Interests

• Vegetable Gardening
• Plant Propagation
• Natural History
• Public Gardening

About

As a horticulturist at Cornell Botanic Gardens, I steward our Shady Groundcover Collection, Pounder Vegetable Garden, Climate Change Garden, and Botanic Buzzline. These garden spaces give me a beautiful and diverse plant palette to learn and care for. I participate in educational programs with students, volunteers, alumni, and visitors from near and far. This position allows me to continuously learn and utilize a wide variety of skills while working alongside many horticulture experts. I really enjoy that my job allows me to interact with a diverse group of plants and people! I hold a B.S. in Agriculture Sciences with a minor in Horticulture from Cornell University class of ‘22.

My first experience working at the Cornell Botanic Gardens was as a student employee with the Learning by Leading™ program as Co-Leader of the Horticulture Enterprise Team. This 1-year position allowed me to gain hands-on experience in greenhouse management and plant propagation while also helping me build fluency in communication and planning. Upon graduating, I began working at the Plant Production Facility for Cornell Botanic Gardens where I focused on plant propagation and maintaining specimen plants for our collections.