Central Coast Wilds (CCW), a division of Ecological Concerns Incorporated, is a design-grow-build ecological landscape contractor and California native plant nursery established in 1992 in Santa Cruz, California. Our work is motivated by the continuing loss of biodiversity, native species extinction, and the desertification of Western U.S. bioregions. We believe that these trends can be reversed through the application of ecological principles to land-use planning and management. CCW provides services for residential, commercial and public works clients throughout the Monterey and San Francisco bay areas.
As promised - here is an updated photo of our Bollinger Wetland Mitigation project. Our grading and erosion control work held up to the recent rain events. Hurrah!
Our Director of Landscape Architecture, Rita Manna, will be leading a 3 part series on landscape graphics and visual communication for Santa Cruz Permaculture's Advanced Permaculture Design Course.
Grading for Bollinger Wetland Mitigation Our field crew at ECI recently completed a job clearing and grading a site for the Bollinger Wetland Mitigation project. After grading, our crew will install wattles and silt fencing to control erosion before installing California native plants grown at our...
Did you know that we can provide the very stringent set of protocols used to produce "clean" plants free of pathogens like phytophthora and have not had a positive test to date, and that now the CDFW is also referring to CalPhytos BMPs in their permit conditions? Here is a link with more details: ...