I was potting up one-gallons at Mid City Nursery in middle school.

Plants aren't a hobby in my family. They're the trade.

Twenty years in, I'd rather fix a garden than bulldoze it. Keep what's working. Pull what isn't. Add only what earns its place.

I don't sell a look. I build gardens that are still alive in ten years.

My people are stonemasons, plumbers, electricians, irrigation techs, carpenters, welders, lighting specialists, florists, culinary wizards, and the growers who raised the plants.

They do it right the first time, or they don't work with me.