Flo McNelly
Owner
ABOUT
After surviving cancer in 2013, I decided to bring a longtime passion to reality by offering unique products that enhance the outdoor/indoor living and well being experience. I am focused on a direct approach to sharing the benefits nature brings and search for products "Made in America" and/or that remain sustainable and are green. I strive to offer hard to find items and hope to offer customer service, blogs, and easy access to garden questions that will highlight my company as a "go to" location for not only enhancing one's indoor/outdoor space and garden experience, but also as a destination for special event and holiday gifting.
As the business grows, inventory will increase so please mark my site as a "favorite" and check back often!
Flo has been in the environmental industry for twenty five years. After graduating from North Carolina State University with a BS in Horticulture, she moved to Florida to start a landscape design and installation business. A passion for education led to developing a Landscape Apprentice Program through Flagler County Adult Education where she taught for three years.
Love took her to New Jersey in 2005 where she settled in with her husband, Jim, and worked as an interior plantscaper in Atlantic City before starting her career as a Park Superintendent with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, State Park Service. During this time, Flo pursued her Master's Degree in Administrative Science, graduating in 2005.
Living in Chicago from 2008-2011, Flo was the Horticulture Manager at Brookfield Zoo. She was responsible for managing grounds maintenance crews, exhibit design, flower bed design, and greenhouse plant production. Wanting to continue her education in the field of Horticulture, Flo studied at Colorado State University with a program through the Horticulture Therapy Institute, and in 2011, obtained a graduate certificate in Horticultural Therapy.
Flo's hobbies include traveling, home improvement projects, gardening, and photography. Throughout her travels, Flo has captured images of nature she now develops into matted prints, watercolor images, or has stretched on canvas for purchase.
Now back in Florida, Flo is enjoying being near family, and practicing what she loves: all things nature, design, wellness, and Horticulture. Organic based products and creative hand crafted items, along with a line of nature inspired gifts are all a natural fit to her passions and desire to connect people to the unique wonders interacting with the garden brings.