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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, 20225 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 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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Julie Bare
Sep 9, 20209 min read
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, 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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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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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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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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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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Julie Bare
Oct 1, 201910 min read
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, 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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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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Kate Galer
Jun 4, 20192 min read
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, 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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Julie Bare
Apr 28, 20197 min read
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, 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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Lucy Dinsmore
Mar 22, 20197 min read
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, 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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