Sean’s knowledge and resources are excellent. His helpful nature and “can do” attitude makes working with him a pleasure. Don’t hesitate to call him!"

    Betsy M.

  • “Sean is a wealth of information when it comes to regenerative landscaping. He has worked beside many regenerative farmers. My goal is to heal my old orchard land, create more nutrient rich soil, and grow as much food and herbs as possible. Sean was very kind. He walked our property and gave us ideas, a helpful packet of local plants (how to grow and where to buy them), and some freshly foraged serviceberries! He even showed me some of my flowers were actually edible! It’s so important we work with Mother Nature, steward the earth better, and grow more of our own food!”

    Kristen J.

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