Ecologic Consulting

Plants have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Queensbury, NY, my parents had a vegetable garden and perennial beds that I worked on as a child. My first garden (around age 4, almost 40 years ago) was a small corner of our vegetable garden where I grew zinnias, marigolds and scarlet runner beans. My maternal Grandfather who lived downstate grew lots of different ornamental plants, while my paternal Grandmother who lived next door to us had a utilitarian garden of raspberries, blueberries and rhubarb. Both of these Grandparents as well as a close family friend all had a profound influence on my development as a plant junkie. I worked in nurseries during high school and attended the BOCES horticulture program. I attended SUNY Cobleskill after high school where I earned my A.A.S. in Plant Science. After working in the nursery business and owning and operating a nursery/landscape business of my own for many years, I returned to college to earn my B.S. in Ecology and then my M.A. in Ethnobotany. I spend my work time designing gardens and consulting, as well as teaching freelance (and as an adjunct Professor for SUNY Empire State College) about horticulture, botany and ecology. My free time is spent reading, working on my own garden and visiting other gardens and nurseries, traveling and researching plant history, and now that I am finished with grad school spending time with family and friends.