Master Gardeners: Certified Gardening Experts

In addition to being avid gardeners, many of our staff have completed a 13-week Master Gardener Certification. These garden education courses cover a wide range of subjects, including soils, garden pests and how to control them, vegetable and flower gardening, lawn care, and landscape design. 

When you contact American Meadows, you can be confident that you're reaching a knowledgeable fellow gardener.

Our passionate gardening experts include:

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We are a collective of lifelong gardeners, greenhouse growers, floral arrangers, former farmhands, professional landscapers, and passionate plant parents.

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Mike Lizotte

The Seed Man

Involved in all aspects of wildflower gardening since 1989. He's consulted with thousands of wildflower enthusiasts across the country for over 20 years

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Megan Foster

Perennial & Bulb Expert

With a keen eye for color and a passion for pollinators, her instinct for what gardeners want drives our spring and fall bulb assortments. Megan curates pre-planned gardens and perennial collections to make meadowscaping easier for all gardeners.

Ali Mills

Product Manager

Horticulturalist and landscape designer, in charge of product information.

Tabar Gifford

Customer Experience Liaison

Customer Experience Cultivator and resident soil expert has also served as a Master Gardener Site Facilitator here in Vermont.

Erin Morrissette

Email Retention Manager

Master Gardener with experience in professional garden design in the South and Northeast.

Real Live Garden Experts

What sets our customer service team apart? Our real, live garden experts chat with customers every day, answering gardening questions, helping to choose plants, and generally geeking out about gardening. Our friendly team of garden enthusiasts spends their days on phone calls and emails with gardeners throughout the country. They solve planting problems that run the gamut from which way to plant a gladiolus bulb to amending acidic soil.

They truly want you to grow the garden of your dreams and be successful in everything you plant! As gardeners, they know the joy of planting something and watching it grow and thrive. But enough gushing, we’ll let our customers tell the story for us!

What Our Customers Say

Real reviews from real gardeners

"Great. Customer service. Prompt. Helpful. Full answers not just a hint of one."

- Alice Jones (Google Review)

"You can't get better customer service. Their response time and diligence is appreciated."

- Liz Ross (Google Review)

"American Meadows provided me with expert advice and several options regarding my specific planting needs."

- Karen Eft (Google Review)

"good plants, but great service," and noted the company "stand[s] behind their guarantee."

- Amy Cooper (Google Review)