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OUR MISSION
Earth Designs Cooperative curates ecologically resilient landscapes, transforming current narratives of land use from exploitation to regeneration by connecting people to place.
Our Story
Earth Designs Cooperative is a worker-owned co-op. Our vision is to foster meaningful connections between people and their environments through collaborative land stewardship. We specialize in grounds & project management, design & install of hard and soft scapes, vegetable gardens, meadows, forestry, arboriculture, and custom stonework. Our work is infused with eco-friendly and organic methods; we strive to care for every property and each plant with loving respect, maintaining the idea that creating a more sustainable planet rests in the hands of each of us doing our part.
Our commitment to sustainability extends beyond our work with the land and into our business structure. As a worker cooperative, we're making strides toward social change by securing financial equity and civic engagement for each of our worker-owners and directing our company toward creating a culturally and environmentally conscious future. The worker cooperative model supports and strengthens the business, its workers and the community by creating fulfilling and financially sustainable jobs that inspire worker-owners to be invested in their work and socially and financially able to engage deeply with their community.
What is a Cooperative?
A coop is a business that is owned, managed, and governed by its employees. Worker-owners participate in the oversight, direction, and profits of the business in a democratic manner.
Our Services
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Consultation
Conceptual planning and recommendations for design as well as education on general maintenance of ornamental, edible, and medicinal gardens.
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Design
Hand drawn designs for outdoor use and beautification purposes. Our design principles are oriented toward regenerative and sustainable practices that embody whole-systems thinking.
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Installation
Horticultural projects ranging from whole-property ecosystem development to small ornamental gardens. As well as, ecological restoration (including meadows and native lawns), vegetable gardens and apothecary (medicinal herb) gardens, stonework, and trail-building.
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Maintenance
Spring and fall cleanups, regularly scheduled garden maintenance and mulching, meadow and native lawn management, invasive species management, restoration of neglected landscapes.
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Forestry Arboriculture
Root to stem tree health assessments, orchard installation and care, wildlife habitats & habitat rehabilitation, nature trail installation and maintenance, pest prevention, invasive management, pruning, removals.
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Custom Stone Masonry
Custom installation of stone walls, garden paths, steps, retaining walls, tiered gardens, boulder installation, fire pits, patios. We use natural broken flagstone and true bluestone sourced locally in the Hudson Valley.
“Thank you so much to Colin and the whole Earth Designs Cooperative team for the perfect, amazing, beautiful, extraordinary, wonderful-smelling, eye-dazzling enclosed raised bed garden and flagstone path, which is the envy of the entire neighborhood and which I have ended several Zoom meetings early this month just to go stand inside.”
