It was my grandmother who first opened my heart to the hidden wild rubies of the garden.  She sparked my curiosity, creativity, and attention to detail. Today I’m a lifelong student of botany and design. Of ecological poetry found in our regional flora and fauna. Professional plantsman with a fun but simple mission: Plant life! For beauty. For children. For birds.

I cut my teeth in horticulture working for the past decade alongside master gardeners, in plant nurseries where I helped to propagate, arrange, implement, and maintain garden installations across the Mid-South. In 2023, volunteered on a dream project at the Memphis Botanic Garden where I closely assisted the horticulture team in laying out and planting new meadow gardens - (10,000+ grasses and plants installed) designed by Claudia West and Thomas Rainer at Phyto Studio.  I’m passionate about growing and planting grasses and plants that benefit our wildlife.