We are so proud of the talented team we have built over the years. Our entire company is filled with knowledgable, kind and hard-working individuals. Read more down below to get to know these lovely people even better.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alex is a certified Master Gardener and has worked for Mary Berry's for four years. He has always had a love for natural/plant biology. He really enjoys working outside and getting his hands dirty. His favorite part of the job is getting to completely renovate overtaken garden beds, and clearing out non-native species that do not belong. He lives in his new home with his partner, who has the same name! In his free time he loves camping, gardening, and snowboarding.
Devins love of the outdoors and transforming properties comes through in all aspects of this job. Whether he is mulching, gardening, transplanting, making new garden areas, or anything in between, you can see his passion through his work. He looks forward to working with you, and making all your gardening dreams come true. Devin lives in Ypsilanti and when he's not at work, you can find him exploring the great outdoors
The Mary Berry's Barn would not be complete without our two beloved barn cats; Oliver and JoJo. The crews love the warm welcome they offer everyone each and every morning. They were resuced from the Huron Valley Humane Society. Oliver is a sweet gentle old man while JoJo is a spunky and feisty lady.
Refresh your garden space with a gorgeous new garden design this year! Our garden designers specialize in show stopping gardens that benefit our local ecosystem.