MANITOU SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING
Our Services
Manitou Sustainable Landscaping offers a wide variety of eco-friendly gardening and landscaping services in Northern Michigan, including:
• consult, design, installation, and maintenance of sustainable perennial gardens and landscapes using native perennials, shrubs, and trees
• design and installation of organic vegetable gardens
• design and installation of permaculture landscapes
• seasonal garden maintenance
• soil ammending
• compost bin construction
• container garden design, installation, and maintenance
Benefits of a Sustainable Landscape
Manitou Sustainable Landscaping specializes in creating and maintaining eco-friendly landscapes featuring native perennials, shrubs, and trees. Some of the benefits of sustainable landscapes include:
• habitat for local wildlife, including pollinators
• healthy green spaces for people
• food for people and animals
• no need for toxic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or fertilizers
• decreases water pollution due to toxic landscaping runoff
• the formation of living soil
• increased absorption of rainwater by the soil
• natural pest management due to a balanced ecosystem
• low maintenance
• less longterm cost: less watering, no toxic chemicals needed, less maintenance needed
• aesthetically pleasing during every season
Our Founder
Manitou Sustainable Landscaping was born out of Jill Norris's love and respect for the natural world and keeping it alive and well. She melds her 30+ years of experience with sustainable food systems, organic gardening, regenerative farming, biology, botany, and the environment into creating beautiful landscapes centered around thriving ecosystems that benefit people, wildlife, and the planet.