Bio

Compulsive Creative. garden designer. Visual Artist. Life is about creating, observing what unfolds, and choosing gratitude and delight in all of it.

After decades working in gardening to pay for my (former) filmmaking habit, I went back to school at Hennepin Technical College for Landscape Design and Construction. I am a total plant nerd, permaculture fan, textures freak, soil health groupie, and pollinator supporter.

I had a terrific school experience. I got to work on both small and big, varied projects with drainage concerns, hardscape design choices, and plant palettes for clients ranging from experienced gardeners to newbies who wanted only low maintenance plantings. I love the variety.

As a designer, I’m interested in moving through the space, like a 3-D, immersive sculpture. What textures will greet you in May? In November? What focal point will grab your attention when you turn the corner, or look out your kitchen window? How can strategic plantings mask the view into your alley? When one combines the limitations of site specifics, local climate, soil conditions, and personal preferences, I love creating a design that has a cohesion to it, with a dash of the unexpected.

I am an experienced Creator of Something from Nothing. This means, I’m experienced in project management, communications, and budgeting.

I spent 25 years as an indie filmmaker, theater producer, and story excavator. I worked as a creative producer, writer, developmental editor, director, or script consultant on all kinds of content: narrative films, documentary films, screenplays, novels, plays, websites, educational programs, and multi-platform storyworlds (say what?). I’ve also shown my fine art photography, and I’ve published a photography book.

I like perspectives that are unexpected. Perspective informs experience: being able to change perspective is a powerful conduit to gratitude and wonder.