About Kelly Tesiero

Hello Friend!

I guide people to create real nature in their own yard.

EDUCATION & BACKGROUND

I grew up camping and working in the family plant nursery. I hold a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Florida.

EUROPEAN INFLUENCE

During college I studied outdoor design in Europe. I toured famous gardens to sketch and understand the masterful ways the architects used space around villas. Now days my old fashioned sketch book has morphed into an iPad. I sketch. nature gardens for clients that incorporate genus loci- its Italian for the feel of the place.

WORK

Early on I worked with design firms on projects in golf course design, residential design and a dab of urban design. These were all interesting, but didn’t grab my heart, so I began my own firm to design personal gardens for real peole and places. Easy to be in and maintain.

PERSONAL GARDEN

I beganadding Native, Wildlife and Florida Friendly Plants into my personal garden. The bird and pollinator populations exploded from two bird species to over one hundred. Water use went down by 30%. Smelling the flowers, feeling the leaves and listening to the birds moved me. My mental health and well-being kept getting better. I was having special nature moments every day when I walked around the yard or watched hummingbiords out the windows.

If I did this, I could show others how to bring true nature into real yards by sharing my experience and knowlege of wildlife plants.

Wildlife Friendly plants brought my landscape to life.

I share my knowlege with NATURE Your Yard™️ Workshops.

JOIN the JOURNEY!

The Elegant Garden™️ designs nature landscapes

for individuals, golf courses and parks.

NATURE Your Yard™️ guides people to do it themselves

through workshops and speaking.