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(828) 545-6826

Patchwork Meadows

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Pollinator education
  • Pollinator plants
  • Pollinator Art
  • Links & Resources
  • My Blog
  • 2020/2021 projects
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Emily Sampson - Lover of the Natural World & Native Plants

My Education and Experience

I have had a passion for the natural world since I moved to the mountains of WNC from the suburban concrete of South Florida at age 11.  My earliest experience working with plants was the rare opportunity to conduct a survey of local flora along the Blue Ridge Parkway with Botanist, Chris Ulrey, while in the Youth Conservation Corps during high school. In the years following I continued to be lucky enough to learn more about native plants through my horticulture internships at the WNC Nature Center and the Botanical Gardens of Asheville while working on a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UNC-Asheville, graduating in 2007.   After graduating from UNCA I worked for a small, local native plant nursery and for the Mountain Horticulture Research & Extension center.  I also had my daughter Calia, whom I named after a genus of native meadow wildflower. 

In 2009 I moved from Asheville to Black Mountain and began a career in greenhouse growing as the head grower and production manager at Painters Greenhouse (in Old Fort, NC).  Over the next 8 years there I was a driving force that shaped the focus of their business on growing natives and pollinator plants in addition to all of our other offerings.  Additionally I have worked as a grower at Banner Greenhouses also in McDowell County, NC; a wholesaler of plant material for Metrolina Greenhouses and Lowes.  

Since 2015 I have volunteered to create and maintain pollinator spaces along the Black Mountain Greenway.  In 2018 I was hired as the Pollinator Garden Coordinator, a part time position for Black Mountain Recreation and Parks where I continue to develop and care for pollinator garden spaces. 

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In my 10+ years locally as a Greenhouse Grower I have gained invaluable experience in the industry.

Excited to get working on the next meadow installation

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I hope it will be for you!


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