There is more than meets the eye with meadow sod—artfully curated plants connect with the carefully engineered living soil below.
Meadow sod is rooted in the understanding of the challenges that come with meadow establishment, construction timelines, and client expectations. Our sod provides predictable and controlled species quantities when delivered to the site, so you get exactly what you specified. This plant diversity is supported by a 2-inch thick engineered soil, reducing the risk of transplant shock and cutting down on soil preparation costs.
The tool that designers have been waiting for.
The tool that designers have been waiting for.
Seeding native meadows is inexpensive upfront but highly variable and often unsuccessful due to weather, soil conditions, and weed pressure.
Our meadow sod removes this risk by cultivating native meadows in controlled fields for a full year and installing them as thick-cut sod. This approach suppresses on-site weeds and delivers a fully established meadow immediately, providing predictable outcomes, faster ecological benefits, and lower lifetime costs.
the meadow sod process
Select your grass base mix based on your site’s growing conditions.
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sandplain grassland
woodland glade
hillside meadow
old field meadow
wet meadow
Select your forb percent cover based on the diversity and floral abundance desired.
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This blend provides 30% forb cover across the meadow. These are naturally spaced in the field prior to harvesting and result in 30 forb species per 100 sf.
30 / 70
This blend provides 40% forb cover across the meadow. These are naturally spaced in the field prior to harvesting and result in 40 forb species per 100 sf.
40 / 60
50 / 50
This blend provides 50% forb cover across the meadow. These are naturally spaced in the field prior to harvesting and result in 50 forb species per 100 sf.
Select your forb species or ask us to help you select!
We currently grow the following individual species that may be incorporated into your meadow sod. If you don’t see what you want— ask if we can grow it or source it.
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Agastache foeniculum, anise hyssop
Amsonia tabernaemontana, eastern bluestar
Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting
Aquilegia canadensis, eastern red columbine
Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly milkweed
Blephilia ciliata, downy wood mint
Bouteloua curtipendula, sideoats grama
Bouteloua gracilis, blue grama
Callirhoe bushii, bush’s poppy mallow
Castilleja coccinea, scarlet indian paintbrush
Coreopsis lanceolata, lanceleaf coreopsis
Echinacea pallida, pale purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower
Erigeron annuus, annual fleabane
Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master
Eupatorium perfoliatum, boneset
Eurybia divaricata, white wood aster
Iris versicolor, blue flag iris
Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii, nieuwland’s blazing star
Liatris spicata, dense blazing star
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower
Monarda bradburiana, eastern beebalm
Monarda didyma, scarlet beebalm
Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot
Monarda punctata, spotted beebalm
Packera aurea, golden ragwort
Panicum virgatum, switchgrass
Penstemon digitalis, foxglove beardtongue
Phlox divaricata, woodland phlox
Poa palustris, fowl bluegrass
Polemonium reptans, jacob’s ladder
Porteranthus stipulatus, indian physic
Pycnanthemum muticum, short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, slender mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum, virginia mountain mint
Rudbeckia hirta, black-eyed susan
Ruellia humilis, wild petunia
Solidago caesia, blue-stemmed goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis, zigzag goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis, gray goldenrod
Solidago speciosa, showy goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis, prairie dropseed
Symphyotrichum cordifolium, blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii, drummond’s aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides, white heath aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, new england aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum shortii, short’s aster
Thalictrum dasycarpum, purple meadow rue
Verbena stricta, hoary vervain
Zizia aurea, golden alexanders
PERENNIALS
Carex brevior, shortbeak sedge
Carex pensylvanica, pennsylvania sedge
Carex radiata, eastern star sedge
Carex stricta, tussock sedge
Carex vulpinoidea, fox sedge
Chasmanthium latifolium, inland sea oats
Elymus hystrix, bottlebrush grass
Elymus virginicus, virginia wildrye
Eragrostis spectabilis, purple lovegrass
Juncus effusus, soft rush
Schizachyrium scoparium, little bluestem
Scirpus pendulus, rufous bulrush
GRASS, SEDGE, RUSH
FERN
Onoclea sensibilis, sensitive fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula, hay-scented fern
we meticulously cultivate your meadow in our fields for one-full season
talk with a meadow expert
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talk with a meadow expert ・
Schedule a complimentary 15–30 minute consultation to discuss your project, learn whether meadow sod is the right solution, and get guidance on next steps.
project feasibility review
site and application discussion
sod selection recommendations
preliminary budget and timeline guidance
answers to your questions