Janine Griffiths
Green Thumb Inc.
Horticulture & Landscape Professional, Master Naturalist and Small Business Owner
Landscape designer and owner of Green Thumb Inc.
15+ years of experience with fine gardening and landscape design in Southeast Florida
Janine’s experience ranges from working as a child on her family’s nursery in Homestead, Florida, to working with high-end interior plantscape companies in New York City, to working with local native and specialty nurseries in Broward County.
A fourth-generation gardener and landscape designer, Janine purchased Green Thumb Inc., an interior plant maintenance and fine gardening service specializing in rose gardens, twelve years ago. She has evolved the company to include native plant and landscape services and focuses on using natural, environmentally safe and non-harmful methods of garden management and pest control.
Janine serves on the Florida Association of Native Nurseries (FANN) board of directors and as FANN’s Education Committee Chair. She enjoys sharing her gardening knowledge with the public and lectures regularly on a variety of gardening topics.
Janine is a Florida Advanced Master Naturalist, Naturescape Broward Habitat Steward, member of the Broward Chapter Florida Native Plant Society and has served as a Broward County Master Gardener volunteer for 15 years.
ISA Certified Arborist
FNGLA certified horticulture professional
Florida Water Star Certified Landscape and Irrigation ProfessionalJanine has an M.A. in Sociology from Florida Atlantic University.
My Sessions
Native Trees & Shrubs of South Florida: Guided Tour
Florida has the third greatest diversity of native plants of any state in the U.S., including more than 800 species of woody plants. South Florida has a number of beautiful trees and shrubs uniquely adapted to tropical hammock and rockland situations. Despite such an expansive palette to select from, relatively few are used with regularity […]