PERSONNEL (Click on Photos to Enlarge)                 

Natural Creations Inc. was established in 1996 by its current president and owner, Troy Gormally. In 1997, with few financial resources, we purchased our first computer and work truck. In 1998, we expanded beyond our landscape design and contracting business by offering landscape management services. Also in 1998, Natural Creations was incorporated. In 2003, we moved our crews from their storage unit in Bonner Springs to the new farm in Bucyrus, KS, called The Ranchito (small ranch in Spanish). In 2004, Natural Creations began growing trees for future sales. We now employ 10-15 people, supporting the operation of three crews on a daily basis, and provide landscape management services for 30+ residential and commercial clients.
 
Please take a few minutes to meet our personnel:

TROY M. GORMALLY
Troy is very proud to be a product of the mid-west, having lived in Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma as a child. He graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita, Kansas, where his parents, Sherry and Richard Gormally, reside. Troy has lived in Kansas City since 1992 after graduating from Kansas State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design. After college graduation, Troy worked as a landscape designer for Hermes Landscaping, Inc., for 4.5 years.

Currently, he spends most of his time managing the daily operations of Natural Creations Inc. He acts as the chief designer, sales person, and company leader. If he has any spare time, he spends it playing with Foster Dog (named after his favorite plant, Foster Holly). Troy also enjoys fishing and boating, photography, and collecting old music records. He is a big nostalgia buff. His favorite TV show is "I Love Lucy" and his music idols include Buddy Holly and Neil Diamond. He is also a Kansas State football fanatic. Although he keeps a rigorous schedule, do not expect to find him working on Saturdays in the fall!

Troy looks forward to continued growth for Natural Creations and hopes to perform landscape design, consulting work throughout the United States. Quality and pride in workmanship are rare in the Kansas City landscape market, and Troy remains determined to make a difference. He takes tremendous pride in his work, and would much rather be considered a landscape artist than a landscaper.
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Troy Gormally


Troy inspecting a recently
planted tree at his Paola
property

Troy in a grove of Red Pines, at Boot Lake north of Park Rapids, Minnesota

Troy and the dogs go fishing in Minnesota


Troy at Red Rock Canyon in
Las Vegas

Troy with a well aged Live Oak
while vacationing in the hill country of south central Texas

JERALD LEHMANN
Jerry Lehmann was born in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to Manhattan, Kansas when he was ten. He later attended Riley County High School and Kansas State University. He once lived close enough to Fort Riley to watch the tanks from his parent’s deck.

He graduated with his Bachelor of Science Degree in Horticulture in 1989, and his M.S. Degree in Horticultural Sciences in 1991. Following graduation, he was employed as Assistant Greenhouse Manager at Family Tree Nursery in Overland Park, KS. Four years later, he moved to Champaign, Illinois, to become manager of the greenhouses for the Department of Plant Biology. In 1997, he moved back to Kansas City to become Vice-President of Natural Creations.

Both of Jerry’s parents, Tom and Martha, currently reside in Manhattan, KS. Jerry has one brother who resides with his wife in Delaware, with his two beautiful nephews, Connor & Parker. Jerry spends most of his free time caring for his succulent collection comprising of approximately 380 species. His entire indoor plant collection (roughly 525 plants) consist of numerous cactus, caudiciforms, true succulents, orchids and bulbous type plants. If he has any spare time, Jerry is usually found gardening, and playing with his gardening buddy, Bailey Dog.

Jerry has been called on, over the last several years, to take on a wide variety of responsibilities. He currently manages Natural Creations' accounting. In addition, he designs and oversees the installation of all season color projects including annuals and flower bulbs. Be sure to check out some of his seasonal color displays pictured on the website.
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Jerry Lehmann

Jerry protecting his small trees at his Minnesota property

Fishing at Book Lake, MN,
with Troy-- I caught the big one!

Jerry borrowing time at Troy's computer - go K-State!