Kiana

Kiana grew up on a small farm in northern Idaho where her father took great pride in teaching his children about the native trees and plants on their property, quizzing them on the different species and helping them collect samples of everything for various school projects over the years.  Her mother, an avid houseplant rehabilitator, tended a large vegetable garden each summer and often tried to persuade her daughters to help with more than just grazing on the snackable produce throughout the season – “She always wanted us to help her plant seeds and help with the seemingly endless weeding, but our attention spans never lasted too long before we jetted off to play with our various dogs, cats, horses, ducks, and pigs!  So I’m afraid I didn’t glean nearly as much gardening knowledge as I could have growing up!”  

After college, Kiana worked a series of jobs in Special Education, homeowners’ association management, and commercial real estate and property management before moving to Albuquerque in 2017.  She came to Jericho excited to work in a non-office setting for a company that truly embraces the merits of local ownership and community connection.  “I wanted to be outside, working physically as well as mentally, and connecting with my new local community.  It’s been amazing to work with customers who, ninety percent of the time, are thrilled to set foot on the Jericho property and arrive excited and ready to shop, visit, and learn about anything and everything plant-related.  It’s also pretty incredible to me to be given the leeway to truly help people achieve their goals for their visit, regardless of their gardening experience, available time investment, or budget parameters – no ridiculous pressure to rush people in and out, hit certain profit margins, etc.  I have learned more about plants than I ever thought possible in a short amount of time because the entire Jericho staff brings with them an insane amount of cumulative plant (and life) knowledge, and every single one of them is always happy to teach me whatever they can.  I couldn’t have asked for a better “work family” to fall into upon arriving in New Mexico than what I found with Rick, Jen, and the rest of the crew.”