Margarita Armington
Margarita Armington has lived with her husband in Morristown for the past 26 years raising their two boys. In addition to growing her own home vegetable and flower gardens, she has for 15 years plus experience working on various beautification projects throughout Morristown. Margarita actively volunteers at MHS creating and maintaining the finer landscaping and flower planters as well as coordinates with the environmental teacher to have students participate in outdoor, hands on garden classes. She is Co - founder and co manager of the Elliott Street Community Garden. For 15 years she has volunteered in the Adopt a Spot flower gardens and Patriots Path monthly litter cleanup. She is a devoted member of the Early Street Community Garden for 15 years. Currently she is managing landscaping at the Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter. Margarita has been nicknamed the “Ninja Gardener” at times because she may be found weeding the perimeter of peoples property or planting a few flowers in abandoned spaces. Her service in the Peace Corps in Honduras as an agricultural extensionist volunteer launched her love of planting.
Kerry Thomas
Kerry Thomas was born and raised in Morristown, NJ. She earned her BA from the University of Rhode Island in Marine Affairs and a M.Ed from Rutgers. She has enjoyed working and playing in the outdoors her entire life whether that be in the garden, beach, bay, sporting events for her kids, or running. She spent 10 years as a Marine Scientist educating students and teachers about the Marine and Coastal environments of the New Jersey coast at both Island Beach State Park and Sandy Hook. She started volunteering within the Morris School Districts’ schools on the Landscaping and Beautification committees many years ago, improving the grounds by planting and maintaining flower planters and beds, litter clean-ups, and helping teach MHS Environmental Education Classes how to help maintain their campus. It was during this time that she met her business partner, friend and fellow flower enthusiast, Margarita Armington and they decided to join forces with the vision of expanding their volunteer efforts into a business that improves residential and commercial properties with their many years of experience with flowers, plants and green thumbs. Kerry currently lives in Morristown with her husband, 3 children and Portuguese Water Dog.
