Katie Mulliken

Katie (she/her) has worked in gardens along the Wasatch Front since 2015, getting her start as a seasonal employee and then becoming a full time horticulturist at Red Butte Garden. She’s worked as a gardener for The Green Urban Lunch Box's Back-Farms Program, as a residential landscaper throughout Salt Lake & Summit counties, and as a community educator with Wasatch Community Gardens. As internal education manager, Katie organizes Wednesday Walk-Throughs at community garden sites during the growing season, manages the Trial Blazer community science program, hosts on-campus tours, works with campus interns, IDs plants & pests, and collaborates with other departments and programs to provide specific educational support. She continues to teach classes for adult community members and assists in designing, planning and maintaining perennial and annual production spaces on Campus. She loves sharing plant stories, designing growing spaces, and every plant she sees.