We’re on a mission to bring people closer to nature through innovative landscape designs that enhance outdoor relaxation and support native plants, pollinators, and wildlife. Our team envisions a future for the Ohio River Valley where humans and ecological systems flourish together.
Guiding Principles
Your land is an asset—not a burden. By working with your yard’s unique conditions, you can realize its full potential and play an important role in restoring ecological wellness.
Through detailed consulting, design, and installation services, our team creates natural landscapes that prioritize your goals, support pollinators and wildlife with native plants, and address common landscaping challenges such as drainage issues, privacy, functionality, aesthetics, and more.
Our approach to native landscape design and organic land stewardship is inspired by ecological principles. Based on both science and ethics, ecological landscaping uses nature as a model for decision-making. It allows us to meet our human needs while preserving our ecosystems and creating beautiful, resilient landscapes. This approach is also called natural landscaping or native landscaping.
We take an all-organic approach to land stewardship that prioritizes the health of people and the planet. If you’re short on time or simply need support in caring for your landscape, we offer ecological landscape maintenance services as well as invasive honeysuckle removal and replacement packages to help you reclaim your yard.
We also implement all-organic growing practices in The Nursery at Our Land Organics, our native plant nursery featuring pollinator-friendly plants native to Ohio and Kentucky. All our plants are grown with a focus on economic, environmental, and social responsibility.
“Life is too short not to experience abundance and beauty. And we can find it right in our own yards. ”
Who We Serve
We offer a variety of landscaping services in Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and surrounding regions. We primarily serve the communities of Anderson Township, Fort Thomas, Indian Hill, Loveland, Madeira, Mariemont, Milford, Montgomery, Newport, and Terrace Park.
We specialize in large-scale transformations, multifunctional landscapes, and organic landscape maintenance, but every project is unique. Not sure if we’re the right fit? Simply get in touch for a free phone consultation. Or check out our gallery of sample projects.
“Our experience with Our Land Organics was fantastic. We couldn’t be happier with how everything turned out, the appearance of everything, and the customer service during both the initial consult and from the team that completed the work. Great job! ”
Our Team
We pride ourselves on our ongoing commitment to education, professionalism, and high-quality design, installation, and maintenance services. The Our Land Organics team has multiple decades of combined experience in natural landscaping, sustainable landscape design, organic land care, environmental restoration, permaculture, and more. We invite you to learn more about our team’s experience below. And please visit our Careers page if you’re interested in joining our team!
John Hemmerle, AOLCP
Founder / Managing Director
Not too far from Cincinnati lies the Red River Gorge. The Red’s forest floor is carpeted with beautiful plants and towering trees that climb up the steep sandstone rock. You can’t help but be immersed. During the summer of 2008, I built cabins there with a friend, and I felt like part of the breathing flora, the clean water and sweet air. “I want this to be my life,” I thought—not just for a summer, not just on vacation, but every day. Life is too short not to experience abundance and beauty. And we can find it right in our own yards. We can go outside and watch for hummingbirds, hear the leaves of the plants play against each other, listen to the faint buzz of bees as they enjoy sweet pollen. We can breath a little easier, feel a little richer, and know that we’re playing an important role in ecological resilience simply through cultivating the right plants in the right place. Let’s build some peace, one yard at a time.
— John Hemmerle
Wes Sexton, AOLCP
Client Relationship Manager
Wes is experienced in sustainable horticulture and agriculture and also holds a degree in Poetry. He enjoys stonework and is an Accredited Organic Land Care Professional through the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s Organic Land Care Program (NOFA OLC). He loves watching things grow and using plants to enrich people’s lives.
Sydney McMillan
Earth Steward - Crew Leader
Sydney is passionate about native landscapes that are both regenerative and beautiful. She loves learning more every day about how to design for beneficial birds and pollinators. In her free time she loves walking her dog, Fiona, and spending time in her garden. Her favorite plant is the butterfly weed!
Our Collective Training
Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, Northeast Organic Farming Association
Bachelor of Urban Planning, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
Master Composter Certificate, Civic Garden Center
Permaculture Design Certificate, Cincinnati Permaculture Institute
Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop, Hayfields Orchard
Wall Building Workshop, Dry Stone Conservancy
Regenerative Business Mentorship, Verge Permaculture + All Points Land Design
Farm Water Management, Keyline Design Workshop w/ Mark Shepard
Internship, NKU's Center for Environmental Restoration
Head Gardener, Gorman Heritage Farms organic market garden program
Americorps leadership development program, Public Allies Cincinnati
Community Garden Training Program, Civic Garden Center
Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association (OEFFA) conferences
Young Farmers Conference
Accreditation
We are proud to be members of both the ELA and NOFA as an accredited professional organic landscape company.
