Aquatic and Wetland Company

AWC's nursery division specializes in the production of high quality native plant material for the enhancement, reclamation and creation of wetland, riparian and native upland ecosystems.   Our goal is to increase the commercial availability and diversity of native plant material throughout the Rocky Mountain Region.
 

Propagation Services
Aquatic and Wetland Company exists to help you build successful restoration projects.  One key to successful restoration is to use plant material which is genetically adapted to the conditions of your site.  AWC has two ways to help you do this:

• Extensive Inventory of Site Adapted Plant Material
• Contract Growing

Site Adapted Inventory
We realize the importance of selecting site adapted plant material for long term success and ecosystem integrity.  In order to maintain a diverse genetic pool in our inventory of plant material, AWC's team of horticulturists have collected seed and cuttings from numerous locations throughout the state including:

• the Front Range
• Summit County
• Estes Park and vicinity
• Poudre River Valley
• Castle Rock and vicinity
• San Miguel Valley
• Yampa River Valley
• Roaring Fork River Valley

These collections are carefully categorized and tracked.  This enables AWC to offer not only plants that are native to the region, but are also adapted to specific elevations or other climatic conditions.

Contract Growing
Contract grow arrangements are the most economically feasible and environmentally sensitive methods available to obtain native plant materials.  We will harvest native seed or collect native stock, grow and deliver plants to your specifications.  This is the best way to ensure that a large quantity of plant material will be available when you need it.  Depending on your project location, we can select specific ecotypes from that region to ensure ecological success.

Mycorrhizal Inoculation
To prepare our plant materials for installation in disturbed or degraded sites, AWC inoculates the plants with microorganisms that enhance the plant's ability to grow and thrive.  The microogranisms ultimately increase transplant survivability rates by encouraging the absorption of water and nutrients as well as fending off disease.