Horticulturists

York Street Curators, Horticulture Specialists & Horticulturists

Senior Staff

 

Horticulture Staff by Area

  • Sonya Anderson – Plant Select Garden, Steppe Garden, Habitat Garden, Pollinator Initiatives
  • Henry Basile – Japanese Garden, Le Potager and Water Garden Gazebo
  • Bridget Blomquist – Annuals Garden and Pavilion, O’Fallon Perennial Walk, Crossroads, Café Beds
  • Mike Bone – Steppe Collections, York Street and Chatfield Farms greenhouse production and propagation, Plant Select Program and Research, Trial Garden Management, Tissue Culture Lab
  • Blake Burger – Freyer – Newman Center Landscape, Mordecai Children’s Garden, York Streetscapes
  • Kaitlyn Curtis – Bristlecone Border, Crosswalk Beds, Ponderosa Border, York Streetscapes, Parking Garage Interior Beds
  • Loddie Dolinski – Romantic Gardens, Herb Garden, Scripture Garden
  • Nicholas Giaquinto – Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory, Tropical Collections, Lobby Court, Interiorscapes, Intern Program
  • Michael Guidi – Tissue Culture Lab and Horticulture Research, Chatfield Farms Trial Garden and Greenhouses, York Street Arboriculture
  • Holly Haynes – Plant Records, Living Collections Inventory and Mapping, Irrigation Programming, Intern Program
  • Kevin Handel – Greenhouse Production and Propagation, IPM Program
  • Mike Holloway – Oak Grove, Victorian Secret Garden, El Pomar, UMB Bank Amphitheater and Science Pyramid Planters
  • Larry Jackel – Bonsai Collection, Bonsai Pavilion, Bonsai Therapeutic Horticulture Program
  • Dan Johnson – Roads Water-Smart Garden, Plains Garden, Gates Montane Garden, Waring Garden, UMB Bank Amphitheater’s and Marnie's Pavilion Beds
  • Tamara Kilbane – Aquatic Collection and Waterway Displays, International Waterlily Registrar
  • Mike Kintgen – Rock Alpine Garden
  • Emily McAuley – Chatfield Greenhouse and Nursery Production and Propagation, Plant Select Program, Grown at the Gardens
  • Jennifer Miller – Welcome Garden, Fountain Beds, Ornamental Grasses Garden, Shady Lane
  • Cindy Newlander – Plant Records, Gardens Navigator, Index Seminum, Display Labels
  • Brooke Palmer – York Street Greenhouse and Nursery Production and Propagation, Seed Programs, Grown at the Gardens
  • Julia Pearson – The Ellipse in Honor of Nancy Schotters, Orangery, Woodland Mosaic
  • Scott Preusser – Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory, Tropical Collections, Cactus and Succulent Collection and House
  • Amy Schneider – June’s PlantAsia, Mount Goliath, Green Roof, Ann Montague Iris and Daylily Garden
  • Alyssa Scott – Planter Beds South of Orangery, Sensory Garden, Cutting Garden, Morrison Discovery Center Greenhouse, Interiorscapes, Therapeutic Horticulture Program
  • Elena Shtern – Mordecai Children's Garden, Home Harvest Garden, Children’s Programs, York Street Arboriculture
  • Nick Snakenberg – Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory, Orchid and Tropical Collections, Marnie’s Pavilion
  • Marissa Sterrett – Sustainable Landscape Services
  • Laura Swain – Cottonwood Border, Dryland Mesa, Nexus Berm, Sacred Earth, York Street Arboriculture
  • Jennifer Toews – Plant Records, Accessioning and Nomenclature Verification
  • Kevin Philip Williams – Dwarf Conifer Collection, Josephine Streetscape, Steppe Garden, Lilac Garden, Conservation Garden, Parking Garage Top Level Planters, Willow Glade in Celebration of Brandon Mandelbaum
  • Julia Zoltowsky – Urban Food Initiatives, Community Garden Program, Mariposa Urban Farm, Sun Valley Urban Farm

            Updated August 2025

 

Chatfield Farms Horticulturists

Senior Staff

 

Horticulture Staff by Area

  • Cassie Doolittle – Janice Ford Memorial Dye Garden, Mary Washburne Orchard, Hildebrand Ranch Gardens, Heirloom Iris Garden, Arborist
  • Shealyn Elstein – Lavender Garden, Deer Creek Discovery Children's Play Area
  • Tate Erikson – Earl J. Sinnamon Center Prairie Gardens, Water-Smart Garden
  • Grace Johnson – Welcome Center Xeric Gardens, Welcome Center Rain Gardens, Rock & Crevice Gardens, Labyrinth, Plant Select Demonstration Garden, Unirrigated Cactus Collection, Chatfield Farms Entrance Sign Bed
  • Jennifer Lucas – Butterfly House, Arborist
  • Abbey McLennan – Center Water Feature Woodland Garden, Chapel, Polly Steele Center, Parking Lot Island for Polly Steele Center/Administration Building, Wayne Christian Building
  • Alissa Roeder – Carol Gossard Native Plant Garden (Green Farm Barn), Kim Sterne Survival Garden, Silo Xeric Garden, Yurt Garden

            Updated August 2025

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