raymond carter
Raymond Carter has been the Conservatory Manager at Brookside Gardens for close to three years. In that time, he has redesigned the North Conservatory with intentional groupings of plants to tell educational stories, developed core living collections with a focus on conservation of threatened/endangered species, and moved all seasonal displays into the South Conservatory so that the plants can be given the environmental conditions they prefer. Raymond is a graduate of the accredited Professional Horticulture program at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, where he also worked for four years in the tropical display houses. During an internship with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, Scottland, he was trained in collections management and conservation of critically endangered species. He has worked with plant species from all around the world. In addition, he worked and trained at Mount Cuba Center, a public garden in Hockessin, Delaware, that focuses on the beauty and ecological importance of native species in garden design. He also spent three years as Lead Horticulturist, revitalizing the unique Ladew Topiary Gardens, a historic public garden in Monkton, Maryland. He has taught courses on many topics such as propagation, plant identification, evolutionary adaptation, and ecological design principles.
