User:Molly

I’ve been gardening since I was kid. My mom gave me a little strip of lawn to make a garden and told me that if I took care of it, I could have more space. It wasn’t long before I had dug up all the grass in my parents’ yard. Now, as a professional gardener, I spend much of my time digging up other peoples’ lawns to plant perennials and shrubs.

I studied Scientific and Technical Communication and Horticulture at the University of Minnesota. I have worked as a gardener and floral designer in St. Paul, MN for the past ten years. I currently run my own garden design and maintenance business—aptly named Molly’s Gardens.

I live in St. Paul with my husband Dan, three cats, and a garden gnome.

Besides gardening, my other hobbies include waiting for winter to end and feeding stray cats.

Gardening is fun, rewarding, and easy for anyone to do. Everyone’s garden should be unique. Gardening shouldn’t have rules. But there is a lot of knowledge that can help people garden more successfully, and I want to help make this information available.

I have found organic gardening to be the healthiest approach for me and my gardens and I‘m happy to see it becoming mainstream.

I appreciate yards with native plants, exotic specimens, and even the occasional green lawn. In floral design, I like to work with anything unusual. Artichokes are at the top my favorites list, which also includes tulips, orchids, and anything in the Protea family.

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