Social Media and Outreach Coordinator, Nursery Supervisor Meg MacKenzie I started volunteering with Grow Hub in January of 2023 and became an employee in July 2023. I coordinate Grow Hub’s social media accounts, plan our annual pop-up events, coordinate local tabling events, and schedule individual volunteers. I also lead our monthly “disability committee” where a group of disabled and non-disabled team…
Native Plants Program Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator, Board Member Cherice Smithers I am a native Floridian and field ecologist committed to promoting local biodiversity through the use of native plants in home gardens and landscapes. I have a MS in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida where I studied the diversity of native bee…
Nursery Supervisor, Board Member and Staff Crystal Taylor Gainesville grown, I have a BS from the University of Florida in horticultural sciences with a specialization in organic and sustainable crop production. I’ve been in the horticulture field since 2008, and in 2014 helped create and teach at the Alachua County Public Schools Growing Educational Training…
Grounds & Equipment Supervisor Charles Thomas
Nursery Supervisor, Horticultural Therapist (HTR), Education & Outreach Coordinator Alexa Heilman I am a registered Horticultural Therapist (HTR) with a background in psychology. I help oversee our vocational programming, staff development and youth programming. I started as an intern at GROW HUB in 2021 for my Horticulture Therapy certificate and then got hired part time…
Nursery Supervisor Doris Klemm I love plants, travel and cooking. I’ve been in the nursery business since 1983, with my former business Harmony Gardens. I’ve been working part time at GROW HUB since 2019 and love it here!