Recognized Organic Gardening Leaders 2025

I teach do-it-yourselfers how to design their own landscape, have successful garden projects (big and small), and make the world a better place with their opportunity to do some landscaping. State certified Horticulturist, Landscape Designer, Gardening Teacher, and Master Gardener volunteer of 14 years –YouTube Channel 75k+ subscribers (Average views per video: 95k, Median views per video: 33k) –Newsletter List 5k+ subscribers (Average open rate: 48%) –Instagram: 19k+ followers Featured in The Seattle Times: www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/5-weeds-a-northwest-horticulturist-says-you-should-try-eating/ Through my business, Garden Project Academy, I offer live workshops, on-demand online courses, and coaching on landscape design and gardening for beginners and do-it-yourselfers. Email: hello@gardenprojectacademy.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@gardenprojectacademy Instagram: www.instagram.com/gardenprojectacademy/ Website: www.gardenprojectacademy.com/ 🪴 Landscape design 🪴 Wildlife gardening 🪴 Money-saving tips, landscaping on a budget 🪴 Time-saving tips and low-maintenance landscaping 🪴 Gardening with native plants 🪴 Vegetable gardening 🪴 Ecological best practices 🪴 Pollinator gardening 🪴 Urban foraging 🪴 Composting 🪴 Mulch best practices 🪴 Plant propagation 🪴 Lawn removal methods 🪴 Landscape design for privacy 🪴 Landscape design for slopes and hillsides 🪴 Weeds & what to do 🪴 How to create a landscape design plan

I am an SEO Expert and Urban Gardening enthusiast. I run RootedUrban.com where I share practical tips on vertical gardening, small space gardening, indoor plants, and urban farming. I help people grow food where they live, even in small apartments and city homes.

Tatiana Anderson is a tropical plant expert with over 20 years of hands-on experience growing and caring for tropical and subtropical plants. Her work focuses on fruit trees, flowering plants, and climate-sensitive species, with practical guidance based on real growing conditions. She works with a US-based tropical plant nursery that ships plants nationwide and contributes to a large online plant encyclopedia documenting thousands of plant species. Tatiana specializes in plant identification, variety selection, cold protection, and helping gardeners avoid common growing mistakes.

I am an independent researcher and practitioner specializing in advanced indoor hydroponics, aeroponics, and micro-space urban cultivation. As the founder of MistCulture, I spend my days testing nutrient regimens, optimizing micro-climates, and engineering high-efficiency indoor growing systems. I am passionate about demystifying soilless agriculture and helping everyday people transition from traditional gardening to high-yield, sustainable indoor food production. I am available for expert commentary on home gardening, plant biology, nutrient management, and urban farming tech.

I am currently at Sun Heaven Farms LLC as an Agronomist. My passion is to work with precision agriculture and be a link between new developments at an industry company and the growers. I believe educating growers on the capability of the data they already have could change how they manage their entire operation as well as how they manage specific fields and areas of fields. Precision agriculture is the way of the future not only for helping to increase profits but also to increase efficiency and yields.

Angelika Zaber is a Lawn Care Specialist & Gardening Expert working for Online Turf. She provides exceptional lawn care expertise and gardening advice that encourages both novice and experienced gardeners to have healthy, vibrant outdoor spaces all year round.

Brandon Seymour is the founder of Floridist and Granuly, two South Florida lawn and landscape brands focused on premium turf installation, soil health, and environmentally conscious lawn care. Through Floridist, Brandon has developed a reputation for science-backed sod installation and turf management tailored specifically to South Florida’s unique climate and soil conditions. The Floridist blog and educational content cover a wide range of advanced lawn care topics, including soil biology, irrigation strategy, turfgrass selection, disease prevention, fertilization programs, mowing practices, weed management, and long-term lawn establishment. Much of the content is rooted in real-world field experience, UF/IFAS best practices, and the challenges specific to Florida lawns, rather than generic national lawn care advice. Granuly was created to expand into long-term lawn, tree, palm, and ornamental care, with a focus on soil-first lawn health and lower-impact treatment approaches. Under the Granuly brand, Brandon advocates for chemical-free and low-toxicity lawn care strategies whenever practical, including the use of organic soil amendments, biological stimulants, compost-based nutrition, reduced-pesticide programs, wetting agents, micronutrient balancing, and integrated pest management techniques designed to minimize environmental impact while improving turf resilience. Brandon regularly provides commentary and guidance on topics including St. Augustine and zoysia grass management, sustainable lawn care, lawn renovation, soil conditioning, irrigation efficiency, and environmentally conscious landscape practices for homeowners throughout South Florida.

Entrepeneur and experienced ecommerce specialist. By leveraging my skills in content marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) I've created scalable small businesses that continue to thrive.I love small business and I'm a jack of all trades. I thrive when introduced to new challenges and experiences.

I'm Whitney Klonsky, founder and CEO of Rhubarb, a specialized platform for home gardeners featuring AI that understands your unique growing conditions, a "super-app" for growing food designed specifically for the gardening community. I'm a lifelong home gardener, mother of three, and former coach who has studied horticulture, permaculture, agroecology, and nutrition. I hold professional certifications as a Horticulturist (Cert III, Australia), Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach, and NASM Personal Training with corrective exercise and lifestyle specializations. After spending seven years in Australia and experiencing firsthand how food, health, and climate are interconnected, I’m now back in the Pacific Northwest helping more people get growing, wherever they live. I provide expert insights on a broad range of gardening topics, particularly how they connect with nutrition, fitness, sustainability, and seasonal living. I can speak to everything from homegrown food as part of a broader food security solution, to water-wise gardening, biodiversity, ways to support local ecology through everyday garden choices, and the intersection of technology with traditional growing practices. As tech startup founder I can also speak to my experiences in a late career switch. I’m happy to share timely tips, trends we’re seeing in the Rhubarb community, or provide quotes for upcoming stories. You can also find me at www.joinrhubarb.com.

