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PLANTGEEK CHIC

Grow Your Green Thumb

Courses, Consulting, Books & Art for Plantgeeks

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Welcome to the Plantgeek Chic lifestyle! I’m a certified professional horticulturist, botanical business coach, and chronic creator who loves teaching people how to be successful with their personal and professional plant passions. I also love expressing my passion for plants and nature through biophilic art. Here you’ll discover my available consulting & coaching services and plant books. You'll also find the current or future courses I'm teaching online. If you love to surround yourself with beautiful things inspired by the natural world, you can also browse my available artwork…through which I strive to capture the beauty and personality of the plants, insects, and other subjects I personally meet in nature and my garden.

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Plant For Profits: Spring (and beyond) Survival Retreat

Thrive Through the Rush: Stay Focused, Profitable, and Energized During Peak Season
The spring season can make or break your year—but it can also overwhelm even the most experienced green industry professionals. Whether you run a garden center, plant shop, greenhouse, landscape designer, or landscaping business, the busiest months often bring long hours, staffing challenges, decision fatigue, and missed opportunities hidden in the chaos. Join our Spring (and beyond) Survival Retreat to stay motivated and reach profit targets.
$79.00

Guided Forest Therapy Walk; Tyron Creek Natural Area, Portland

Are you seeking a deeper embodied connection with nature and the ecosystems you're a part of? Desperately need some "me time" in nature where there's no pressure to perform, achieve any goals, meet any expectations, or do any mental work? Join me Friday, April 10th- 1p-3:30pm, FREE Tyron Creek State Natural Area, Portland
$FREE!

PLANTREPRENEURS: 1-on-1 Botanical Business Consultation

Plant Passion to Plant Profession
Need help defining your career goals and path, or help jump starting or growing your own business in the horticulture industry? I typically start new clients with an initial pre-paid Botanical Business Consultation: Includes a 2-hour consultation with me to assess your current green industry career or business challenges and opportunities, clarify your goals, and create action items to help you make decisions and move forward + a follow up session. (CLICK PHOTO)
$395

PLANTREPRENEURS: BUNDLE 1-on-1 Botanical Business Consultation THREE 1-Hour Sessions

Plant Passion to Plant Profession
If you're already joined me for your initial 1:1 Consulting Session, you can secure three (3) 1-hour sessions with me and save some green$! Need ongoing expert guidance with your horticulture business or career? We'll work together on your green industry career or business challenges and opportunities, clarify your goals, and create action items to help you make smart decisions and grow profitably. (CLICK PHOTO)
$525

PLANTREPRENEURS: BUNDLE 1-on-1 Botanical Business Consultation SIX 1-Hour Sessions

Plant Passion to Plant Profession
If you're already joined me for your initial 1:1 Consulting Session, you can secure six (6) 1-hour sessions with me and save some green$! Need ongoing expert guidance with your horticulture business or career? We'll work together on your green industry career or business challenges and opportunities, clarify your goals, and create action items to help you make smart decisions and grow profitably. (CLICK PHOTO)
$999

CLOSED Guided Forest Therapy Walk; Angelina National Forest, East Texas

CLOSED Are you seeking a deeper embodied connection with nature and the ecosystems you're a part of? Desperately need some "me time" in nature where there's no pressure to perform, achieve any goals, meet any expectations, or do any mental work? Join me Saturday, February 28th- 1p-3:30pm, FREE Stephen F. Austin Interpretive Trail, Nacogdoches, TX
$FREE!

6-WEEK 1:1 Botanical Business Coaching Program

Ready to take your Botanical Business to the next level? Looking for concentrated botanical business consulting in a manageable and affordable coaching format to help you focus your professional and botanical business goals - without having to sign on for a bigger chunk of time or financial commitment? PLUS ongoing personal support between our sessions? My 6-week Botanical Business Coaching Program is an accessible way to benefit form focused expert guidance for your business or project. (CLICK PHOTO)
$2000

VIRTUAL HOME GARDEN, & HOUSEPLANT Consultations

Have a home garden or landscape that needs help? Want to start a new food garden, get help on an existing veggie garden, refresh or build new landscape, ornamental beds, lawn, or have tons of houseplant or indoor gardening and grow light questions? Leslie can help you virtually online! We'll review any photos, videos, and work through all the questions you have to get you growing successfully.
$249

COURSE: The Business of Horticulture

BIOLGY X 467.1 UCLA Extension
Entrepreneurs, career transitioners and green industry employees in “The Business of Horticulture” learn to visualize and transform an amateur plant passion into a professional plant practice. This course is offered through UCLA extension, is 6-weeks asynchronous with live office hours with me, and open-enrollment. Interdisciplinary for plant shops and garden centers, garden designers, landscape build & maintenance, interiorscaping & plants stylists, greenhouse growing, landscape architects - all welcome! (CLICK PHOTO)
$494

COURSE: The Business of Selling Plants

UCLA Extension
"The Business of Selling Plants" will help entrepreneurs and industry members better understand the plant selling network from breeding, to propagation, to finishing, to wholesale and retail supply, grow better plant buying and live inventory management skills, as well as fine-tune pricing strategies; all to improve bottom line sales and profits. Interdisciplinary for plant shops and garden centers, garden designers, landscape build & maintenance, interiorscaping & plants stylists, greenhouse growing, landscape architects - all welcome! (CLICK PHOTO)
$494

COURSE: Botany for Gardeners Course, UCLA Extension

BIOLGY X 496.2 Botany for Gardeners Course
This course provides a general introduction to the study of plant structures and functions, emphasizing these aspects as they relate to the natural survival and cultivation of plants. Topics include types and functions of leaves, stems, flowers, and fruits; plant-water relations; basic genetics; ecological tolerances; and an introduction to plant names and groupings. Many of the topics include ample hands-on experience with plants. This course is a requirement in the UCLA Extension Horticulture Certificate Program. (CLICK PHOTO)
$670

COURSE: Indoor Plants: Care and Maintenance Course, UCLA Extension

BIOLGY X 465.33 - Indoor Plants: Care and Maintenance
An introduction to the fundamentals of growing plants indoors. Learn how to identify your unique indoor environment, how to choose appropriate and healthy plants, and how to create a maintenance schedule for plant success! Elective course in the UCLA Extension Horticulture Certificate Program. (CLICK PHOTO)
$670

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