About Us

Owner and Garden Designer

Mary Berry is the owner and founder of Mary Berry’s Gardening established in 2006. She feels fortunate and blessed to be able to teach and explore her passion, which is nature, plants and gardening with her employees and her customers. Mary is so excited and proud to be able to create jobs and amazing horticulturists in Superior Township for the past 17 years. She met her dear husband Paul 38 years ago in culinary school. They share a love of cooking for their family and friends when they're not running around with their grandchildren.

maryb@maryberrysgardening.com

Office Manager

Chris, the organizer of all things, earned a bachelor's degree in business from Madonna University with a lifetime career of business management. She has always had a passion for gardening and completed the MSU Extension Master Gardener course after joining Mary Berry's Gardening. In 2016, she retired from her last night job and joined Mary's full time working as the office/operations manager. When she is not at work, she spends her free time gardening, baking, crafting, refinishing furniture and drinking wine with her sisters.

chrisd@maryberrysgardening.com

Stress Relief

The pack of office dogs are a beloved feature at the Mary Berry's workplace.  On the average day you can find up to seven adorable small dogs sleeping beneath their feet, keeping them focused. Stop by and you will meet Penelope the Yorkie Schnauzer. Rain the Shih Tzu. Bella and Coco the Pomeranians. Finnagan the Maltese Shih Tzu. Frank the Poodle mix and Charlie the Shitzu mix. 

Operations Manager: Garden Maintenance, Sales, and Employment 

Courtney started her career at Mary Berry’s in 2016 after getting her degree in English Language & Literature with a minor in Environmental Studies at University of Michigan. She completed a farm-to-table internship at a permaculture farm in Hawaii and quickly fell in love with plants. She trained as a Gardener, Lead Gardener, and went on to get her Master Gardener Certification. In the office, she manages all of our regular maintenance customers, hires and manages our team of gardeners, meets customers on-site to quote gardening services, and more. Courtney lives in Ypsilanti with her cat Tulsi and enjoys hiking, cooking, music, and tending to a growing collection of house plants.

courtney.smeenge@maryberrysgardening.com

Operations Manager: Designs, Installations and Marketing

With a background in apparel design, Courtney brings her love of colors, textures and technical design to garden design. She fell in love with gardening while working at Mary Berry’s during the pursuit of her BFA in design. After a few years in the apparel industry, she returned to Mary Berry’s and her love of gardens. She loves how designing with plant life can grow and change over time taking on a life of its own. She is passionate about creating garden spaces that are not only aesthetically enjoyable for humans but also consider the benefits to our greater ecosystem. She is continually working on tying in sustainable, maintainable plant life into the residential garden. She also enjoys digging in the dirt with her daughters and pups. 

courtney.berry-santoro@maryberrysgardening.com

Art Director

Natalie berry is a painter, performance artist, veggie enthusiast and yogi. She loves digging in the dirt, and recreating the splendor of nature on any canvas, even on the Mary Berry’s trucks and trailers! She has a degree of fine art from EMU. Is her spare time, she loves reading while snuggled with her cat, and looking for bumble bees on hikes with her partner and son.

natalieb@maryberrysgardening.com