Lydia Beaumont is a go-to expert in interior design, known for her knack for stylish table settings, blending houseplants seamlessly with home decor, and designing inviting outdoor spaces. She has a real talent for making spaces look stunning while keeping them comfortable and livable. Lydia’s creative touch brings a fresh and vibrant feel to any room or garden she works on.

Evgeniy Yudin is Founder & Strategy Lead at Rotgar, an SEO and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) consultancy. He has worked in organic search since 2008 and advises organizations on visibility across Google Search, Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Gemini. His work focuses on technical SEO, entity authority, AI citation readiness, and measurement of brand mentions and source citations, with particular experience in healthcare and legal markets. He also founded and owns PillinTrip, an independent multilingual medicine-information publisher that reached more than 1.1 million monthly organic visitors. Evgeniy conducts original research into how AI systems select and cite sources and can comment on the impact of generative search on publishers, content strategy, attribution and organic traffic. His commentary has appeared in Monetag.

Horticulturist and plant specialist with 25 years of professional experience spanning ornamental gardening, rare plant cultivation, and applied plant biology. Combines hands-on expertise in companion planting, soil management, and pest control with a research-driven approach grounded in current botanical literature. Manages diverse collections including tropical aroids, orchids, and uncommon succulents, treating each garden as a testing ground for new cultivation techniques. Passionate about translating complex plant science into practical guidance that helps gardeners at every level create thriving, biodiverse spaces.

I'm a dedicated plant research scientist with a deep passion for harnessing the power of science and technology to enhance the field of agriculture. I am an expert in the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies aimed at combating diseases in vegetable and fruit crops, both within the greenhouse and field environment, for improved productivity.I find great satisfaction in sharing my extensive agronomic knowledge and promoting agriculture products and services with different stakeholders.

Entrepeneur and experienced ecommerce specialist. By leveraging my skills in content marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) I've created scalable small businesses that continue to thrive.I love small business and I'm a jack of all trades. I thrive when introduced to new challenges and experiences.

Dynamic Senior Content Strategist with a dedication to driving process efficiency and automation through content strategy and industry best practices. Adept at harnessing AI, DEI, + ESG pillars with neuromarketing techniques to deliver compelling communication campaigns and CRM strategy. Well-versed in conducting consumer experience research and advocating for accessibility. Backed by an extensive background spanning diverse industries, including agency, corporate, and freelance work.Founder of Let's Go Compost, a 501(c)3 registered non-profit and community-driven initiative, which provides free compost bins and school gardens through the repurposing of bulk ingredient buckets, impacting the education and landfill management industries.

Dynamic Senior Content Strategist with a dedication to driving process efficiency and automation through content strategy and industry best practices. Adept at harnessing AI, DEI, + ESG pillars with neuromarketing techniques to deliver compelling communication campaigns and CRM strategy. Well-versed in conducting consumer experience research and advocating for accessibility. Backed by an extensive background spanning diverse industries, including agency, corporate, and freelance work.Founder of Let's Go Compost, a 501(c)3 registered non-profit and community-driven initiative, which provides free compost bins and school gardens through the repurposing of bulk ingredient buckets, impacting the education and landfill management industries.

Sarah Menz is a sustainability expert and horticulture practitioner specializing in climate-resilient gardening, urban agriculture, and water-wise growing practices. She holds a master’s degree in sustainability and brings over a decade of experience working at the intersection of water, climate, and the home gardening industry. A certified Master Gardener based in Denver, Sarah advises on horticulture, water efficiency, and sustainable living. Her work focuses on plant care, soil health, and helping gardeners adapt to a changing climate. Sarah also brings a strategic lens to the space as a marketing and content leader. As former Director of Brand Marketing at Rachio, she led content strategy and storytelling around water-efficient landscapes and smart irrigation technology. Her insights have been featured in publications including Homes & Gardens, Real Homes, and The Spruce, where she covers sustainable gardening, water management, and climate-conscious living. Sarah is currently Content Manager at Rula, where she writes about many topics, including the intersection of mental health and environmental change.

Experienced and ambitious professional. Integrates business minded, technical skills and management capabilities. Demonstrates 25 years of experience in different sectors as employee and self employed. Recognized as a person who dares to change envirmonments and get out of his comfort zone. Other characteristics, responsibility, adaptability, commitment, attention to detail, client oriented.

Ryan North is a sustainable retail expert, healthy-home advocate, and the co-owner of Moss Envy, a premier organic mattress and eco-luxury bedding showroom based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With over a decade of experience helping consumers navigate the complex world of green textiles and sleep health, Ryan specializes in demystifying third-party eco-certifications (such as GOTS and GOLS) and identifying hidden indoor environmental toxins. An educator at heart, Ryan’s approach centers on transparency and practical, non-toxic living solutions. He is a frequent resource for insights on sleep hygiene, natural allergy mitigation, sustainable consumer trends, and how to cultivate a low-tox bedroom environment.