Backyard Ecology™ Community
Create an ecosystem, not just a garden.
Learn to confidently create and maintain
habitat for pollinators and wildlife.
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Get expert training and guidance that is customized to you and your unique situation so that you can transform your property into a beautiful oasis full of nature.
Do you ever wish there was a place you could go to…
- gain the skills and knowledge you need to attract more pollinators and wildlife to your property, while also making sure it looks beautiful?
- get step by step guidance from experienced experts on how to confidently create and care for your pollinator and wildlife habitat without feeling overwhelmed?
- find encouragement and support when your projects don’t go as planned, you’re struggling with a stubborn invasive species, or you have a challenging situation?
- get answers to questions that you don’t even know you have, while bouncing around ideas and supporting others who are trying to do similar things?
- share interesting plants, insects, or other animals that you find with others who are just as excited as you about what you found?
- just generally geek out about nature?
The Backyard Ecology™ Community is the answer to that wish!
What is the Backyard Ecology™ Community?
The Backyard Ecology™ Community provides people in the eastern U.S. the training and support they need to confidently create and maintain beautiful thriving ecosystems on the properties where they live, work, and play.
Members of the Backyard Ecology™ Community have direct access to:
- experienced experts and other community members through online discussion boards and meetings where you can say things like, “This is what I want to do. This is what I’m struggling with. How do I make it work on my property?”
- a growing library of courses and other resources to help you gain the knowledge and skills you need.
- a community of other nature lovers who “get” you because they’re also creating habitat for pollinators and wildlife on their properties.
We’re here to teach, guide, and support you so that you can enjoy all the butterflies, bees, fireflies, hummingbirds, songbirds, and other life that starts visiting your property.
Won’t you join us?
As a member of the Backyard Ecology™ Community you will…
🦋 Save time, money, and frustration by not having to figure it all out by yourself.
- You’ll have direct access to experienced experts and other community members who are also creating, maintaining, and improving pollinator and wildlife habitat on their properties.
🦋 Avoid overwhelm and information overload by getting answers to your questions as they relate to your property.
- You’ll receive customized and personalized guidance that is tailored for your unique property, skills, time, finances, and other resources.
- You can’t get that type of support from websites, books, or videos because it requires getting to know you and your property.
🦋 Gain inspiration and motivation to take action.
- You’ll discover easy, but effective, ways to create habitat and a thriving ecosystem on your property.
- You’ll be inspired by the stories and experiences shared by other members.
- You’ll find motivation by sharing your habitat goals and being encouraged to achieve them.
🦋 Confidently create, improve, and expand your pollinator and wildlife habitat.
- You’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and techniques to confidently think through the process, weigh your options, and implement your plan.
- If you run up against a problem or challenge, just ask and you’ll receive customized and personalized answers and guidance.
🦋 Be surrounded by a community of fellow nature lovers and Backyard Ecologists™.
- Everyone in the Backyard Ecology™ Community is there to celebrate your successes, brainstorm with you, provide encouragement, and support you throughout your habitat creation journey.
- We look forward to you being there for us in the same ways.
See what some of our members have to say about the Community…
“The Backyard Ecology Community has empowered me to achieve my dream backyard more quickly and economically than I previously thought possible.“
~ Amanda
“Exploring concepts and plant life, all while connecting with individuals who share my interest in ecology, has been a transformative experience. The ability to share the beauty of the outdoors has been a powerful source of motivation for me.“
~ Adam
“I have access to lots of people with plant knowledge, but it is really nice to have a source of people who are thinking about the plants as part of an ecosystem and not just a garden.
~ Sue Ann
“For me, the biggest benefit has been guidance in the many directions you can go. I keep trying to make this way too hard and they keep coming up with easier ways to do it and encouraging me to focus so I get more done.“
~ Darrell
What’s included:
🦋 Direct access to Shannon and Anthony so that you can get the training and guidance you need to achieve your unique goals.
- We are members of the community too and are actively involved in the community – answering your questions, teaching, mentoring, coaching, and sharing our own stories, experiences, and wisdom.
🦋 A private, members-only forum so that you can get the help and support you need, when you need it.
- Post questions, share successes and challenges, geek out about nature, and interact with others who share your interests and desires anytime you want without the hassle and toxicity of traditional social media.
