ArcheWild
ArcheWild is a Quakertown, PA ecological restoration company and wholesale native plant nursery serving government agencies, conservancies, and large landowners across the Mid-Atlantic with OPLE plants, restoration services, and the proprietary SeedSource™ platform.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2010
- HeadquartersQuakertown, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What ArcheWild does
ArcheWild is an ecological restoration company and wholesale native plant nursery founded in 2010 and headquartered in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. It sells open-pollinated, local ecotype (OPLE) native plants in plug, container, bare root, tubeling, and specialty forms to wholesale growers, retail nurseries, restoration firms, and landscapers, with a $500 minimum order for new wholesale customers. Beyond plant supply, the company delivers full-service restoration projects—riparian buffers, reforestation and afforestation up to 500 acres, native meadow construction, invasive species control, planting, and stewardship—directly through in-house ecological and planting crews across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, West Virginia, and portions of New England. Named customers include US Forest Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Pennsylvania Game Commission, PA DCNR, New York City Parks, Cleveland Metro Parks, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, the Architect of the Capitol, and Penn State and Temple Universities.
The firm's underlying technology is the proprietary SeedSource™ cloud platform, which integrates GPS-tagged seed collection records, EPA Level IV ecoregion mapping, accession coding, nursery production workflows, order management, and a live inventory availability feed exposed through a customer portal. Evaluate™ is a companion meadow design tool that benchmarks a project site against hundreds of naturally occurring meadows and uses AI-assisted pattern recognition and site attribute matching to generate site-specific species lists and seed mixes rather than pre-built blends. Collector™ is a lightweight mobile field data application with offline capability that synchronizes into SeedSource™. The company invests in this stack by licensing SeedSource™ and Evaluate™ to outside conservation partners and researchers.
ArcheWild's revenue model combines wholesale plant sales, custom and contract growing (with grow-on-demand cycles as short as six weeks), per-engagement ecological services ($600 site visit, $1,200 remote analysis, $2,400 onsite ecologist-led species selection), and software licensing. Distribution is exclusively direct-sales: phone, email, and customer portal, with field planting teams deployed to project sites. The firm's market position is anchored by documented genetic traceability and an establishment success rate above 95% on riparian buffer and reforestation projects, against an industry baseline where 88% of such projects fail to meet expectations.
ArcheWild firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ArcheWild
- Legal name
- ArcheWild
- Website
- https://archewild.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2010
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- ArcheWild is a Quakertown, PA ecological restoration company and wholesale native plant nursery serving government agencies, conservancies, and large landowners across the Mid-Atlantic with OPLE plants, restoration services, and the proprietary SeedSource™ platform.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ArcheWild industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Ecological Restoration Services
- NAICS
- Nursery and Tree Production (111421), Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products (113210), Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112)
- SIC
- Forestry (800), Agricultural Services (700)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Native Species & Restoration Plant Nurseries (AFAMADAF)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Invasive Species Control & Site Restoration (Pre/Post Planting) (AFAMACAN), Seedling & Sapling Production (Containerized) (AFAMADAD), Seedling & Sapling Production (Bare-Root) (AFAMADAC), Reforestation & Afforestation Services (Planting, Site Prep, Regeneration) (IMAMAAAE), Native, Pollinator & Drought-Tolerant Garden Installations (HSAIAFAL)
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Where ArcheWild is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Quakertown
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
ArcheWild business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Wholesale Native Plant Sales: ArcheWild sells open-pollinated, locally ecotyped native plants (plugs, liners, bare root, containers, B&B) to wholesale growers, retail nurseries, restoration firms, and landscapers. Products include PL200 starter plugs (sold by the 100s of thousands), PL50 landscape plugs, PL32 retail-ready plugs, containerized trees and shrubs in 1g–15g sizes, and bare root materials. Minimum order $500 for new customers; one flat minimum per species. Pricing varies by plug size and species.
