Alicia Shulman
Foresting Philly: Jasmine Thompson
Jasmine Thompson grew up in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. She spent two years working in Northern California with two...
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Alicia Shulman
- Jan 31, 2022
- 5 min
Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist and Founder of the Freedom Farm Cooperative
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977) was born into a sharecropping family in Mississippi and become a leader in civil rights. She established a...
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Julicia James
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Carrie Steele Logan
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...
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Ayse Pogue
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
Lindsey Muscavitch: One Random Botany Class and the Rest is History
I met Lindsey Muscavitch on one of our first Zoom calls for the newly formed Women in Hort Chicago group. When she mentioned her...
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Julie Bare
- Sep 9, 2020
- 9 min
Professional Show and Tell: Go To Garden Gear
On Sunday, July 12th, 2020 Women in Horticulture held our first virtual Professional Show and Tell! Professional Show and Tells are a...
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Martha Keen
- Mar 13, 2020
- 3 min
Jenna Bachman: For the Love of Plants
Jenna Bachman is a Philadelphia-based horticulturist who currently works at Andalusia Historic House and Gardens, a sprawling landscape...
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Martha Keen
- Feb 16, 2020
- 4 min
Sunny Sarah Snow
Sarah Snow is a professional gardener with a wealth of unique experiences in horticulture spanning the Eastern seaboard. After graduating...
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Martha Keen
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
Featured Horticulturists: 2019 in Review
To all of our readers, Happy New Year! Thank you for following along, commenting, and sharing our Featured Horticulturist profiles in...
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Martha Keen
- Dec 6, 2019
- 6 min
Mae Lin Plummer & the Laughing Garden Philosophy
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...
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Martha Keen
- Nov 8, 2019
- 8 min
Living the American Dream: Sandra Lopez Cortez
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...
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Martha Keen
- Oct 4, 2019
- 6 min
Shedding Light on Plant Records with Cindy Newlander
Cindy Newlander is the Associate Director of Horticulture at Denver Botanic Gardens. Since 2002, she has led the Plant Records team and...
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Julie Bare
- Oct 1, 2019
- 10 min
Professional Show & Tell: Steal This Idea!
Written by Kate Galer, WinH Program Director Photographs by Kate Galer and Julie Bare On Friday evening, September 20th, a group gathered...
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Martha Keen
- Jul 12, 2019
- 7 min
Catching up with Hortiventurer Maggie Tran
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...
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Julie Bare
- Jun 7, 2019
- 7 min
Quill Teal-Sullivan: Preserving Gardens as Living Artifacts of Human Endeavors
After reading A Woman’s Hardy Garden by Helena Rutherfurd Ely for the WinH inaugural book club meeting, we thought it was more than...
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Kate Galer
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
Shofuso After Hours
On Monday May 20th, Women in Horticulture joined Kim Andrews, Executive Director of Shofuso Japanese House and Garden and the Japan...
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Martha Keen
- May 6, 2019
- 9 min
Well-Rooted: Sarah Dominsky is Right Where She Belongs
Sarah Dominsky has put down roots in central Virginia after spending the better part of the last decade bouncing between the East and...
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Julie Bare
- Apr 28, 2019
- 7 min
2nd Annual Celebration of WinH
The 2nd Annual Celebration of Women in Horticulture took place on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 at the Ambler Arboretum of Temple...
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Lucy Dinsmore
- Apr 5, 2019
- 7 min
Abra Lee: On Horticulture, Fashion, Leadership and Mentorship
Abra Lee is doing something for the first time - she's freelancing. She starts everyday by writing, waking at 4:00am because she knows...
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Lucy Dinsmore
- Mar 22, 2019
- 7 min
She Put Her Head Down and Persevered
My great-grandmother was a woman who persevered in the face of family tragedy and challenging economic circumstances. Frances Vaughan...
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Martha Keen
- Mar 1, 2019
- 5 min
Always Becoming: Lucy Dinsmore's Path to Horticulture
For March Featured Horticulturist, we're so delighted to introduce one of our own, Lucy Dinsmore. Lucy has been involved with Women In...
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