A post shared by James, Mel and Garrett (@backyardenvyofficial) on Texas-born Garrett Magee has always loved nature - particularly because he was surrounded by the beautiful wooded South in his younger years.
Once he finished school, Garrett enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago to study graphic design and fine arts. He went on to work in corporate design for several years, but eventually felt boxed in by being seated behind a computer.
So, he did what any good creative could do at such a stage - he went straight back to school - but this time he chose to attend classes at the New York Botanical Gardens for landscape design, where he says he found his true calling as a “plant whisperer”.
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