Follow its traces.
Even in the dry season, water leaves its mark. The landscape plan follows natural channels and runoff to identify ways to retain rainfall and help it soak into the soil.
Rancho Akar · Conservation & regeneration
Akar Reserve
The memory of the desert.
A living landscape that invites us to listen, understand and care.
100Trees in propagation
145Trees planted
5Trees adopted
16.7%Operational self-sufficiency · 2026
01 / Our vision
The landscape holds
its own memory.
Rocks, waterways and vegetation tell a story that began long before us. At Rancho Akar, conservation starts with understanding that story and the connections that sustain the land.
Guided by Ale de la Cerda and Tejido Paisaje, our approach begins with water, soil and native life. Understanding how they work together helps us decide where and how to act.
02 / A connected landscape
Water. Soil. Life.
Care for what sustains us.
Healthy soil supports the landscape. Our regeneration work seeks to protect it and restore the connections between soil, water and plants.
Make room for life.
Native plants provide food and shelter for wildlife. The plan favors a mix of plant communities that can help habitats recover.
03 / Regeneration rooted in place
The future begins
with a seed.
The landscape concept includes a nursery and seed bank to support native plant propagation. Collecting seeds, growing native plants and returning them to the land helps restore connections across the landscape.
The work is guided by the conditions on the ground and the rhythms of the seasons.
04 / The model
Productive activity sustains
conservation.
A working reserve built to sustain itself.
We grow native trees from seed, plant them and support their establishment. Some are supplied to landscape projects. Others are adopted and remain here. All belong to the same system.
Revenue helps cover the care and conservation of 60 hectares. Any operating surplus is reinvested in Akar Reserve. Our goal is to cover the full cost of operations; the figures below show our progress.
- Propagate
- Establish
- Supply
- Reinvest
05 / Financial transparency
The reserve,
by the numbers.
2026 · Reported operating balance
Operational self-sufficiency · 202616.7%
Funding gap · 2026: −83.3%
Any operating surplus stays within Akar Reserve.
About these figures
The team updates the figures every month. Propagation, planting and survival are separate records; they are not added together to estimate the living inventory. Annual records remain available for comparison.
From the field / First record
Recording
what we learn.
We observe, record and adjust as we learn. That means documenting losses as carefully as growth.
Arroyo oaks
10 planted · 5 surviving · 50% survival.
Mesquite
100 in propagation.
Palo fierro
Seed collection underway.
06 / Native landscaping from Akar Reserve
Endemic trees.
A path to sustainable landscapes.
For hotels, homeowners, HOAs, landscape architects and developers. We begin with your site, its conditions and what you hope to plant.
Native tree supply
Native and locally adapted trees grown from seed at Akar Reserve, rather than removed from the wild.
Planting & establishment
Tree supply, planting, initial irrigation and establishment support.
Native landscape programs
Planting programs that help properties adapt their landscapes to Baja California Sur’s climate and water availability.
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07 / Adopt a native tree
Your tree remains
where it belongs.
You won’t take a tree home. You’ll help one take root here.
Your monthly contribution supports a native tree from propagation through planting and establishment. The tree stays in Akar Reserve, with its own ID, photographs and an ongoing record of its growth.
Each adoption includes a visit to the reserve and time in the nursery with our team—a chance to see the work behind every tree.
$100 MXN per month · per tree
An adoption can also mark a birth, wedding, birthday or anniversary, honor someone’s memory, or bring a company together around a shared commitment.
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08 / The living tree bank
Some trees get a new home.
From seed to landscape.
Every tree in the living tree bank is grown from seed. After early care in the nursery, some continue growing in designated cultivation areas within the reserve. Trees supplied to landscape projects come from this cultivated stock, with their origins documented. We do not remove established wild trees.
Reserve
Remains permanently as part of the ecological regeneration of Akar Reserve.
Adopted
Remains in the reserve. Its establishment has been funded through adoption.
Available
Grown from seed for a future landscape project. Only cultivated trees are available for transplanting.
Akar Reserve · Vision in development
Belonging also
means caring.
A commitment to the land that gives meaning to everything we imagine at Rancho Akar.
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