I grew up in South Florida’s plant nursery industry, surrounded by tropical plants, rows of Majesty Palms, Boston Ferns, and the labor that kept them alive. While many people romanticize that world, I experienced the reality behind it — hard work, pesticides, heat, mass production, and landscapes designed around endless replacement.

That experience shaped the way I see nature and the built environment today.

During COVID, I watched people suddenly crave what had been missing all along: connection to nature. Many were confined to apartments and cities without access to green space, sunlight, or environments that supported wellbeing. It became clear to me that nature is not a luxury — it is essential to how we feel, function, and connect to ourselves and each other.

That realization became the foundation of Apollo Plants.

Today, I create biophilic environments that reconnect people with nature through intentional landscape design, living installations, sculptural planters, and sustainable green spaces. My work is rooted in the belief that landscapes should do more than look beautiful — they should help cities feel cooler, calmer, healthier, and more alive.

Inspired by Florida’s subtropical ecology, natural materials, and the relationship between art, design, and nature, my practice explores how we can move beyond decorative landscaping and toward spaces that restore both people and place.

My mission is simple:
to help create a more biophilic Miami and remind people that we are part of nature — not separate from it.