🦋 2 members-only, live, online events each month so that you can continue learning and ask questions that are too complicated to post in the forum.
- Ask more in-depth or complicated questions about your pollinator and wildlife habitat projects.
- Enjoy live discussions with other members.
- Recordings are available for those who can’t make a live event.
🦋 The ability to request a Virtual Habitat Consultation with Shannon and Anthony to help you develop a personalized plan and course of action.
- Deep dive into potential solutions for a specific challenge you are facing or work on developing a more general plan of action. The direction we take is up to you.
- Virtual habitat consultations are conducted in a group coaching setting where you also get to draw upon the experiences and insights of other community members.
🦋 Complete access to a growing library of courses, guides, workbooks, ecological tidbits and other resources.
- Learn at your own pace and explore the topics that are most relevant to you at this instant in time.
🦋 Opportunity to make new friends and help others who are on similar ecological journeys.
Join the Backyard Ecology™ Community and find the support and training you need to create your dream pollinator and wildlife habitat!
We offer 2 membership plans to provide you with the level of support that you need. Pick the one that works best for you.
The Backyard Ecology™ Community is for people who live in the eastern U.S.
Please do not join, if you live in other locations because we will not be able to give you the support you need.
Standard Membership
Best for:
- Most people
- People who don’t mind learning and working in group settings.
Includes:
- Direct access to Shannon and Anthony within the Community.
- Members-only forum and discussion boards on private platform.
- Monthly, members-only, live, virtual meetings.
- Ability to request a Virtual Habitat Consultation.
- Step-by-Step Habitat Challenges and other special members-only events and activities.
- Complete access to members-only library of courses and other resources.
- Support and friendship of other members.
Subscription options:
- Monthly: $50
- Quarterly: $129 (14% discount)
- Annual: $500 (receive 2 months free)
Your subscription will renew automatically until cancelled.
Personal Coaching and Accountability
🦋 Only 5 spaces available. 🦋
Best for:
- People who want or need more in-depth coaching and/or accountability.
- People who are actively working on a complex project and need extra support to get it done.
- People who are looking for a more 1-to-1 experience.
Includes:
- Everything in the Standard Membership
- Private, 30-minute virtual call every month with Shannon and/or Anthony to discuss:
- your habitat goals,
- what you’ve achieved so far,
- any challenges that you are struggling with and how to tackle them,
- a reasonable plan for the coming month.
- Monthly follow up message to check in and see how things are going between calls.
Subscription options:
- Quarterly: $450
- Annual: $1,500 (receive 2 months free)
Your subscription will renew automatically until cancelled.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Backyard Ecology™ Community is for you, if you….
- live in the eastern U.S.
- want your property to look nice while also attracting and supporting local pollinators and wildlife.
- dream of creating habitat and a thriving ecosystem on your property, not just another garden.
- struggle with figuring out how to apply everything you’ve read or watched about habitat creation to your specific location and situation.
- feel frustrated and overwhelmed from trying to do everything by yourself.
- wish you could have ongoing mentoring, coaching, training, and support from experts and others who are doing all the things you dream of doing.
- are tired of generic, cookie-cutter solutions that never seem quite “right” for your situation.
That’s ok, and you’re not alone. Everybody started their journey at the beginning and none of us know everything. We believe that curiosity, an open mind, and a willingness to learn are the perfect tools for success no matter what your experience level is.
It depends. For some people and some situations, an on-site habitat consultation may be what they need. For other people and other situations, the coaching and guidance you receive in the Backyard Ecology™ Community might be a better fit.
The two options aren’t mutually exclusive either. An on-site habitat consultation could help jumpstart your project and then the coaching within the Community could provide you with the ongoing guidance and support you need for the long-haul.
The chart below provides some of the pros and cons of each option. If you’re still not sure which is the right choice for you, contact us and we’ll help you figure it out.
We recognize that the Backyard Ecology™ Community isn’t for everyone, and we’re not going to try to talk you into something that we don’t think is right for you.
On-site consultation vs virtual coaching
Which is right for you?
On-site Consulting
Pros
- On-the-ground professional insights: You get a professional’s on-site opinion. They may see things you don’t.
- Less initial time and thought investment: Just do what they tell you and follow their plan.
