Our offerings as a supplier were very traditional. When we lost King’s Discount Store, it was an opportunity in disguise. We started to change our basket combinations and move away from that flat footprint into more container gardening with more perceived value on the baskets,”

Mom and dad never forced us to look at horticulture,' she says. 'That's why my brother and I have degrees in different areas. And dad said, 'I want you to go out into the world and try something else. And if you want to come back to the greenhouse, then you can. But you have to want to come back. It wasn't forced.

I’m not a religious person but I find something bigger than myself and something inspiriting in nature. I see connections – the same patterns that are on a microscopic scale are on a macroscopic scale, and the way the world has organized itself into these super-efficient and beautiful patterns. I love reading science books about physics and nature and learning amazing little details about the natural world. My first instinct as an artist is to be representational, but if I abstract my work, it pulls the viewer to spend a little more time with it.”

That's something I value in a leader — somebody who has heart. They have their heart in it, and they care while still being consistent, strong and business-oriented. That's hugely valuable to me in every single way. And that's how I want to show up at that table and every other table that has an opportunity for growth, anywhere, in any industry, in any room.”