Meet your Educator and Consultant
Anna Davis, M.S.
I serve as Historical Horticulturist for Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania, where I steward and interpret historically informed gardens rooted in early American planting traditions.
Over the years, my work has expanded beyond preservation into a broader practice of landscape consultation, design, education, and botanical storytelling. Whether working within a centuries-old site or a private residential garden, I approach each landscape with equal parts curiosity, sensitivity, and structure.
My philosophy is grounded in the belief that gardens should feel alive—layered, seasonal, ecologically responsive, and deeply connected to the people who inhabit them.
Selected Background & Experience
• Historical Horticulturist, Washington Crossing Historic Park since 2014
• Harrison Fellow, Historic Landscape Institute (UVA & Monticello)
• Founder, A Garden in Thyme Consulting LLC
• Designer and curator of Woodford Mansion, Fairmount Park PA 18thC Garden & Orchard; Captain Timothy Hill House, Chincoteague VA Early VA Ships Captain Kitchen Garden; Parry Mansion and The New Hope Historic Society PA Matriarchal Gardens: 4 Generational Interpretative Gardens 1757-1960
• Lecturer, workshop instructor, and botanical educator
• Experience in cultural landscape research, interpretation, and grant-supported garden initiatives
Education
Master’s of Science, Herbal Medicine Tai Sophia Institute (now the Notre Dame University of Maryland)
Bachelor’s of Art, Anthropology, University of Delaware
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