Seeds Of Life, Inc.

What Seeds Of Life, Inc. does

Seeds of Life, Inc. is a privately held nursery and landscaping company founded in 1998 by Blake Gipson, operating from Walton and Lincoln, Nebraska, and serving commercial and residential clients in Nebraska, the broader Midwest, and select Texas projects. The company delivers an integrated stack of landscape services — site consultation and design, installation, ongoing maintenance, grading, turf seeding, native seeding, erosion control, and outdoor living area construction — for end markets including churches, schools, homeowner associations, retail, industrial, restaurant, and military sites, with site installations reported up to 45 acres.

The firm's underlying capability is horticultural domain expertise rather than technology: specialization in warm-season native grasses, wildflowers, prairie restoration, bio swale/retention pond seeding, and LEED-eligible native seeding projects, backed by an equipment fleet of four trucks with trailers, one dump truck, four mini-loaders, two track loaders, and two tractors, plus a multi-person installation crew. No software platform, app, or API is offered, and core delivery is direct on-site service without resellers.

Commercially, Seeds of Life generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts (design fees of $150 for residential and $250 for acreage, with free estimates on grading, drainage, seeding, and maintenance), recurring landscape maintenance contracts on weekly, monthly, or quarterly cadences, and private-bid commercial work submitted through channels such as the Lincoln Builders Bureau. Customer acquisition is driven by a Squarespace-hosted website, an active blog authored by the founder, Vimeo project videos, Facebook, and direct email. The company has no external investors, no parent organization, and no disclosed funding history.

Name

Seeds Of Life, Inc.

Legal name

Seeds of Life

Website

https://seedsoflifenursery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Seeds of Life is a Nebraska-based commercial and residential landscape design, installation, maintenance, seeding, and erosion control services firm founded in 1998, serving churches, schools, HOAs, retail, industrial, military, and homeowner clients across the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sod Installation & Lawn Seeding (Turf Establishment) (HSAIAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Planting & Seeding Services (Drilling, Transplanting) (AFACAAAA), Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers) (CRAIAIAB)

Keywords

• Landscape design services
• Commercial landscape installation
• Native prairie seeding
• Landscape maintenance services
• Erosion control services

Headquarters

HQ city

Walton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Landscape Design Services: Residential and commercial landscape design services with consultation, scaled plans, photo and maintenance reports, and cost estimates. Design fees are $150 for residential and $250 for acreage.
2. Landscape Installation: Commercial and residential landscape installation services using trees, shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses, turf areas, and native grass/wildflower areas. Sites installed up to 45 acres.
3. Landscape Maintenance: Commercial landscape maintenance services provided on weekly, monthly, or quarterly schedules, customized to client needs and budgets.
4. Seeding Services: Commercial grading, turf seeding, native seeding, erosion control, retention pond, and bio swale seeding services. Experience with LEED projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Seeds of Life provides commercial and residential landscape design, installation, maintenance, seeding, and turf care services across Nebraska and the Midwest. The company specializes in native landscape and prairie restoration, with expertise in warm-season native grasses, wildflowers, erosion control, and native seeding techniques for commercial sites up to 45 acres.

Product overview

Seeds of Life is a nursery and landscaping company offering a portfolio of integrated services centered on landscape design, installation, maintenance, seeding, and erosion control for both commercial and residential clients. The core offerings include Landscape Installation & Maintenance (commercial landscape design and installation up to 45 acres using trees, shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses, turf areas, and native grass/wildflower areas), Prairie Grass & Wildflower Seeding (native seeding and erosion control services including grading, turf seeding, retention pond, and bio swale seeding for LEED projects), Landscape Design Services (consultation with scaled plans and cost estimates), Seeding Guide Services (informational guidance on planting native grasses), and Outdoor Living Areas (patios, water features, fire pits, and landscape lighting installations). The company serves diverse sectors including churches, schools, homeowner associations, commercial, retail, industrial, restaurant, and military sites, primarily in Nebraska and the Midwest.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Installation & Maintenance

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Nature's Image Landscape & Design: Nature's Image is a Midwest-based landscape design, installation, and maintenance firm serving residential and commercial clients. It is comparable in scale and service mix to Seeds of Life and operates in overlapping Midwestern geographies.

Broad incumbents

• Davey Tree Expert Company: Davey Tree is a large, established provider of tree care, landscape services, and environmental consulting for residential, commercial, and utility customers. Its landscape services arm competes directly for large commercial installation and maintenance contracts that Seeds of Life also bids on.
• BrightView Holdings: BrightView is the largest U.S. commercial landscaping services company, offering landscape design, installation, maintenance, and turf care to enterprise clients nationwide. It competes for the same commercial contracts (HOAs, retail, industrial, institutional) that Seeds of Life serves, but at a much larger scale and with national account capabilities.
• TruGreen: TruGreen is the largest U.S. lawn care service company, providing fertilization, weed control, and turf maintenance for residential and commercial customers. While broader in scope than Seeds of Life and lacking the native/prairie specialization, it directly competes for turf and seeding work across the Midwest.

Direct peers

• Bartlett Tree Experts: Bartlett Tree Experts provides tree and shrub care, landscape management, and consulting services through regional offices across the U.S. It serves a comparable mix of commercial, residential, and institutional clients and overlaps on installation and maintenance work.
• Yellowstone Landscape: Yellowstone Landscape is a commercial-only landscape services provider offering design, installation, maintenance, and irrigation across the Sun Belt and Midwest. It is a direct competitor for the HOA, retail, industrial, and institutional contracts that anchor Seeds of Life's commercial book.
• Ruppert Landscape: Ruppert Landscape is a commercial landscape services firm with regional branches across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest offering landscape design, installation, and maintenance. Comparable business model and customer mix to Seeds of Life, particularly for institutional, retail, and HOA clients.
• LandCare: LandCare is a commercial landscape services company offering landscape design, installation, maintenance, and irrigation to HOAs, retail centers, and corporate campuses. Operates with a similar regional-branch model to Seeds of Life and competes for the same commercial verticals.

Emerging players

• Prairie Moon Nursery: Prairie Moon Nursery is a native plant and seed supplier specializing in prairie restoration, pollinator habitat, and native landscaping. While primarily a plant/seed supplier rather than a service provider, it is closely thematically linked to Seeds of Life's native seeding and prairie restoration specialization.
• Monarch Gardens: Monarch Gardens is a smaller regional firm focused on native, pollinator-friendly, and prairie-style landscape installations. It mirrors Seeds of Life's niche specialization in warm-season native grasses and wildflower seeding at a comparable regional scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=187545756332
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seeds-of-life-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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