I worked at the North Carolina Arboretum where I managed the formal garden crew for two years. Our crew planted, weeded, scouting for pests and helped maintain the formal garden. I designed a native garden called the Plant Of Promise and presented it to the diector and helped install it. I transistioned to Camp Merrie-Woode because I wanted to work with kids and help share my love of nature. Here at Camp I teach nature classes while also helping to maintain and protect the land. I have done some conservation work regarding transplanting White Pines from a property that was being developed and planting them on our campus.

In nature class I've taught on subjects like leave no trace, composting, gardening, identification, safety on fire building. We've also used nature as a time to reflect and be creative and do art projects. So far we have made critters out of nature we find on the ground and mandalas. They've sketched in their nature journals and have also used them to answer writing prompts regarding nature. We take nature walks every Wednesday and play games about animal food cains and nature sounds.