Alicia Houk is an ecological gardener, native garden designer, and teacher — and the writer behind the blog A Wild Garden. She has spent fourteen years teaching in the environmental science field, most recently with a focus on ecological gardening and rewilding, and eleven years designing and installing pollinator and bird gardens in public spaces and private homes.

A decade in Iowa and five years in Vermont have given her deep roots in both Midwest and Northeastern native plants and the communities that love them.

She also helped launch the Community Rewilding Project, a decentralized community nursery where she and past students grow 60+ native species and share them locally for just 50¢ a plant, making ecological gardening accessible to everyone.

With a master's degree in pollination ecology, she finds a ridiculous amount of joy in translating science into beautiful, functional plantings where people can connect to wild plants and wildlife everyday.