Bio

Hi, I’m Liz! Here’s my personal website. I live in Lehi, Utah, and currently garden on a half-acre suburban yard in a cold, semi-arid, zone 7a climate.

I started gardening as a teenager. I fell in love with it so much that I decided to study horticulture. Then I had children. As a full-time mom, I started doing garden designs for friends, as well as teaching community education. I studied more about permaculture, water-wise, and sustainable designs. After a while, I was itching to get more education and decided to continue to learn more about design and landscapes by studying landscape architecture. And while I was doing that, I also found the field of instructional design that paired well with my love of education. Twenty years after that first vegetable garden, here’s my list of qualifications:

Licensed Landscape Architect in Utah
Master in Landscape Architecture
Master of Arts in Instructional Technology and Learning Science
Permaculture Design Certificate
Bachelor of Science in Ornamental Horticulture

If that isn’t enough for you, I’ve worked as a

Extension educator
Landscape designer
Community garden coordinator
Landscaper with public gardens
Mother of five
Avid, and somewhat reluctant, gardener

I started Responsive Gardens as a way to not only design residential landscapes but also develop other resources and tools that help everyone be successful with their yard and garden. There are a lot of ideas in my head, so keep checking back to see what new things are coming! And if you want a resource that you can’t find, hit me up with the idea.

If you happen to want to know what I love to do with my free time, I love

Adventures
Nature
Gardening
Homemaking
Reading
Creativity
Living a life that brings me beauty and joy
Lists. Who doesn’t love a good bulleted list?