Nature is our teacher. The garden is our classroom.

A woman with long brown hair smiling in front of green shrubbery and small white flowers. The woman is the owner/funder. The shrub is Baccharis, an important food source for pollinators and birds in the late summertime when food is scarce.

Meet Kelsey

Built from a love for nature.

Living Earth began long before it became a business.

During my time working at a nature preserve in San Diego, I developed a deep connection to the land and to the wildlife that calls it home. One afternoon, sitting among native plants and listening to the birdsong around me, I had a realization that would eventually shape my life's work: our landscapes have the power to support an extraordinary amount of life.

What began as a love for the natural world grew into a passion for California native plants, habitat restoration, and eventually, Living Earth Native Gardens.

Today, that same love guides everything I do. My hope is to create landscapes that are not only beautiful, but alive — places where plants, wildlife, and people can thrive together.