Registration Requirements: Preregistration required.

Intended Audience: This program is designed for adult homeowners who are looking for ideas that help create attractive home landscapes that are good for wildlife and the family.

Program Description: Learn how to utilize native plants to find ecologically based landscape solutions. We’ll help you solve common home landscape problems. Glean ideas for your yard as Cincinnati-based ecological landscaping company, Our Land Organics, shares real-world, local examples of how they’ve helped homeowners address common landscape problems with forward-thinking solutions that benefit families while supporting ecological resilience.

In this class, we’ll: 

• detail 3-5 residential projects highlighting different problems/goals that clients have had and how they were solved via design and implementation. 
• showcase examples that include solving rainwater management issues, restoring wooded areas with native plantings, developing overgrown landscape beds into pollinator gardens, using best practices with edible landscaping, and developing outdoor living spaces to enjoy it all. 
• explore how the design process, from consultation to installation, can be a collaborative tool for solving problems in the landscape, all while creating beautiful and ecologically impactful spaces. 

About the Instructor: John Hemmerle is the founder and managing director of Our Land Organics, an ecological landscape design/build company whose mission is to bring people closer to nature through innovative landscape design and management. John’s work incorporates his experience in urban planning, organic market gardening, and landscape architecture to build a future where we steward our landscapes in harmony with nature. 

What to Expect: This is an indoor talk followed by a question-and-answer session.

Where to Meet: Registered participants will meet in the auditorium of the Visitor Center at our Rowe Woods location. (4949 Tealtown Road, Milford, OH 45150)

Cost: Ticket fees include daily admission.

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Please note that our program and cancellation policies vary. By completing registration for this program, you agree to the following general program policies.