about us
Thrive Lot is on a mission to create food abundance.
Through our online platform, we guide you and connect you with vetted Ecosystems Specialists to transform traditional yards into beautiful, edible landscapes and forest gardens through ecological systems design.
Where most simply see green grass, Thrive Lot identifies endless opportunities for natural systems to provide nourishment and habitat for all life on earth.
By changing landscapes, we change lives.
Our company was founded by a passionate team of business operators and technology creators who are dedicated to building the tools to connect the people who can heal our world.
Thrive Lot brings organic food production closer to home by designing, installing and maintaining edible landscapes and forest gardens.
With Thrive Lot, yards are aesthetically pleasing, multi-functional, bountiful and ecologically diverse. We also developed an online platform that provides visionary homeowners with transparency and clarity in the landscape design experience.
Every Thrive Lot project installed means more nutritious foods, better curb appeal, reduced reliance on fragile systems, and instilled respect for the land all around us.
Ready for radical change? Join the movement to leave a positive impact on earth!
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At Thrive Lot, we believe in a culture that gives more than it takes. Beyond serving the needs of our customers, our intention as we scale over time is to contribute a portion of our annual profits to nourish the needs of the local communities where we operate.
We look forward to your ideas on great projects we could do in your community and to sharing more on this effort in the future.
Meet the Team
Justin West
Co-Founder & CEO
Daniel Hodge
Co-Founder & CPO
Micah Hodge
Co-Founder & VP of Engineering
Kathy Butkevich
Co-Founder & COO
Nick Major
Director of Dev-Ops
Dustin Chambers
Director of Partnerships
Jon Hodge
Director of Sales
advisors & supporters
Bill Ganus
Advisor
Entrepreneur
Susan Weber
Advisor
Sustainable Landscape Designer
Frank B. Smith III
Advisor
Serial Entrepreneur
Mark Eckhardt
Board of Directors
CEO of COMMON
Mike Spear
Board of Directors
Founding team at Classy.org
Brian Krumm
Board of Directors
Director of University of Tennessee College of Law Business Clinic
Dr. Brian von Herzen
Advisor
Founder & Executive Director of the Climate Foundation.