Women in Horticulture

Emilia Zabegay is a greenhouse assistant at Morris Arboretum and does creative freelance horticulture for private clients. She is also on...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Deirdre Murphy is an artist that merges art and science into cohesive pieces. Through her work she hopes to “evoke compassion and...

I was a fan and reader of Maggie Tran's reflections before I had ever actually met her. Over the years, she's kept several blogs...

After reading A Woman’s Hardy Garden by Helena Rutherfurd Ely for the WinH inaugural book club meeting, we thought it was more than...

Sarah Dominsky has put down roots in central Virginia after spending the better part of the last decade bouncing between the East and...

Abra Lee is doing something for the first time - she's freelancing. She starts everyday by writing, waking at 4:00am because she knows...

For March Featured Horticulturist, we're so delighted to introduce one of our own, Lucy Dinsmore. Lucy has been involved with Women In...

Janet Draper wouldn't be the first horticulturist to query whether she was in the industry more for the plants or for the people. It's a...

What is the appropriate appellation for someone who straddles horticulture and botany? We are delighted to feature Amy Schneider--a woman...

As you read this Q&A with Peggy Anne, I want you to know that she truly is the definition of a "can-do attitude" and that she is one of...