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A Gardener's Compendium - Volume 3 Gardening with the Senses is ready for pre-order! Email me to order your copy!

A Gardener's Compendium: Gardening in a Twitter World In 140 Characters Or More is a collection of garden anecdotes, facts, history, poetry, quotes, and trivia categorized by context into themes and appropriate hashtags. A Gardener's Compendium is an invaluable resource for new gardeners, garden writers, bloggers, trivia fans, teachers, editors, researchers, social media enthusiasts, speakers, and anyone who desires to provide an interesting fact for presentations or is just looking for a source of like-minded inspiration. Books available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Xulon Press.

A Gardener's Compendium - Volume 2 Gardening in Time and Place is the second in a series that was planned to be one book. Readers will travel the globe through the ages with Teresa's favorite garden selections on world geography and history, the United States, and politics. Whether you are a gardening enthusiast, casual reader, writer, or an avid bibliophile, you will find Teresa's choices entertaining, insightful, and possibly eye-opening as to the original sources of popular gardening anecdotes and quotes.

Gardening with the Senses is the third book in A Gardener’s Compendium series by horticulturist and landscape designer, Teresa Watkins. A Gardener’s Compendium is a garden nirvana of botanical and gardening anecdotes, poems, quotes, stories, and trivia, that also provides context and original sources. A Gardener’s Compendium Volume 3’s collection includes all of the five senses, scent, sight, sound, taste, and touch, along with common sense, and the sense of well-being. Divided into distinct chapters with helpful, easy-to-find indexes, Teresa’s research brings facts, whimsy, wit, and history, to garden devotees, book lovers, and writers looking for a lovely afternoon of reading, or that perfect sentiment or poem to pen in a card, letter, or article. https://bit.ly/3ndUN77

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Visit 3 Exceptional Gardens of Orlando, Florida

Visit 3 Exceptional Gardens of Orlando, Florida

It’s like Miami Beach and New York combined!” exclaims Teresa, who loves the vibrant atmosphere as well as the colorful containers and raised garden beds that line the avenue. She recommends having lunch at one of the cafes or restaurants before exploring the park itself, where there are over 30 different species collections ranging from tropical to temperate plants.

SHE Wins Fifth Straight Year For HOUZZ Customer Service Award in 2020.

 

SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE ENVIRONMENTS of ORLANDO

Awarded Best Of Houzz
2020

The Annual People’s
Choice Award from the Houzz Community Highlights Home Remodeling and Design
Professionals with Most Popular Designs and Top Ratings

Orlando, Florida, February 17, 2020 – Sustainable Horticultural Environments of Orlando, Florida has won a “Best Of Houzz” award for “Customer Service” on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. The 13-year old landscape design company was chosen by the millions of homeowners that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 2.5 million active home building, remodeling and design
industry professionals.

The Best Of Houzz badge is awarded annually, in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design awards honor professionals whose work was the most popular among the Houzz community. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including a pro's overall rating on Houzz and client reviews submitted in 2019. Architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular are recognized with the Photography award.

A “Best Of Houzz 2020” badge will appear on winners’ profiles as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.

“Teresa is a joy to work with. She listens and creates a design that reflects the customers’ desires. She is responsive, attentive, very knowledgeable and resourceful.”  ~ Joanne M. Sustainable Horticultural Environments client

“This year’s Best Of Houzz awards go to an incredibly talented and service-oriented group of home remodeling and design professionals, and we’re proud to highlight the winners on the Houzz website
and app,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing for Houzz. “This award is particularly meaningful as it reflects the sentiment of the millions of homeowners in the Houzz community who are hiring home professionals for their projects across the U.S. and around the world.”

Follow Sustainable Horticultural Environments on Houzz.

About SustainableHorticultural Environments.

Teresa Watkins is a Florida-friendly landscape design expert and consultant. Watkins created the landscape for the first Florida Green Build Coalition certified "green home" in Florida in 2001. Her landscape designs range from native pollinators, low maintenance habitats to classic, modern, and fantasy-themed landscapes. Watkins hosts her own podcast gardening show and newsletter; "In Your Backyard” on her website and I-Heart radio. 

“Who designed your landscape?” “SHE did!” Sustainable Horticultural Environments

About Houzz

Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish – online or from a mobile device. From decorating a small room to building a custom home and everything in between, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community empowered by technology, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to
help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. Houzz is a registered trademark of Houzz Inc. worldwide. For more information, visit houzz.com.

SHE wins 2019 Houzz Award for Fourth Year in Row

Sustainable Horticultural Envionments

Awarded Best Of Houzz 2019

Awarded by Community of Over 40 Million Monthly Users, Annual BOH Badge Highlights Home Remodeling & Design Professionals with Top Ratings and Most Popular Home Designs

 Orlando, FL, January 23, 2019 – Sustainable Horticultural Environments of Orlando, FL, has won “Customer Service” on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. The Central Florida landscape design company was chosen by the more than 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 2.1 million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.

 The Best Of Houzz badge is awarded annually, in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including a pro's overall rating on Houzz and client reviews submitted in 2018.

 0A “Best Of Houzz 2019” badge will appear on winners’ profiles as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.

 “Who designed your landscape?” “SHE did”. Sustainable Horticultural Environments.

 "Best of Houzz is a true badge of honor as it is awarded by our community of homeowners, those who are hiring design, remodeling and other home improvement professionals for their projects,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing for Houzz. “We are excited to celebrate the 2019 winners chosen by our community as their favorites for home design and customer experience, and to highlight those winners on the Houzz website and app."

 Follow Sustainable Horticultural Environments on Houzz.

 About Sustainable Horticultural Environments:

 Thanks to Teresa Watkins we were able to realize our dream for our backyard! Without her vision, we never would have ended up with this fantastic result.

─ Connie K. client, 2018



SHE Consulting Awarded Houzz Best of 2016

 Orlando, January 12, 2016 – Sustainable Horticultural Environments (SHE) of Orlando has won “Best Of Design” on Houzz®, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The environmental-friendly landscape designer was chosen by the more than 35 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than one million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals. 

The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 35 million monthly users...