Greenleaf Design, LLC: Holly Greenleaf

Holly started Greenleaf Design, LLC in 2019 so that she could be involved in every part of the design process, including education and outreach work. Holly works with private landowners, businesses, nonprofits, and state and local governments to design, implement, and communicate ecologically-based landscape design solutions

She specializes in native plantings, shoreland restoration (lakes and rivers), green stormwater infrastructure, illustration, and other landscape visualization and graphic design work. Her work is inspired by local place, patterns, plant communities, and the people that inhabit these spaces with a goal of supportive, resilient, and beautiful landscapes. She aims to help people embrace a more naturalistic and less control-oriented approach – collaborating with the natural intelligence of a landscape.

Holly was born and raised as a farmer and gardener in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. She studied Ecological Landscape Design, Sustainable Horticulture, and Studio Art as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Vermont, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Master of Science in Plant and Soil Science. She has been working in the landscape and horticulture industry for over a decade.