It’s essential to give your landscape some TLC this Fall. We are currently offering a Free Land Care Consultation to new Land Care clients who sign up for a Fall Cleanup service by October 1! Read this post for more details.

Recent growing seasons have been downright devastating for boxwoods, and the problem only seems to be spreading. This growing issue demonstrates the long-term vulnerabilities of utilizing non-native plants in the landscape. Here, we explore what exactly went wrong with boxwoods and name some great native plant alternatives.

Fall is an important time when it comes to caring for your landscape. Here, we’ll share which maintenance tasks have the highest impact during a Fall Cleanup as well as some simple ways you can adjust your maintenance strategy to benefit pollinators.

Our Land Organics invested in electric equipment right from the start, stocking our garage with rechargeable mowers, blowers, chain saws, string trimmers, and power shears. We put a lot of thought into this decision. In this post, we delve into some of the reasons why we love electric equipment.

Planting a native pollinator garden is one of the best things you can do to support pollinators. But your contributions to these vital little critters don’t need to end there. As we continue through the dog days of summer, here are 5 ways you can maximize pollinators’ odds of survival and help them perform their vital roles within our ecosystem. 

Our Land Organics’ Earth Steward Crew Leader brings a wealth of knowledge and an eye for detail to all our land care services.  Here, she shares her insights into the value of pollinator gardens, tips for native landscape maintenance, what it means for a landscape to be “regenerative,” and more. We hope you enjoy her reflections on the importance of sustainable landscaping. 

Not only do plants that are native to our region support pollinators, sustain biodiversity, assist with healthy ecosystem functioning, and beautify our landscapes. Many native plants also offer edible and medicinal benefits for people. This helps explain the growing interest in food forests and other forms of edible landscaping. Looking to add edible plants to your native landscape? Get started with 7 of our favorite native edibles!

Wes Sexton, Our Land Organics’ Client Relationship Manager, just reached his five-year anniversary with OLO. To celebrate Wes’ contributions to our work, we sat down to ask him about native plants, ecological gardening, working with OLO, and even poetry. We hope you enjoy his thoughtful reflections on the importance of native plant landscaping.