Huntsville Botanical Garden
Karolina Sawicka is an experienced horticulture educator currently employed at Huntsville Botanical Garden since September 2023. Prior to this role, Karolina served as an assistant grower at AeroFarms from December 2021 to June 2023 and as a greenhouse specialist at New York Sun Works from August 2020 to December 2021. Karolina's background includes work as a hydroponic greenhouse technician at Groundwork from June 2018 to March 2020, where responsibilities included managing data collection in hydroponic systems and overseeing the growth process of plants. Additionally, Karolina contributed as a Green Team member and environmental educator by restoring trails and building community gardens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A self-employed private tutor from October 2017 to June 2019, Karolina provided academic support for middle and high school subjects. Previous experience includes managing tactile graphics for visually impaired students at Books For The Blind from November 2014 to November 2018. Karolina graduated from Kean University in 2019.
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Huntsville Botanical Garden
The 118-acre Huntsville Botanical Garden is open year-round and contains a diverse ecosystem of meadows, upland and bottomland forest, and wetlands, as well as a variety of specialty gardens and native plant collections. The Mathews Nature Trail contains the largest accredited trillium collection in the U.S. and the Anderson Education Center is home to the Purdy Butterfly House. The Native Plants Teaching Garden is a public space that highlights the way local plants, soil, pollinators, and birds create distinct communities and how they interact to form a diverse, sustainable, and attractive landscape. A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Garden is a member of the American Public Gardens Association, the North American Plant Collections Consortium, and the American Horticultural Society, as well as an ArbNet-accredited arboretum.