Eat Your Lawn

Join Permaculture Designer Laura Odell for an Intro & Design presentation on organic, edible landscaping. Afterwards, she invites you to a HANDS-ON raised bed installation of the site featured in the presentation. It will be a combination of hugelkultur and sheet mulching to create raised beds. Volunteers should dress appropriately for the weather, wear closed-toed shoes/boots, and bring their own gloves and a bottle for water. You will leave with the confidence to start your own garden.

Laura Odell is a Lawrence native whose life's work revolves around creating beautiful, abundant, and sustainable spaces that benefit all Beings. As a graduate of the Lawrence High & Kansas University Art Departments, she uses Gestalt design principles to inform her landscaping process from design to installation and maintenance. Her degree in Visual Art Education helps her communicate the importance of using strong design features in successful landscaping projects. She is certified to teach K-12 in Kansas and has taught all ages from Pre-K to PHD.

Students often tell her she has a unique ability to explain complex ideas in ways that are quickly & easily understood.

In 2010, she earned her Certificate in Permaculture Design through the Kansas Permaculture Institute with Steve Moring. She apprenticed and taught with Steve up until the year of his passing in 2017. In 2016, she joined the team at Low Maintenance Landscape and has since helped hundreds of residential and commercial clients. She currently divides her time between various volunteer activities, private consulting for broadacre & residential permaculture clients, and working with LML.