Restoration Ecologist, Botanist & Native Plant Horticulturist

37 years of professional experience growing and planting native plants throughout Florida

Nancy is the co-owner of The Natives, Inc., a company specializing in restoration of upland communities and a nursery growing only Florida native plants since 1982.

As the developer of The Natives nursery, Nancy has experimented with the propagation and growth of many natives plants, including grasses, wildflowers, and rare species. She has also developed techniques for restoring many upland communities including scrub, sandhill, and flatwoods that include planting, direct-seeding native groundcovers, weed control, and monitoring. As a botanist she has helped federal, state, and local authorities find and evaluate rare plant communities, and has found new rare plant locations, a new scrub mint and a new Carphephorus called Pineland Purple.

Nancy’s work has has been published in a variety of scientific journals and magazines, presented at numerous conferences, and has received awards from The Nature Conservancy and other environmental organizations. Nancy has for decades provided educational programs for FANN, Florida Chapter ASLA, the Florida Native Plant Society, the Florida Wildflower Foundation and other organizations. She is a founding member of FANN and has served on the board of directors for FANN, FNPS, the Florida Wildflower Foundation and Green Horizon Land Trust.

B.S. in horticulture and botany, Florida Southern College.