Educated in some of the most prestigious schools in the world, including the Lycee Marie Curie of Versailles, Paris’s L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs and the New York Botanical Gardens, Mary Jose is a veteran of the Plant Specialists, having first joined the team in the early ‘80s. Something of a hybrid, Mary Jose flourished in indoor and outdoor maintenance, installation, sales and design before taking root as manager of the indoor department. Her passion for plants and people is palpable and she takes enormous and obvious pleasure in her vocation.