Molly Sedlacek
An Orca Living Landscape
REV On Air: Native Landscaping With ORCA Founder, Molly Sedlacek
In this episode, Molly Sedlacek, founder of Orca Living and Landscape, shares her tips. She talks about creating a beautiful and resilient outdoor space. We cover all the important factors for creating your outdoor sanctuary. This includes selecting sustainable outdoor furniture and using native landscape design principles.
About ORCA Living and Landscape
ORCA Living and Landscape is a female-founded landscape design and outdoor product studio led by Molly Sedlacek. They are a small American business rooted in hard work and community. Every piece of sustainable outdoor furniture, masonry, steel, textile, and carpentry is made by skilled hands. ORCA Living proudly supports their art and their craft. Their native landscape design has made a name for itself by creating beautiful spaces that are in total harmony with nature.
ORCA Landscape uses plants and natural materials in their rawest forms to reconnect people with the earth. They use materials with a light footprint. Selecting only native plantings to ensure that their landscaping harmonizes with nature. And only sourcing their materials as close to the site as possible. They promote the use of wood that comes from nearby sources and is harvested in a sustainable way. The stone they use comes from this half of the hemisphere. The plants they select are as drought tolerant as the design allows. Plastics are also avoided in their work. This includes no synthetic turf or artificial decking. This choice helps create a healthier home space.
“It’s about planting seeds both metaphorically and physically. Every day I wake up, I think about what seeds I can plant. Sometimes I plant them in my garden. Other times, I plant them in our clients’ gardens. Sometimes, they are just ideas. The more seeds we can plant, the more that can bloom in the future.”
– Molly Sedlacek
“I feel that gardens are a reflection of our inner landscape. There was a shift in America that has continued to stay a part of the American Dream that your garden should be controlled in a way. This is sort of the antithesis of how I feel, the concept that if your garden is controlled then you are in control. It’s a bigger psychological challenge that a lot of people deal with. If my home isn’t kept a certain way then what is that reflecting of myself? I really want to encourage people to look at their garden and say that they want it to be wild and feel bigger than themselves so they are connected more to the earth.”
– Molly Sedlacek
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