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Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH

Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH

Permaculture designer in Southwest Ohio, specializing in organic, "food forest" yard design and "edible landscape" design.

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937.478.2379

Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH

Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH Permaculture Design & Garden Planning Services, Serving Greater Dayton, OH

Permaculture designer in Southwest Ohio, specializing in organic, "food forest" yard design and "edible landscape" design.

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Services offered:

Permaculture/ edible landscape Design

Permaculture/ edible landscape Design

Permaculture/ edible landscape Design

Humble hive Consulting offers permaculture design and garden planning services in Southwest Ohio.

Permaculture designs can range anywhere from simple and small, to large and complex. I have experience with edible landscape design and garden design; designing both for small, urban lots as well as for rural farms, with acreage.

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Garden & Homestead Consultations

Permaculture/ edible landscape Design

Permaculture/ edible landscape Design

Humble hive Consulting offers permaculture design and garden planning services in Southwest Ohio.

Garden & homestead consults are a great way to gain direction and perspective. If you're looking to start a garden for the first time, or transform your yard yourself, having a permaculture design or edible landscape design created for you is an incredible first step! I can come as many times as necessary to guide you along in the installation process as well.

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Annual Garden Planning

Permaculture/ edible landscape Design

Annual Garden Planning

Humble hive Consulting offers permaculture design and garden planning services in Southwest Ohio.

Let me plan your garden this year and create a garden design based on your family size, favorite foods, and goals for the season. I take things like planting times, companion planting and specific plant needs into consideration so you don't have to!

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Garden Design Downloads

The story of humble hive consulting & my offerings:

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HEY THERE! I'M LAUREN Craig, OWNER OF HUMBLE HIVE CONSULTING.

I've been an excited, avid gardener and farmer all of my adult life. I'm passionate about designing resilient, aesthetically-pleasing landscapes that bountifully provide for my clients and work with and work to support our ever-changing environment. I look forward to talking with you about your project! 

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I REALLY ENJOY INCORPORATING THE FOLLOWING INTO MY DESIGNS:

Native Plants

Pollinator-attracting plants/ gardens

Medicinal Plants

Native plants are a great way to nurture and work to preserve our local ecosystems. We have a bounty of native, food-producing beauties to choose from. My favorite is the Pawpaw tree with its surprisingly tropical-tasting fruit, native to Ohio! 

Medicinal Plants

Pollinator-attracting plants/ gardens

Medicinal Plants

Incorporating medicinal plants into my designs is something I'm passionate about. "Cold & Flu Season" gardens can be beautiful, attract pollinators, and be wildly beneficial for us humans. My favorite medicinal plant is Elderberry.

Pollinator-attracting plants/ gardens

Pollinator-attracting plants/ gardens

Pollinator-attracting plants/ gardens

Pollinator gardens are visually stunning and incredibly beneficial for our local ecosystem. There are a plethora of creative ways I enjoy incorporating pollinator attracting plants into my garden designs.

"Niche" gardens

Urban edible landscaping & urban homesteading

Pollinator-attracting plants/ gardens

Theme gardens can be a really fun, practical way to incorporate a hobby or passion into your landscape. Some examples are cat, chicken, tea, and beer gardens! I love stretching my bounds though, so feel free to give me a theme to run with.

Livestock management & animal husbandry

Urban edible landscaping & urban homesteading

Urban edible landscaping & urban homesteading

Perhaps you'd like to incorporate chickens into your suburban lot or use goats to clear opportunistic species. These are all factors that can be accounted for and fleshed out in the design itself and things I have so much fun planning designs for and around!

Urban edible landscaping & urban homesteading

Urban edible landscaping & urban homesteading

Urban edible landscaping & urban homesteading

It's incredible just how much food can be grown on a small piece of property if intentionally designed. Urban farms and homesteads are some of my favorite spaces to work with!

Raised Bed & Container gardening

Raised Bed & Container gardening

Raised Bed & Container gardening

Raised bed and container gardening can be great ways to maximize small spaces, deal with subpar soil conditions, and make gardening more feasible for those with back pain or other health conditions. Designs can take such things into consideration.

Rainwater harvesting

Raised Bed & Container gardening

Raised Bed & Container gardening

Rainwater harvesting systems can be incorporated into a design to irrigate food production spaces, provide water for livestock or domestic animals, or to feed an outdoor shower!

