Conservation Landscaping Projects

Envirens was founded on Conservation Landscaping in 1985. Prior to the regulatory requirements to protect and enhance wetlands, streams, forests, meadows, and endangered species habitat, Envirens founder Michael Hollins was promoting and implementing a native habitat ethic for both residential and commercial landscapes. Early projects emphasized utilizing plants which support habitat and food requisites for our native bird and insect fauna. This design emphasis is now mainstream in the land conservation and sustainable landscapes movements. Envirens has continued to design and install landscapes with elements of native meadow, wetlands, forests, and streams.

Learn more about our Conservation Landscaping Projects by browsing the articles posted below.

Compton Residence Woodland Understory Restoration

Baltimore City, MD Envirens has been working for ten years with a private residence to remove nonnative shrubs from an existing woodland and enhance the community type with native understory flowering trees and shrubs in Baltimore, Maryland.

HZ Properties Conservation Landscaping & Managment

Baltimore County, MD Envirens has been working for nine years to convert an abandoned Christmas tree operation to a 26 acre native grassland/wildflower meadow. Multiple prescriptions included the use of controlled burns verses managed mowing as well as founder plug plantings verses no till drilling.

Veterans Administration Baltimore Hospital Design & Installation

Baltimore City, MD Envirens provided design and planting services for a therapeutic courtyard garden at Baltimore’s downtown veterans hospital. Design features used color and fragrance in the selection of focal point flowering trees and perimeter perennial gardens to encourage veterans to get outside. The therapeutic benefits of interaction with and observation of nature are well […]

Johnson-Wells Residence

Anne Arundel County, MD A native meadow was planted to fit the prairie style house and connect the architecture with the surrounding landscape. Planting large under-story trees, shrubs and woodland wildflowers enhanced the forest edges on the Johnson-Wells property. Not only is the entire landscape planted with native species, but it is aesthetically appealing. During […]

Conservation Properties

York County, PA Throughout the world scientists have recognized the decline of native bee populations which are paramountly important to pollination of crops for food, fiber and native habitat. Envirens has initiated a keystone project in bee habitat plantings in combination with the traditional conservation reserve enhancement plantings. Demonstration gardens around residential buildings and larger […]