- Custom/Contract Growing Orders: ArcheWild grows plants to order for retail nurseries, landscapers, and restoration projects using its extensive seed inventory of OPLE native plant seeds. Annual contract growing orders as well as grow-on-demand services. Plants are propagated, potted up, and delivered on schedule. Ready in as early as 6 weeks for custom orders from seed inventory.
- Ecological Services Fees: Chargeable services including species selection (phone call $0, remote analysis $1,200, onsite ecologist-assisted $2,400), site evaluations and reports ($600 for site visit, higher tiers for full reports), and planting design and consultation. Services are quoted and billed per engagement.
- SeedSource™ Software Licensing: SeedSource and Evaluate software tools are licensed to other organizations (conservation partners, consultants, researchers). Special pricing available for independent researchers and consultants. Access requires registration and a license agreement. Some elements of proprietary technologies are licensed to other organizations.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Site Evaluation Only — $600 |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Phone Consultation with Ecologist — Free ($0) |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Remote Analysis — $1,200 |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Onsite Ecologist-Assisted Species Selection — $2,400 |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Site Visit + Site Report — Visit + Report tier |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Site Visit + Advanced Site Report — highest tier |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | New Customer Minimum Order — $500 |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels8 records
ArcheWild product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ArcheWild is a wholesale native plant nursery and ecological restoration services firm that produces open-pollinated, locally ecotyped (OPLE) native plants in plug, container, bare-root, tubeling, and containerless forms, and delivers them alongside ecologist-led restoration services including riparian buffers, reforestation, meadow building, invasive control, planting, and ongoing stewardship. The company complements its nursery and field operations with proprietary SeedSource™, Evaluate™, and Collector™ software platforms for nursery management, meadow design, and field data collection, which it also licenses to other organizations.
Product overview
ArcheWild is a mission-driven ecological restoration company operating a wholesale native plant nursery and software platform serving the Mid-Atlantic region. The core offering combines proprietary technology tools (SeedSource™ platform with Evaluate™ and Collector™ applications) with extensive plant production capabilities and full-service restoration capabilities. SeedSource™ is the central SaaS platform providing seed collection management, nursery operations, order fulfillment, and ecological site analysis. Evaluate™ is a specialized meadow planning tool that generates zone-specific seed mixes using ecological site evaluation. Collector™ is a mobile field data application that integrates with SeedSource. The plant supply business offers OPLE (Open-Pollinated, Local Ecotype) native plants in multiple forms including plugs (PL200 through Quart), containers (1-gallon through 7-gallon), bare root, tubelings, and Containerless™ specialty forms. Restoration services span riparian buffers, reforestation/afforestation, native meadows, invasive species control, planting, site evaluations, species selection, and ongoing stewardship. The Customer Portal provides self-service access to inventory, ordering, and order history. The Meadow Manual is a partner-developed open-source toolkit for meadow building.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- SeedSource™: Professional management platform for native plant nursery and ecological restoration industry, covering seed collection to production and project planning to customer order handling.
- Evaluate™
- OPLE
- TreeForest™
Products and services
- SeedSource™ A cloud-based management platform for native plant nursery and ecological restoration operations covering seed collection management, nursery production workflows, order management, dynamic inventory availability, ecological site documentation, plant community analysis, zone mapping, and partner data sharing. Licensed to conservation partners, consultants, researchers, and restoration practitioners via license agreements.
- Evaluate™ An online and in-field meadow planning tool that evaluates ecological site conditions against naturally occurring meadows to determine appropriate vegetation systems and automatically generate zone-specific seed mixes and species lists based on site characteristics, budget, and ecological goals. Part of the PEC-sponsored meadow training curriculum.
- Collector™ A lightweight mobile field data collection application for ecological, botanical, and site attribute data including USFS Seed Collection Zones, with offline capability in remote areas. Integrates with SeedSource for data synchronization.
