Founder’s Word
"After graduating from Georgetown (many, many years ago…), I taught 9th grade English in the South Bronx.
The commute: a drive on the Cross Bronx Expressway to a neighborhood with no trees and a school with bars on the windows.
The salvation: Friday’s route home; stop one: the New York Botanical Gardens for a walk in the woods, stop two: grocery shopping on Arthur Avenue, the Italian neighborhood off Fordham Road, for a bag of mussels, a loaf of bread and salad for dinner.
The walk in the woods recharged me. The combination of plants in the perennial gardens inspired my creativity, and the good food at the end of a long day enticed my husband and I to put aside work and spend time with each other. Nature, beauty, and flavor: soil nurturing soul."
Edamarie, founder
"Those visits to the NYBG made me passionate about the value of gardens and eventually inspired me to trade in my red pen for a trowel and train as a master gardener, landscape designer and organic land care specialist so I could start Backyard Bounty. We installed our first garden in 2009, and in just a few years, grew into a team that designs, installs and maintains gardens throughout the DC metro area.
Our reputation for excellent work is rooted in our commitment to artistry and sound science, but most especially in our commitment to our clients, whom we welcome as part of our family. Enjoy exploring the gardens on our site. We look forward to meeting you. Our team and I are dedicated to building you an outdoor space that inspires and recharges you every day."
our design process
meet our team
the backyard bounty team
ADAN
TEAM LEAD
ALEJANDRA
TEAM LEAD
ALI
mason
DAVID FITCHTEL
OPERATIONS MANAGER
AMY
DESIGNER
DELIA
LANDSCAPER
EMILIO
TEAM LEAD
DES COLBY
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
HECTOR
LANDSCAPER
JARED
DESIGN INTERN
ISABEL
landscaper
JOHNATHAN
LANDSCAPER
KAYRN THOMPSON
DESIGNER
JOSE
LANDSCAPER
KHODADAD
TEAM LEAD
LUCAS
MASTER MASON
LUIS
LANDSCAPER
mark
Director of Garden Management
Of all the ways to enjoy life, whether it be through cooking asados, raising two young ones, playing soccer or greening up his old house, Mark finds the most delight tinkering in the garden. Having been with Backyard Bounty since 2017, most recently as a Senior Designer, he’s glad to bring his experience in design and construction to bear in the care of all of our clients’ gardens. An amateur carpenter and fruit grower, he loves repurposing materials in the garden and is obsessed with growing the perfect pawpaw.
REBECCA
STUDIO MANAGER
Rebecca loves sharing the beauty of ecological design. Growing up in the Southern Appalachians, she learned to appreciate mountain balds, bluegrass music and rhododendrons from a young age. After a decade as an academic historian and museum professional she got back outside and started designing and installing native landscapes in 2018. She enjoys designing formal and informal spaces and shaking up static American landscapes with lots of dynamic grasses and perennials. When she’s not getting her hands in the dirt or sketching out new plans, she’s usually running after a toddler or cooking up something good in the kitchen. Rebecca holds a Master’s in Sustainable Landscape Design from The George Washington University and a PhD in History from the University of Michigan. Her current favorite plant? Sisyrinchium angustifolium.
Kris
Glorified Office Manager
Kris manages all aspects of the company that aren’t related to plants actually going in the ground and growing. Leveraging a ridiculously expensive MBA degree, Kris has applied highfallutin’ Fortune 500 management and consulting strategies to Backyard Bounty with the one exception that at Backyard Bounty they actually work. Kris traded in fancy suits and flying first-class for a uniform and dirty pickup truck and couldn’t be happier about it.
August titles:
Payroll clerk (most important job)
Chief Meteorologist (next most important job)
VP of Marketing
VP of Finance
VP of Strategy
VP of HR
VP of I/T
VP of Procurement (Retired)
VP of Logistics (Retired)
VP of Operations (Retired)
VP of Truck Driving (Retired)
