Garden Writer & Horticultural Marketing Professional
About Emily Reeves
Emily Reeves is a gardener, writer, and horticultural marketing professional living in the high desert of Fort Collins, Colorado.
She enjoys creating lush, lively, and low-maintenance gardens that support insects, wildlife, and the people who use them.
Emily currently works for Monrovia Nursery Company and also contributes gardening content to Plant Addicts. Her interests include landscape design, native plants, drought-tolerant gardening, edible plants, houseplants, containers, and low-maintenance landscapes.
Her Approach to Gardening
Emily believes home gardens can do more than look beautiful. Thoughtful plant choices can create habitat for insects and wildlife, conserve resources, and make outdoor spaces more enjoyable for people.
Gardening in the high-desert climate of northern Colorado has also shaped her interest in drought-tolerant plants, low-maintenance landscapes, resilient perennials, and plant combinations that can thrive with limited water.
Education
Master's Degree
Environmental Literature
Colorado State University
Bachelor's Degree
English
Illinois State University
Graduated summa cum laude
Gardening & Horticultural Experience
Emily gardens in Fort Collins, Colorado, where the high-desert climate makes water use, plant adaptability, and long-term landscape performance especially important.
Her own gardens focus on creating attractive, low-maintenance spaces using plants that can support pollinators and other wildlife while performing reliably in challenging growing conditions.
Emily's professional work in horticultural marketing also keeps her closely connected to new plants, landscape trends, and the ways gardeners choose and use plants in their outdoor spaces.
Areas of Expertise
Emily's gardening interests center on resilient, attractive landscapes that support wildlife while remaining practical for home gardeners.
Favorite Plants
Emily's garden is filled with low-water, low-maintenance, and pollinator-friendly perennials. Salvia, sedum, and coneflower are particular favorites because they combine reliable garden performance with color, texture, and wildlife value.
Featured Gardening Articles
Emily has contributed Plant Addicts guides covering planting, pruning, deadheading, and watering coneflowers.
Perennial Planting
Planting Coneflowers
Planting and establishment guidance for growing healthy coneflowers in the landscape.
Perennial Maintenance
Pruning & Deadheading Coneflowers
Seasonal pruning and deadheading guidance for maintaining coneflowers.
Watering
Watering Coneflowers
Watering considerations for newly planted and established coneflowers.