Hello and welcome to Bottle Branch, where I share my passion for plants, flowers, color, and design. I am a former botanist, avid gardener, printmaker, photographer and mother of four.

During my ‘first career’ as a scientist, I spent hours in the field collecting plant samples and learning to identify plants by their subtle details - distinctive leaf shapes, elegant branching patterns, delicate flower structures. (I like to think these years of close observation inform the botanically inspired art I now make.)

When my fourth and youngest child was born, I went from working mom to stay-at-home mom. I took up printmaking, and my gardening efforts blossomed. I grow vegetables, perennials, annuals and lots of cutting flowers– cosmos, zinnias, calendula, scabiosa, nigella, and more. As my garden has grown, I’ve cultivated a passion for arranging and photographing flowers and plants, from both my garden and those found in the wild.

Now that my children are a little bit older, I’m excited to be branching out again and sharing my passion for the beauty of plants and flowers through the items I make for Bottle Branch and almost daily on instagram.

In all my photographic work, I try to identify all plant material in a small caption. To me, to name a plant is part of truly knowing it, and a truly knowing plants is my passion. I love sharing that passion right down to the name.

In all my designs, I strive to be true to the plants depicted, to capture something about the essence of the plant, while also making something elegant, well designed, beautiful.