- Native Plant Plug Trays Herbaceous and woody plugs in multiple sizes (PL200, PL72, PL50, DP50, CP32, Quart) for nursery production, resale, and direct landscape use. Plants are open-pollinated, ecoregion-specific, and fully accessioned with traceability. Sold to wholesale growers, retail nurseries, restoration firms, and landscapers.
- Native Plant Supply (Trees & Shrubs) Containerized native trees and shrubs propagated from local and regional seed sources in band pots, 1-gallon, 1-tall gallon (reforestation), 2-gallon, 3-gallon, 5-gallon, and 7-gallon sizes. Includes TreeForest™ tubelings for challenging planting environments.
- Custom Growing Contract and custom grow orders for native plants using an extensive inventory of OPLE seeds. Offers annual contract growing and grow-on-demand services with species substitution recommendations, ready in as early as 6 weeks for custom orders.
- Riparian Buffers Complete riparian forest buffer restoration services including project management, clearing, invasive control, species selection, sourcing, planting, and long-term monitoring. Achieves 95% establishment success with ecologist-led design and professional planting teams.
- Reforestation and Afforestation Professional reforestation and afforestation services for projects up to 500 acres, including species selection using ecological models, custom-grown plant material, in-field layouts by ecologists, and 95% establishment success rates. Specializes in red spruce restoration and damaged forest repair.
- Native Meadows Meadow building services using a three-pass seeding method with zone mapping, precise species selection, and site preparation. Twenty years of experience with ecologist-led design and species recommendations from 8-12 core species plus companion plants.
- Native Species Selection Site-specific native plant recommendations using AI-assisted species selection algorithms, site attribute matching, and associated species weighting. Offered via phone consultation, remote analysis ($1,200), or onsite ecologist-assisted service ($2,400).
- Site Evaluations & Reports Ecological site evaluations including walk-through assessment, soil sampling, baseline vegetation analysis, GPS-tagged photos, and zone identification. Optional paid reports include program planning, zone maps, invasive recommendations, budgeting, and permitting support.
- Planting Services High-volume professional planting with experienced teams, ecologist-led layouts, and quality control. Precision wetland planting using surveying equipment for elevation delineation.
- Invasive Species Control Invasive species management using mechanical and targeted chemical controls, including large mechanical clearing, riparian/aquatic treatment, cultural controls, manual hand-weeding, and spot treatment with backpack sprayers. Team leads are licensed pesticide applicators.
- Stewardship and Monitoring Ongoing stewardship to maintain planted areas, control invasive resprouts, repair features, and monitor for new infestations, erosion, or pest issues. Includes survival rate observation and performance assessment.
- Containerless Trees and Shrubs Highly specialized trees and shrubs grown for technical restoration projects in remote locations using accessioned seeds. Designed for conditions where rapid rooting-in is essential, bridging the gap between bareroot and containerized plants.
Quantifiable outcome
- 88% of reforestation and riparian buffer projects fail to meet expectations; ArcheWild commonly achieves over 95% first-time success rate
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Companies that use ArcheWild
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles6 records
ArcheWild technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability3 records
Feature6 records
ArcheWild partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC)coreArcheWild was commissioned by PEC, with support from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and PA DCNR, to produce an open-source meadow-building toolkit (The Meadow Manual). This partnership produces educational resources including videos, checklists, and the Evaluate™ software tool freely available to professional land managers, demonstrating ArcheWild's thought leadership in ecological restoration. The Meadow Manual is the result of two decades of meadow-building experience distilled into an engineering-grade methodology.
- WildLawn® (DCNR Pre-qualified Partner)minorFor residential Lawn to Habitat conversions, ArcheWild refers customers to WildLawn®, a DCNR pre-qualified partner. This is a referral relationship where ArcheWild focuses on larger commercial and government projects while WildLawn handles the residential segment.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
ArcheWild competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Wildtype Native Plant Nursery: Michigan-based native plant nursery focused on locally sourced, genetically appropriate native plants for ecological restoration. Comparable product philosophy (local ecotype, documented genetics) and customer base (conservation organizations and restoration practitioners).
