the crew

  • Brian Eltomi | Owner, Drafting and Estimating

    Hometown: Orlando, FL
    Industry Experience: 5 years in horticulture
    Background: graphic design and business operations
    Education: Philosophy
    Favorite Quote: “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.” - US Navy
    Favorite Tool: Milwaukee Packouts
    Favorite Plant: Passiflora incarnata

  • Jenny Cattell | Creative Director, Lead Designer

    Hometown: Savannah, GA
    Industry experience: 16 years
    Background: FFL certified professional, FNGLA certified horticulture professional
    Education: Design- SCAD, Art History- FSU
    Words to live by: “I have always loved a window, especially an open one.” - Wendell Berry
    Favorite tool: Floral Shovel
    Favorite plant: Hammemelis virginiana

  • Chris Miller | Foreman

    Hometown: Umatilla, FL
    Industry experience: 7 years
    Background: Professional Ballet dancer
    Education: Santa Fe College, FSU: Dance
    Words to live by: Life = Dance
    Favorite tool: circular saw
    Favorite plant: lorapendulum

  • Peter Cowdrey | Foreman

    Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
    Industry Experience: 3 years
    Background: carpentry/welding
    Education: welding school, lively Tech.
    Favorite Quote: ”If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Wayne Dyer
    Favorite Tool: Pencil
    Favorite Plant: Red Japanese Maple

  • Rick Reeves | Head Gardener

    Hometown: Deltona, FL
    Industry experience: 7 years
    Background: Restaurant Manager, hiking, kayaking
    Education: Music: Stetson, FSU
    Words to live by: "Seek not happiness, instead accept contentment."
    Favorite tool: Water bottle... or his caprock shovel
    Favorite plant: His rescue kumquat tree

  • Stephen Cowdrey | Facilities & Turf Tech

    Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
    Industry Experience: 10 years
    Background: carpentry, electrical
    Education: AA TCC, Fire Academy - EMT
    Favorite Quote: Love God, Love Neighbor
    Favorite Tool: Felco 2 Pruners
    Favorite Plant: Cocos nucifera

  • Matt Cowdrey | Craftsman

    Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
    Industry Experience: 6 years
    Background: Garden Maintenance, Carpentry
    Education: City College of San Francisco
    Favorite Quote: I'm as free as a bird now. And this bird you cannot change
    Favorite Tool: Felco Pruners
    Favorite Plant: Star Jasmine

  • Beau Scanlan | Gardener

    Hometown: Ogden, Utah
    Industry Experience: Entomology research for IFAS, Landscape Foreman at West Minister Oaks, ornamental pruning and care, Landscape design and architecture with Purple Martin Nursery
    Background: Veteran, Solar project foreman
    Education: BS Finance and Multinational Business Operations FSU
    Quote/words to live by:In the end it is always up to you
    Favorite Tool: Cutting shovel
    Favorite Plant: Japanese Magnolia