What she does: Oversees all departments, shares gardening ideas with customers, and hosts a radio show on Saturday mornings.
Education: B.S. in Plant & Soil Sciences from the University of Maine. Her knowledge has come from 30+ years of experience.
Outside of work: Enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, kayaking, and believe it or not. . . .gardening.
Opened the business in 1987.
Favorite Plant(s): Pansies, Heptacodium
What he does: General maintenance around the garden center, weed control, and helping customers
Education: B.S. in Wildlife Mangement and Law Enforcement
Outside of work: Loves spending time outdoors fishing, hunting, hiking, anythinng outside.
Opened the business in 1987.
Favorite Plant(s): Butterfly Weed, Black Gum ‘Wildfire’, Park’s Whopper Tomato
What she does: Meets with customers, diagnoses plant problems, and operates the checkout area.
Outside of work: Loves to spend time with grandchildren.
At Longfellow’s since opening in 1987.
Favorite Plant(s): Dragon Wing Begonia, Little Lime Hydrangea, Tree Peony, Bald Cypress
What she does: Purchases new products, operates the checkout area, and creates displays around the garden center.
Outside of work: Enjoys hunting and cooking.
At Longfellow’s since 2007.
Favorite Plant(s): Clematis, Iris, Hydrangea, Dogwood
What she does: Orders and grows all the annuals and vegetables, creates custom container plantings, and works with customers on special orders.
Education: She graduated from Kansas State University with a major in Horticulture and an emphasis in Greenhouse Management.
Outside of work: Enjoys spending time outdoors, being with family and friends, scrapbooking and card making, and snuggling with her two dogs, Ruby and Nita.
At Longfellow’s since 2013.
Favorite Plant(s): Daffodils, Peonies, Angelonia
What she does: Orders new perennials, bulbs and nursery stock, keeps the herbaceous perennials and nursery stock looking good and helps customers.
Education: Received her B.S. in Agriculture and has 13 years experience in the field.
Outside of work: Loves to hobby garden.
At Longfellow’s since 2013.
Favorite Plant(s): Poppies and Lilies
What she does: Landscape Design. Solves gardening and landscape problems with strong emphasis on native plants and perennials.
Education: BS degree in Horticulture with emphasis in Landscape Design (minor in Art) from University of Missouri, Columbia, with continuing education credits in Landscape Architecture.
Experience: 37 years working in horticulture. Operates Flower and Garden Design, now over 24 years. Worked with the Native Plants program at Lincoln University for 7 years.
Outside of Work: Butterfly identification, gardening, hiking, canoeing, watercolor painting, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Most recently joined Longfellow’s in 2018. Also, worked here in 1988 and 1997.
Favorite Plants: White Fringe Tree, Spicebush, Golden Groundsel, and Phlox paniculata.
What he does: Landscape Design. Consult, design and solve landscape issues. Works with landscape team to ensure complete customer satisfaction.
Education: BS degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design from University of Missouri, Columbia.
Experience: Over 40 years in the field.
Outside of Work: Gardening and bonsai, camping and canoeing, hunting and fishing, traveling, and spending time with his grandson.
Joined Longfellow’s in 2019.
Favorite Plants: Big Leaf Hydrangea, Bald Cypress, Blue Shag White Pine, Moonbeam Coreopsis.
What he does: Leads the landscape crew on installations, meets with clients, and some maintenance.
Experience: Grower for D&R Plants (now Bonnie Plants) in California, Missouri for 18 years. Rick then worked in his own landscape business for 7 years where he installed plants and mowed lawns. Rick worked with Longfellow’s on several jobs during that time.
Outside of work: Enjoys fishing and spending time with family and friends.
At Longfellow’s since 2009.
Favorite Plant(s): Ninebark ‘Little Devil’
What she does: Annual planting, interior plant maintenance, small landscape jobs and weed control.
Experience: 4 years on a Community Supported Agriculture Farm
Outside of work: Enjoys baking, reading, camping and babysitting
At Longfellow’s since 2016.
Favorite Plant(s): Vinca, hostas, crape myrtle