An avid naturalist at heart, Beth Riley believes the best gardens satisfy the eyes and blend with their surroundings. After retiring as a marketing executive, Beth combined her business experience with her love of horticulture to launch The Potted Garden. Beth holds undergraduate business and MBA degrees. She frequently studies horticulture at New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Rutgers. Beth is a member of The Garden Club of America, The New Jersey Committee of The Garden Club of America, Garden Club of Madison, The Native Plant Society of New Jersey and a Garden Club of America Horticulture judge.
Beth shares her passion for gardening, education and community through her local contributions including public garden designs, and programs. Her active involvement with local and national horticultural associations further her desire to inspire best practices for gardening which teach, create and sustain healthy, beautiful communities.
As proprietor of The Potted Garden, Beth develops and implements comprehensive plans for her clients, through garden site identification, curated plant collections, selection and budget planning. She creates gardens of distinction and delights in garden reconstruction and rejuvenation of aged gardens in need of tender loving care. Beth shows her clients how to nurture the garden so it thrives. She is happy to share practical knowledge with new gardeners, one gardener at a time.
An accomplished floral arranger, Beth also brings flowers inside her clients’ homes. Beth earned The Garden Club of America’s prestigious Dorothy Vietor Munger Award for floral arrangements of outstanding beauty, along with distinguished horticultural awards from The Garden Club of America, Garden Club of Madison and New Jersey Daffodil Society.
Beth can often be found gardening outside her Victorian house in Madison, experimenting with new ways to add texture and extend bloom times.
