June has been a gardener since the age of 3 when she carried around a small shovel, helping her father in the family garden. Her interest in growing beautiful and useful things persisted throughout all the growing zones in which she has lived. Family life continues to revolve around gardening, at home and at the farm.

After a career in medicine, in 2016, I completed a Master Gardener course, and BGSS was the perfect site to complete the required hours. With her background in developing governance for primary care networks and sitting on mostly non-profit local, regional, and national boards, joining the Board in 2017 was an obvious step.  As a Director and then President, June has helped steer the development of BGSS from a series of pretty gardens to a more in-depth demonstration of the plants that grow in our unique climate.

Working with the Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs has provided June with a fabulous community of friends, a way to contribute something beautiful to the world, and a way to be part of something bigger than any one individual.