ABOUT US

Jemine Oakes

Co-Founder/Director of Operations

Jemine has always been passionate about floral design. Growing up in Nigeria, she was surrounded by tropical plants and loved using the vivid colors from her home-grown garden to create bouquets.

• Favorite Plant – Snake Plant (Sansevieria Cylindrica)

• Favorite Flower – Italian Ranunculus

Matthew Oakes

Co-Founder/Design Director

Matthew grew up with an affinity for horticulture and began with a botanical garden on his parents’ property at age 12. He has since combined his professional background in design with his love for nature to create a place where both meet and thrive.

• Favorite Plant – Philodendron 'el choco red'

• Favorite Flower – Juliet David Austin Rose

Taylor Janney

Floral Design Associate/Social Media Director

Taylor has been obsessed with flowers since she learned that it was an actual job that grownups could have. Being a florist has been on her vision board since she was 6 years old. (It was that, or to be Pochahontas). Florist feels like the most viable option.

• Favorite Plant – Southern Magnolia

• Favorite Flower – Icelandic Poppy

Anna Oakes

Senior Associate/Store Manager

Anna has worked in the wedding and special events industry for several years and has a love of floral design. She believes a room is incomplete until it is brimming with plants and fresh flowers to breathe life into the space. (No, really, the plants provide more oxygen!)

• Favorite Plant – Echeveria Lola

• Favorite Flower – Dahlia 'Cafe Au Lait'

Oliver Oakes

Director of Play

Oliver is our resident lizard-wrangler and garden assistant. ​

• Favorite Plant – Red

• Favorite Flower – Blue

Emory Oakes

Assistant Director of Play

Emory is a soil connoisseur (but we are trying our best to keep him from eating it).

• Favorite Plant – Anything that doesn't poke me when I hit it

• Favorite Flower – Anything Edible