About

Hi, I'm Mayank Mardia! I'm a product designer and software engineer living in Brooklyn (and was born and raised in Kenner, Louisiana outside New Orleans). With Mulch, my hope is to provide a bite-sized way for people to feel connected to nature – and, along the way, show that it's possible to rewild all of our unused space.

Financial Model

This will be a business! I thought a lot about going the non-profit route – but I don't want to have to rely on the whims of big donors. While I'm not sure exactly what Mulch will end up offering, our mission will be to provide an honest service at a fair price — to earn the trust of the community — and to rewild the city along the way.

Acknowledgments

So many elders in this space have dedicated their lives to some form of this mission. Rewilding is not an original idea — and it's definitely not mine — so I wanted to shout out a few folks who have inspired or guided this project both directly and indirectly:

• Ben from the Brooklyn Grange
• Sarah from Green Guerillas
• Nelson and Sam from TreesNY
• Patrick from the Greenbelt Native Plant Center
• Kevin from Epic Gardening
• Everyone at Ethic
• My parents and friends

Last, but not least!

If you've read all of this and are still on the fence, I have a tiny little request.

Give it a shot!