Kimberly Simmen

Kimberly Simmen is a Certified Nursery Landscape Professional with 20 plus years in the business.  Starting in 2000 while attending SCCC Riverhead part time in the evening to study Horticulture with a Landscape Design Emphasis (the Horticulture program was cancelled in 2005, just short of her degree).  She then went on to become Assistant Manager of the Perennial Division at H.R. Talmage & Son in Riverhead, NY.  It was here she learned of native plants and their importance to the ecosystem.  In 2003 she began operating her own Garden Maintenance and Planter business using only hand tools (currently still doing planters).  She also worked for Glover Perennials in Cutchogue, NY.

In July 2020 during the pandemic, Kimberly opened KMS Native Plants LLC in Lake Grove procuring plants native to Long Island, the Northeast and North America for her customers.  She currently consults Girl Scout troops, schools, homeowners, landscapers and anyone else willing to learn about native plants and the importance of biodiversity.

Kimberly joined the board of ReWild Long Island in 2021 and serves as Director of Sustainable Horticulture.