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|  Fiddlehead Gardens, formerly Green Girl Gardens, was founded by Mya Kesler and Paige Witte in 2001. A shared passion for plants, art and design, and ecology brought them together. Along with a select team, they specialize in creating inspiring gardens that are in harmony with their surroundings.
Paige studied Environmental Science at University of
Kansas while working at Water's Edge, an aquatic
nursery and garden design company. After moving to the
Bay Area in 1997 she continued her studies, earning a
certificate in Landscape Horticulture from Merritt
College in Oakland and a Permaculture Design
certificate from Occidental Art and Ecology Center in
Marin. She then worked at Berkeley Horticultural
Nursery for three years while gardening with Darcy
Hahn Landscaping. During this time she directed a
community garden in Lakeside Park, Oakland that
demonstrated sustainable food production and wildlife
habitat. She then partnered with Mya Kesler and
began what is now Fiddlehead Gardens.
Mya grew up working summers as an organic farmer during high school, and went on to earn a BS in plant biology from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. After completing an internship studying plant physiology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Washington D.C., she attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina where she earned a double Master's degree in Forestry and Environmental Management. After moving to the Bay Area, she has worked as a landscaper with Carolyn Atherton Gardens and also with Gardens and Gables in Marin before starting Green Girl Gardens in 2001.
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