- Heartland Restoration Services: Regional ecological restoration services firm executing prairie, wetland, and reforestation projects. Comparable on field deployment of planting crews, ecologist-led design, and government/NGO client mix, though geographically focused in the Midwest.
- Shooting Star Native Seeds: Regional native seed producer and grower serving prairie, wetland, and savanna restoration projects in the Upper Midwest. Comparable in combining native seed production with restoration expertise and serving government/NGO restoration buyers.
- Pinelands Nursery: New Jersey wholesale native plant nursery specializing in locally sourced, genetically documented native plants for ecological restoration. Direct regional competitor to ArcheWild in the Mid-Atlantic with overlapping customer segments (landscape contractors, government agencies, conservation groups).
- Ernst Conservation Seeds: Pennsylvania-based wholesale native seed and plant supplier serving restoration and conservation customers in the Eastern US. Closely comparable to ArcheWild on geography, customer base (government agencies, conservation districts, contractors), and product mix (native seed, live plant material, custom growing).
- Native Plants, Inc. Wholesale native plant nursery producing containerized natives, plugs, and custom-grown material for restoration and landscape projects across the Eastern US. Comparable on product forms, ecoregion-specific sourcing, and contract growing services.
- Midwest Groundcovers: Large Midwest wholesale nursery offering native plants and perennials to landscape contractors and restoration projects. Comparable in scale, plug/container production, and B2B wholesale distribution to landscape and ecological restoration buyers.
Emerging players
- Dendra Systems: Tech-enabled ecosystem restoration company combining drone-based aerial seeding, AI species selection, and restoration project delivery. Comparable as an emerging technology-forward restoration firm targeting the same government/landscape restoration market, but with a different delivery mechanism (drones vs. hand planting).
Broad incumbents
- Tetra Tech: International consulting and engineering firm with a substantial environmental restoration practice. Comparable in serving federal/state agencies on riparian, wetland, and reforestation projects, but as part of a broad infrastructure and environmental portfolio.
- Stantec: Global environmental services and engineering firm with a large ecological restoration practice serving federal, state, and municipal clients. Comparable as a restoration services competitor to government buyers, though restoration is one of many service lines within a much larger portfolio.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
ArcheWild social profiles
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ArcheWild leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
ArcheWild funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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ArcheWild M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about ArcheWild
What does ArcheWild do?
ArcheWild is a wholesale native plant nursery and ecological restoration services firm that produces open-pollinated, locally ecotyped (OPLE) native plants in plug, container, bare-root, tubeling, and containerless forms, and delivers them alongside ecologist-led restoration services including riparian buffers, reforestation, meadow building, invasive control, planting, and ongoing stewardship. The company complements its nursery and field operations with proprietary SeedSource™, Evaluate™, and Collector™ software platforms for nursery management, meadow design, and field data collection, which it also licenses to other organizations.
Is ArcheWild a public or private company?
ArcheWild is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was ArcheWild founded?
ArcheWild was founded in 2010. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is ArcheWild based?
ArcheWild is headquartered in Quakertown, United States, in the North America region.
How does ArcheWild make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Wholesale Native Plant Sales are the primary driver. The others are custom/Contract Growing Orders, ecological Services Fees and seedSource™ Software Licensing.
Who are ArcheWild's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Wildtype Native Plant Nursery, Heartland Restoration Services, Shooting Star Native Seeds, Pinelands Nursery, Ernst Conservation Seeds, Native Plants, Inc. and Midwest Groundcovers. Dendra Systems is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Tetra Tech and Stantec.
Does ArcheWild have an API?
No public API is recorded for ArcheWild.
What industry is ArcheWild in?
ArcheWild's product category is Ecological Restoration Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAMADAF, Native Species & Restoration Plant Nurseries, with a secondary code of AFAMACAN, Invasive Species Control & Site Restoration (Pre/Post Planting). Its NAICS code is 111421 and its SIC code is 800.