In gardening terms, Shannon would best describe herself as a TRANSPLANT. Originally from Colorado, she grew up learning about mountain wild flowers and evergreen trees at Girl Scout camp. In 1989 she relocated to Greenville, South Carolina where she developed a fondness for flowering dogwood trees. Other relocation adventures have included three and a half years in Washington where she was delighted at how quickly plants could grow in the proper environment, and then Santa Rosa, California where she created a backyard habitat that could survive ravaging deer and wild turkeys.
After returning to Washington, Shannon found herself in dire need of a yard renovation. Fed up with uninspired landscaping advice, Shannon went back to college under the instruction of Don Marshall at Lake Washington Technical College.
In 2007 she completed a certificate program in Environmental Horticulture from Lake Washington Technical College. Soon after, she tested and received the credentials Certified Professional Horticulturist. After a year of employment at Molbaks, where she was a landscape designer and garden coach, Shannon ventured out on her own to create her company Grina Landscape Design, LLC in Fall of 2008.
