ABOUT
From the time
I can remember,
I loved playing in the dirt and picking flowers. (They were really weeds, but who knew?) It was later in life when I enrolled at South Seattle College to study horticulture and landscape design. Several courses later, I dug a hole, buried my corporate hat and started playing in the dirt again!
Hands dirty, I opened Alula Boutique Containers, a commercial and residential container design and maintenance company. We specialize in artful living displays. Naming my company after the Hawaiian ÅŒlulu or Alula plant was a natural choice. Found on the steep sea cliffs of Kaua’i, it's unique, whimsical, and pretty in an unconventional way. Just like my designs.
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My center of inspiration and creativity is our woodland property east of Redmond. This is my home. Here I experiment with plant combinations; cultivate and harvest material for botanical displays; organize and teach workshops; and dabble in growing food. My husband Brian and I share this little slice of earth with an abundance of wildlife and our delightfully unruly Chocolate Labrador Retrievers, Zed and Roxie.