Meet the Principals of VEE
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Louise Clarke is co-principal of Verdant Earth Educators, a green industry consulting and education firm.
As a horticulturist emerita from the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, she is a Certified Arborist® holding credentials from the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), as well as a certified green roof professional (GRP). Louise teaches Botany and Garden Appreciation courses at the Barnes Arboretum School of Horticulture at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, as well as workshops and lectures for Longwood Gardens, Mt. Cuba Center, Tyler Arboretum, and other venues. She is active in Garden Communicators International (GardenComm), a professional green industry organization, and lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally. Louise is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson University and Temple University’s Department of Architecture and Environmental Design (AED) and has international gardening experience as a guest gardener for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Landscape in Windsor, UK. Based on her former career as a clinical laboratory scientist, she is conversant in academic research and interprets those findings into digestible information for non-science audiences.
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Eva Monheim is co-creator of VEE – Verdant Earth Educators, LLC and an instructor at Longwood Gardens for the Professional Horticulture Program where she teaches woody plants and she teaches in the Continuing Education Department. Professionally trained, she is a horticulturist, certified arborist, master floral designer, artist, and author. Eva is a member of the International Dendrology Society (IDS), Garden Communicators International (GardenComm), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), Hardy Plant Society (HPS), and American Horticultural Society (AHS). Monheim’s articles, designs and photographs have appeared in national, regional and local magazines and she is a former columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her education in England has given her a global appreciation of garden design and environmental sensitivity. She loves photography with over a million images on many green subjects. Eva was an assistant professor of instruction at Temple University in the Department of Architecture and Enviornmental Design (ED) for over twelve years where she taught thirteen different subjects in undergraduate and graduate programs. She also was an early adaptor of teaching online for eleven years at the university. Her breadth of knowledge in teaching includes Woody Plant ID – native and ornamental; Arboriculture; Landscape Management – with special emphasis on landscape management plans, staging, design, plant selection, and installation; Horticulture Business Management – developing business plans, PR and marketing strategies; Public Horticulture – curatorial and community engagement; Food Crops – using organic techniques, building urban farms, straw bale and other raised bed techniques; and Senior Seminar – research and writing intensives. Eva’s extensive teaching experience has empowered hundreds of students who are now working in the commercial and public sectors of the green industry. Several students are Ph.D. faculty in the plant science arena.
Monheim has owned several successful businesses including a flower shop and landscaping company. Eva holds Bachelors’ degrees from the Pennsylvania State University in art and horticulture, a Master of Arts in English from Arcadia University, and post graduate studies in horticulture from the University of Reading in England. Monheim's book, Shrubs & Hedges: Discover, Grow, and Care for the World's Most Popular Plants. which was nominated by The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries for outstanding contributions to the literature of horticulture. Eva Monheim proudly maintains affiliations with the following organizations:
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Verdant Earth Educators proudly maintains affiliations with the following organizations:
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