About

Wildwood Alliance is a professional arborist, permaculture design, and landscape maintenance company located on Orcas Island (please see our Services page for a more complete list of Services). We believe in working with nature, protecting natural places, restoring healthy ecosystems, and building biodiversity. We use electric tools whenever possible as opposed to gas, to lower our impact. We focus on building long-term, low-maintenance, and ecologically resilient habitats.

Wildwood Alliance is owned and operated by Victor Hartney, serving San Juan County, WA.

Victor Hartney (~V) they/them

~V has been a resident on Orcas Island since spring of 2016. They earned a Permaculture Design Certificate in 2017 at the Bullock's Permaculture Homestead. Many of these principles were applied at Four Winds * Westward Ho 100+ acre camp in Deer Harbor, where they served as the Gardener and Groundskeeper from 2018-2022. In 2022, ~V earned an ISA Arborist Certification and created Wildwood Alliance. Currently, they work part-time with various local tree service & forest ecology companies, landscapers, and organizations that care for the environment. They are currently in their second year of professional tree climbing. ~V is a tier 1 volunteer for The Islands' Oil Spill Association (IOSA) and a volunteer wildland firefighter with Orcas Island Fire & Rescue (OIFR). To get involved in our local environment, please see the Links page and feel free to Contact us for more information. Thank you!