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PERSONNEL (Click
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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
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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
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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. |
Jerry Lehmann
Jerry protecting
his small trees at his Minnesota property
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Fishing at Book Lake, MN,
with Troy-- I caught the big one!
Jerry borrowing time at Troy's computer - go K-State!
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JOSHUA JACCARD
Joshua was
born and raised in Wyandotte and Miami counties, Kansas. He currently
lives in Louisburg...close enough to the work farm (The Ranchito) to
keep an eye on it! He attended Johnson County Community College and
the University of Missouri-Kansas City on full track and field scholarships
as a sprinter. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Liberal
Arts. He enjoys outdoor sports and summer lake activities.
He started
work with Natural Creations in March of 2006. Currently, Joshua oversees
The Ranchito, as the Farm Manager. He is also the Landscape
Lighting Technician. In addition, he has been called upon to assist
with many other responsibilities, including seasonal color, vehicle
maintenance, landscape installation, and locating and delivering
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Joshua standing next to an October Glory Maple, in Natural Creations'
growing field--one of the many he maintains for future sales
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Joshua fine-tuning a client's landscape lighting system
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