My name is Amanda Clements and this is Land Explained’s story. I started working on the concept back in 2017 after being employed as ecologist for nearly 25 years on Public Lands in Colorado.

That job afforded me opportunities to get to know a big landscape and influence land management, but I also had other ideas I hoped to explore. And we lived on a piece of scrub woodland that I wanted to know better.​

After a lifetime of working and playing outdoors, it was dawning on me that most people—myself included—didn’t know very much about Nature. Even the outdoorsy class didn’t seem aware of its richness, or know the native plants, the habits of animals, or the nuances of soils and climate.

And though I had some of the knowledge, I didn’t have the mindset I needed to really connect with Nature, even after living on this piece of land for 15 years.

Getting to know the property was the perfect opportunity to address the disconnect. The information was  accessible, I just had to ferret it out, curate, and then interpret it. 

That last part was the real challenge because the science wasn’t enough. I realized I had to answer the question “why should I care? in order to further the  relationship.

The past few years have been an odyssey of discovery. It’s led me down the path of what it takes to make sense of our planet and Nature, no matter where you are. I’ve also learned why we see Nature the way we do, and how to sharpen our ancestral skills to connect with it. These realizations have morphed into telling the tale of Nature through the land, and turning it into consistent, marketable products.

But the biggest discovery of all has been this piece of land, and my growing  relationship with it. I now see that being here will never get old, but will always be a source of wonder and belonging.

And now the concept has become the backbone of this small business. How successful it becomes, how far and wide it spreads these messages, well I guess that partly depends on you. Let’s work together to see where it will go!