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Contact me

I'd love to hear from you!

Are you looking to transform your yard or property, or perhaps, even just a garden bed in 2023? Great! I'm currently booking out for the 2023 spring planting season. Feel free to send an email or fill this form out and I'll get back to you within 1-2 business days. 


I so look forward to talking to and potentially working with you!

Humble hive Consulting

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Please feel free to reach out with any additional questions!

Clients interested in having a design created for their space will be given a quote based on the specifics of their situation (size, goals, scope, etc.). Designs can take anywhere from a couple of hours to weeks to complete and pricing is estimated based on a $55/hour design rate.


At this time, I only offer permaculture design and consult services. However, part of what I offer through my consulting services is guiding my clients to implement my designs themselves! I can offer step-by-step guidance and can even come by throughout the installation to ensure all is going according to plan. Installing yourself is a great way to create the landscape of your dreams at a fraction of the cost!


Permaculture (contraction of permanent and culture)  is a term that was first coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970's. In a nutshell, permaculture is the intentional, thoughtful design and maintenance of plant and animal systems that work in concert with, and mimic nature's natural resilience and bounty. Permaculture design takes all of the variables of the environment into consideration when planning out a fitting future for a piece of property. Things like topography, water flow, wind, pollution (noise, sound, light, toxins, etc.), wildlife, soil condition and composition, etc. are taken into consideration when determining the proper placement for animal and/or plant systems .


Permaculture works to create a landscape that is not only aesthetically pleasing, but one that operates optimally, in concert with the local ecology AND works to meet your needs as the steward(s) of your property.


Permaculture design can be as comprehensive as your needs dictate and the design itself can include the following elements (this is by no means a exhaustive list):

  • Ponds, creeks, wetlands, and other water systems
  • Rainwater harvesting: Rainwater harvesting systems can be figured into your design to irrigate food production spaces, provide water for domestic animals as well as livestock, feed an outdoor shower or kitchen, etc. 
  • Animal husbandry: If you're interesting in raising animals for food, fiber, soil building, etc., I can assess your land and situation to determine which species and breeds might best suit your needs. I can also create a rotational grazing plan for your livestock to ensure you're prepared to meet their needs).
  • Annual and perennial food production: Simply let me know what your individual and/or familial/group/community needs are as well as your favorite foods, budgetary and time constraints and I can develop a plan that takes everything into account so you don't have to. I can even go so far as to create a multi-season or multi-year plan to take crop rotations into account to save you the time and energy. 
  • Native plants: Native plants are a great way to nurture and work to preserve our local ecosystems. We have a bounty of native, food-producing beauties to choose from.
  • Medicinal plants: Incorporating medicinal plants into my designs is something I'm passionate about. Cold & Flu Season gardens can be beautiful, attract pollinators, and be wildly beneficial for us humans.
  • Pollinator attracting plants/ gardens: Pollinator gardens are visually stunning and incredibly beneficial for our local ecosystem. There are a plethora of creative ways I enjoy incorporating pollinator attracting plants into my designs.
  • "Niche" gardens: Theme gardens can be a really fun, practical way to incorporate a hobby or passion into your landscape. Some examples are cat, chicken, tea, and beer gardens! I love stretching my bounds though, so feel free to give me a theme to run with.
  • Urban lots and/or small spaces: It's incredible just how much food can be grown on a small piece of property if intentionally designed. Urban farms and homesteads are some of my favorite spaces to work with!
  • Raised bed and container gardening: Raised bed and container gardening can be great ways to maximize small spaces, deal with subpar soil conditions, and make gardening more feasible for those with back pain or other health conditions.
  • Human activity and needs: The needs of everyone are taken into consideration when creating a permaculture design. For example, factors like a desire to maintain a more manicured yard space for children and domestic animals can be included in the design itself. Additionally, things like paths for cars, tractors, wheelbarrows, etc. can all be hashed out in the design to ensure your land is operating optimally and in concert with your needs as well as local ecology. 


Absolutely! The only thing truly needed to implement a design yourself is time, energy, and effort. Your individual/family/community limitations will be factored in when creating the design to ensure that you are able to implement it yourself in a cost effective and time efficient manner. I'm available for consultations throughout your installation process to ensure all is going according to plan and to help you along the way, should you run into issues or have questions. You can transform your yard/ property yourself and I would love nothing more than to help you reach your goals!


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