- Familiar communication method: Talking face-to-face is easy – we’ve been doing that for practically our entire lives.
Cons
- Accessibility: It may be hard to find a qualified consultant.
- Expense: Travel costs add up quickly, especially if the consultant isn’t local.
- Limited access to expertise: Consultant takes knowledge and skills with them when the project is done.
Virtual Coaching
Pros
- Save money: You can often get several months or even a year’s worth of virtual coaching for the price of one on-site consultation.
- More accessible: You aren’t limited to finding someone who is local to where you live.
- Ongoing support: You can get help with questions and unexpected challenges as they come up.
- Builds confidence: You are empowered to do your own habitat creation and maintenance.
- Expertise is yours to keep: The knowledge and skills you gain can be applied, not just to the immediate project, but also to additional projects you want to do in the future.
Cons
- You get out of the program what you put into it: Requires more time and thought from you on the front end because you aren’t handed a readymade plan to follow.
- You don’t know what you don’t know: You may not see everything that a consultant sees, or even if you see it, you might not recognize that it’s important. (Although we try to help you identify those things.)
- Technology: You don’t have to be a tech guru, but you do need to be comfortable using basic technology such as message boards and Zoom to communicate. (We’re willing to help you learn.)
Yes. Many of our members aren’t big on social media. Honestly, we don’t do much of it either in our personal lives. It’s just not something that appeals to us.
That’s why we chose not to build the Backyard Ecology™ Community on any of the traditional social media platforms. The platform where we host the Backyard Ecology™ Community discussion forums is a private platform that we’re paying to use.
If that’s the only thing that is holding you back from joining the Community, then contact us and ask if we can give you a private, behind-the-scenes tour so you can see if it’s something you would feel comfortable participating in.
The community is very laid back. You can invest as much or as little time in forum discussions and attend as many or as few of the live events as you like. (All of our live events are held in the evenings to allow the greatest number of members to attend.)
Obviously, the more you engage and participate in the various opportunities, the more you will get out of the community. But you get to choose the level of engagement that is right for you at this moment in time.
Why should you join the Backyard Ecology™ Community?
Coaches can help you see what you’re missing, discover the next best step, and chart a path to achieve your goal.
Sports coaches, fitness coaches, nutrition coaches, business coaches, and other types of coaches are so popular because they help you get results while saving you tons of time, frustration, money, and headaches.
Community support is invaluable when it comes to making positive changes in personal habits and practices.
That’s just as true for engaging with nature and taking meaningful ecological actions on your property as it is for exercising, losing weight, or quitting smoking.
The Backyard Ecology™ Community gives you the benefits of coaching AND community support!
Shannon and Anthony will be there to coach and guide you every step of the way. All you have to do is ask.
You’ll also be able to tap into the expertise and experiences of other nature lovers and Backyard Ecologists™ who, like you, are working towards making their properties more ecologically friendly and sustainable. You have a whole community supporting you, encouraging you, and helping you accomplish your goals.
As a member of the Backyard Ecology™ Community, you are no longer alone.
We’ll help you identify and meet your goals in the simplest and most cost-efficient way. We’ll also celebrate with you along the way and help you adapt if things don’t go as planned.
Meet your hosts:
We are Shannon and Anthony Trimboli. We live in southcentral Kentucky and are life-long nature lovers. Shannon has an M.S. in Ecology and a B.S. in Wildlife Biology. Anthony has an M.S. in Agriculture and a B.S. in Wildlife Biology.
We are passionate about sharing our love of nature with others. We enjoy inspiring people to form their own connections with nature and then take action to create their own thriving ecosystems on their property.
Like you, we are also actively working on and managing our property to attract pollinators and wildlife. So, we understand all the excitement, challenges, frustrations, and celebrations that come with trying to create functioning ecosystems on your property because we’re experiencing the same things.
Still not sure if the Backyard Ecology™ Community is for you?
Check out this short video where Anthony describes a little more about what happens inside the Community.
Confidently create and maintain your pollinator and wildlife habitat.
Become a member of the Backyard Ecology™ Community today and say good-by to…
- trying to figure it all out on your own,
- feeling frustrated and overwhelmed by information overload, and
- struggling with generic, cookie-cutter solutions that never seem quite “right” for your situation.
