About Catbird
Catbird Ecology & Design connects people with the natural world through compelling landscape designs and ecologically informed stewardship. Catbird works throughout the Northeastern US. Using a subtract-then-add approach, Catbird’s designs and plans emphasize the distinct character and ecological value of each site by preserving desirable plants and soils, reducing crowding and removing invasives, and adding plants that cohere with the existing natural community and draw attention to views and site features large and small.
Catbird’s work encompasses native garden and planting design, land stewardship consulting, and habitat and biodiversity planning. Projects include private and public wildlife-friendly garden designs, meadow conversions and restorations, stewardship plan development, plant diversity monitoring, forest health improvement and invasive plant management planning, and multi-scalar habitat planning.
About Kat
Kat Wyatt is an ecological landscape designer and land stewardship consultant based in the Housatonic Watershed in northwestern Connecticut, and founder of Catbird Ecology & Design. A dedicated naturalist, writer, plant photographer, and gardener, Kat has extensive personal and professional experience working with and stewarding native plants and habitats in the Berkshires. She advises both clients and fellow designers on best approaches to working with natural communities of the Northeast, and collaborates with artists, ecologists, and educators.
Kat received a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and earned a Bachelors of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She practices throughout the Northeast and has ongoing work in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois. She leads plant walks and gives lectures around the country.
Kat conducts prescribed burns, pulls garlic mustard, and sows seeds with equal enthusiasm, and always brakes for frogs. She has walked more than a thousand miles of the Appalachian Trail and conceded only when the alternative was removal by stretcher.