Rhonda is the co-owner of the garden center.   She has owned this business for
10 years and she provides Landscape Consultation and Design Services as well as
free gardening seminars for the public.   Rhonda's favorite topic is "Woody Shrubs" and her favorite plant - THIS   MONTH - it changes pretty regularly - is Edgeworthia, AKA, Rice Paper Plant.

 

Rhonda is a native of Campobello, SC.  She has been happily married for 9 years .  Rhonda
is the proud new mother of John, her 3 year old son and she also has 1 cat,   Zorro.
She has a Bachelor's Degree in Science and a Landscape Management Certificate in Horticulture.
 
Rhonda's horticulture background started as a pre-teen with her Grandmother Williams who grew Hummingbird Vine up her front porch and into her hemlock tree, along with "popper" plants, "Easter Egg Thorn", and "Tommy Toe" tomato plants.

Rhonda has been the guest speaker at several area garden clubs in Tryon, NC; Spartanburg, Greer, Traveler's Rest, Greenville and Landrum, SC.  Rhonda has also been the guest speaker for the Gaston County Master Gardeners in Gaston County, N.C. and she has spoken at the SCNLA annual meeting.  She is also the program director for gardening seminars at the Foothills Equestrian and Nature Center (FENCE) in Tryon, NC.

 

Rhonda has the following memberships and affiliations:
    Royal Horticulture Association
    South Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association
    Perennial Plant Association

 

 Rhonda's  11  year old cat - Heidi  (She's a LITTLE spoiled.)