I’m passionate about helping people be good stewards of the built environment and connect to the natural world more deeply, and I have over a decade of experience using planting design as a medium to foster these connections. 

Born and raised in Sarasota, I followed my family roots back to coastal Maine for college, where I majored in Environmental Studies and Visual Arts, often splitting my time between the woods and the studio. After dabbling in outdoor apparel product development and international education work after college, I accepted an invitation to serve as an Agroforestry Extension Agent with the U.S. Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa, where I served from 2013-2015. It was there that I realized landscape design was the path where I could combine my passions — art and environment.

While attending Foothill College’s Environmental Horticulture and Design AS program in California, I landed a dream internship with award-winning Landscape Architect John Black at Silicon Valley-based Verdance Landscape Architecture. I worked with John for nearly a decade, and learned most of what I know about applied landscape design, excellent client service, and streamlined operations under his generous mentorship.

A St. Pete homeowner in the Crescent Lake neighborhood since 2016, I’m excited to be your trusted expert on native plants and urban ecology, in the community I call home.

When I’m not at work, you can find me exploring St. Pete or adventuring in Florida’s wilds with my husband and two young kids, or escaping to the woods and waters of Maine in the summer.