Women in Horticulture

Founded in 1911, the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women (PSHW) was one of the first schools of its kind in the nation. Its...

Jasmine Thompson grew up in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. She spent two years working in Northern California with two...

Women in Horticulture’s Kate Galer sat down with Rev. Carolyn Cavaness on a cold January evening to find out more about her and the...

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977) was born into a sharecropping family in Mississippi and become a leader in civil rights. She established a...

Summer Badawi is a Minneapolis-based plantswoman, designer and educator with a particular passion for farming, food, and flowers. She has...

On Sunday, June 27th WinH members got together for the first time in over a year to celebrate WinH's 5 year anniversary! We gathered at...

Although she was born into slavery in Georgia in 1829, Carrie Steele was one of the first black landowners in Atlanta and left behind a...

I met Lindsey Muscavitch on one of our first Zoom calls for the newly formed Women in Hort Chicago group. When she mentioned her...

Women in Horticulture held a virtual book club meeting to discuss A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler on Sunday, November 8th. WinH...

On Sunday, July 12th, 2020 Women in Horticulture held our first virtual Professional Show and Tell! Professional Show and Tells are a...

In these new COVID-19 times, we had to pivot along with the rest of the world to find a creative way to continue programming otherwise...

Jenna Bachman is a Philadelphia-based horticulturist who currently works at Andalusia Historic House and Gardens, a sprawling landscape...

Financial planning isn't everyone's idea of a fun Saturday afternoon but a little planning now can insure that you're able to have lots...

Sarah Snow is a professional gardener with a wealth of unique experiences in horticulture spanning the Eastern seaboard. After graduating...

On a balmy day in January, Women in Hort hosted another successful seed swap in Mt. Airy. The weather was springlike in the mid-60's, and...

To all of our readers, Happy New Year! Thank you for following along, commenting, and sharing our Featured Horticulturist profiles in...

Mae Lin Plummer had an 18-year corporate career as a project manager until one weekend-long short course in botany upended her life as...

A glimpse into a day in the life of Sandra Lopez Cortez would show her at times working her full time job, juggling several volunteer...

When we last left off the Women in Hort crew had just finished lunch and was venturing out through meadows, along streams and up hills to...

Cindy Newlander is the Associate Director of Horticulture at Denver Botanic Gardens. Since 2002, she has led the Plant Records team and...