I’m Ansley.
I’m a horticulturist, naturalist, writer, and educator with a background in environmental science and more than a decade of working with plants and teaching outdoors.
My path has taken me from the high desert and mountains of Arizona to the forests and coastlines of the Pacific Northwest, where I co-founded a wilderness school, and now to New England, where I design gardens and am getting to know an entirely new flora.
My work moves between garden design, traditional crafts, nature-based education, and storytelling. I'm particularly interested in the relationships between people, culture, and the natural world, and the ways our experiences shape our understanding of ourselves and the places we inhabit.
At the heart of it all is a curiosity about the living world and what it means to belong to it.
What I do
My work has always grown from plants, place, and the great outdoors. Today it takes a few different forms.
I design and care for gardens with an emphasis on thoughtful planting, seasonality, and creating spaces that feel alive. My current work focuses primarily on vegetable, container, and perennial gardens, as well as home and commercial interior plant installations.
Horticulture
I’ve spent more than a decade teaching outdoors, from plant identification and foraging to wilderness skills and traditional crafts. I occasionally offer workshops and collaborate with organizations on place-based educational programs.
Education
Through writing, digital content, and storytelling, I explore the relationships between people and place. My work moves between ecology, mythology, and the human experience, sharing stories and observations that invite curiosity, connection, and reflection.
Storytelling
Let’s make something together.
I’m always interested in thoughtful projects involving plants, gardens, education, craft, and the outdoors.
For collaborations, workshops, creative projects, or other inquiries, get in touch.
