PRESIDENT

Becky is President of APLD Oregon and the owner of Nuthatch Garden Design, located in Beaverton. She specializes in using native plants and climate-forward plants to create backyard ecosystems that support humans, pollinators, and our environment as a whole. For Becky, connecting clients more intimately to the plants, soil, and wildlife around them is one of the most rewarding aspects of her job. Becky is honored to be part of a landscape design community that values both design theory and the environment. You can reach her at nuthatchgardendesign.com.

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Rebecca Smith is President-Elect and a sales/designer at Blessing Landscapes a design/build/maintenance company which services the Portland Metro Area. She has been in the landscape industry in one form or another since 2012, when she graduated from Portland Community College with her Landscape Design Degree. She has worked in various positions throughout the industry including nurseries, as a landscape maintenance technician and construction sales. Her love of gardens as places for play, inspiration and rejuvenation is what motivates her to create enchanting spaces for her clients. She is excited to be a part of the Oregon APLD Chapter and help create the opportunity for designers to learn from each other and showcase their talents. You can reach her at Rebecca@blessingland.com.

TREASURER

Kyle Marie Summers is our Treasurer and owner of Ninebark Garden Design in Portland, OR. With a background in Fine Art and a personable approach she works closely with her clients to create gardens full of color, texture and details to discover. Currently, she is focused on learning about and creating stylized meadows that engage both people and pollinators. She has been a lifelong entrepreneur and is excited to work alongside the folks at APLD Oregon Chapter to utilize all the hard work and dedication of the previous years into something that will benefit not only people, but the natural world that has inspired us to be in this profession. You can reach her at ninebarkgardendesign.com.

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Adriana is Immediate Past President of APLD Oregon and the owner of Plant Passion Design in Portland. She blends her passion for plants and her eye for clean and elegant lines to create sumptuous gardens that nurture the soul and inspire people to connect deeply with the spaces they live in.

A native of Brazil, Adriana brings an unexpected and diverse view to the organization. She highly values the whole horticultural and design community she found in her new homeland.

Adriana has been involved in APLD Oregon since its inception and is a Certified Professional and Fellow APLD member. You can reach her at plantpassiondesign@gmail.com.

MARKETING

Tari Gunstone is co-chair of the Marketing Committee and the owner of Wildscape Gardens in Portland, Oregon. With a design focus on native and climate adapted plants, she creates resilient gardens that support biodiversity and empower deeper connection to the earth. She sees garden making and tending as a form of environmental activism that everyone with access to land can partake in with joy and purpose. She brings her experience as a photographer and writer to the marketing committee for the Oregon APLD chapter. You can reach her at wildscapegardens.com.

MARKETING

Toni Pogue is co-chair of the Marketing Committee and the owner of Physis Design, based in Eugene. Landscape design is her way of mixing two of her favorite things -- science and art – while giving back to the outdoors she loves. She specializes in resilient gardens that will adapt to the more extreme heat and drought that comes with climate change, and in ecological design using low impact technologies. Toni is excited to help build the Oregon APLD chapter into a vital, vibrant group of designers helping one another and serving local communities. You can reach her at physisdesign.com.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Annie Koehler is chair of the Climate Change Committee and is based out of Portland. She owns and operates Garden Design PDX, a design and install company working with clients on smaller projects, primarily in small, urban settings. For Annie, it’s all about the balance of the job. One day she’s designing on her iPad, another day she’s pruning a maple tree and weeding a client’s garden, the next day she’s excavating and planting a truckload of plants covered in mud. Annie also applies this balance to her planting materials by including both natives and ornamentals in her plans. You can reach Annie at gardendesignpdx.com.

SPONSORSHIP

Lynn Wolfstone is chair of the Sponsorship Committee. Her young life was spent outdoors, drawing, reading, building, planting and creating with parents and siblings. As a college student her studies focused on art and art history which led to gallery and museum work. A second degree in Landscape Design and Technology led to the establishment of Wolfstone Landscape Design. Lynn loves to explore nature and connect with the color, form, fragrance, movement and beauty of our region's gardens, forests and open spaces. Her goal is to create those same opportunities for her clients. She can be reached at lynn@wolfstonelandscapedesign.com.