Featured Horticulturists

Emilia Zabegay: A Curious Observer of Nature

Cat Meholic

Jun 17, 20233 min read

Emilia Zabegay: A Curious Observer of Nature

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

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Alicia Shulman

Feb 28, 20226 min read

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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Called to the Ministry and to the Garden: Rev. Carolyn Cavaness

Kate Galer

Feb 10, 202211 min read

Called to the Ministry and to the Garden: Rev. Carolyn Cavaness

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...

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Laura Cruz

Jan 16, 20228 min read

Ladyfern Flowers: Summer Badawi

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

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Lindsey Muscavitch: One Random Botany Class and the Rest is History

Ayse Pogue

Feb 10, 20214 min read

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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Martha Keen

Mar 13, 20203 min read

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, 20204 min read

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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Featured Horticulturists: 2019 in Review

Martha Keen

Jan 10, 20202 min read

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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Mae Lin Plummer & the Laughing Garden Philosophy

Martha Keen

Dec 6, 20196 min read

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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Living the American Dream: Sandra Lopez Cortez

Martha Keen

Nov 8, 20198 min read

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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Shedding Light on Plant Records with Cindy Newlander

Martha Keen

Oct 4, 20196 min read

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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Art + Science + Curiosity= Deirdre Murphy

Cat Meholic

Sep 4, 20194 min read

Art + Science + Curiosity= Deirdre Murphy

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

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Catching up with Hortiventurer Maggie Tran

Martha Keen

Jul 12, 20197 min read

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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Quill Teal-Sullivan: Preserving Gardens as Living Artifacts of Human Endeavors

Julie Bare

Jun 7, 20197 min read

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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Well-Rooted: Sarah Dominsky is Right Where She Belongs

Martha Keen

May 6, 20199 min read

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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Abra Lee: On Horticulture, Fashion, Leadership and Mentorship

Lucy Dinsmore

Apr 5, 20197 min read

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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Always Becoming: Lucy Dinsmore's Path to Horticulture

Martha Keen

Mar 1, 20195 min read

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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Martha Keen

Feb 5, 20196 min read

Janet Draper: A People PlantsPerson

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...

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Martha Keen

Jan 4, 20196 min read

Alpine Plantswoman Amy Schneider

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

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Yes, she is THAT good: Peggy Anne Montgomery

Cat Meholic

Dec 1, 20184 min read

Yes, she is THAT good: Peggy Anne Montgomery

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...

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