John Hayden - Farm/Garden/Land Consult

John will visit with the landowner onsite (within 45 min. drive from Waldoboro), listen to your interests and goals, and develop ideas for a holistic approach to enhance your land, farm, or garden. A tour of John and Nancy's garden will also be available. Areas might include ways to increase native pollinator and beneficial insect populations for pollination and natural pest management services, cover cropping to improve soil fertility, incorporating native plants for biodiversity and reducing lawns, pasture management, and more. Check out John's book for ideas to implement on your land. John Hayden has been working to design and implement landscaping systems with positive environmental and social outcomes for over 40 years as a researcher, extension agent, university educator, international consultant, and is a practicing regenerative organic farmer and gardener. His farming and business experience include organic livestock, draft horses, vegetables, fruit and nursery production, and marketing. He has an MS in entomology with a focus on ecological pest management. He co-authored (with Nancy Hayden) - Farming on the Wild Side: The Evolution of Regenerative Organic Farm and Nursery - which is available at the Waldoboro Library, https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/farming-on-the-wild-side/ and other online bookstores.