What is the Backyard Ecology™ Community?

We’re a community-based coaching and support program for busy homeowners in the eastern U.S. who want to confidently create and maintain pollinator and wildlife habitat on their property that they can enjoy and be proud of.

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.

We believe that anyone can make a positive difference in the natural world and create a thriving ecosystem on their property. We also believe that it shouldn’t take all your time, money, or energy to do so.

Do you ever wish there was a place you could go to…

• get help figuring out how to attract more pollinators and wildlife to your property in a way that is aesthetically pleasing and works with the other ways your family wants to use your land?
• find encouragement and support when your habitat or pollinator project doesn’t go the way you planned, you’re struggling with a stubborn invasive species, or you run up against 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?

If so, your wish has been answered!

🦋 Save time, money, and frustration by not having to figure it all out by yourself.

• You’ll have direct access to 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.

🦋 Direct access to Shannon and Anthony so that you can get the advice and coaching 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.

• Receive a short, bite-sized lesson about a topic relevant to that month.
• 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 an Opportunity Seat so that we can dive deep into a specific challenge you are facing and help you develop a personalized plan and course of action.

• Think of an Opportunity Seat as an hour long, virtual habitat consultation with Shannon and Anthony which is conducted in a group coaching setting where you also get to draw upon the experiences and insights of other community members.

🦋 Opportunity to make new friends and help others who are on similar ecological journeys.

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.

🦋 Come with an open mind. Your solutions and balancing points may be different than someone else’s, and that’s ok.

🦋 Be willing to participate in the activities, including engaging in the member forum, to the extent that you are able and feel comfortable doing so.

🦋 Share your knowledge and experiences with other members of the group. We all know something that someone else doesn’t and we all benefit when everyone shares what we know.

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.

In addition to hosting Backyard Ecology™, we operate a small native plant nursery and habitat consulting business for pollinators and wildlife. Shannon has also written multiple books and we both give presentations and keynotes focused on the topics we cover through Backyard Ecology™.

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.

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.