Eva Monheim

Eva Monheim is principal at Verdant Earth Educators, LLC where she trains green industry professionals using sustainable management practices. An award-winning educator, Eva teaches landscape management at The Barnes Arboretum at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and is a faculty member at Longwood Gardens for the Professional Horticulture Program where she teaches woody plants and arboriculture. Professionally trained, Monheim holds degrees from the Pennsylvania State University in horticulture and art and from Arcadia University with a degree in English literature. Eva is a certified arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), a master floral designer, photographer, author, and artist. She holds membership in ISA, the American Horticultural Society (AHS), the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), the Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group, Women in Horticulture, the International Dendrology Society (IDS), and Garden Communicators International (GardenComm). Monheim’s articles, designs, and photographs have appeared in national, regional and local magazines, and newspapers. Her education at the University of Reading, in England, has given her a global appreciation of garden design and environmental sensitivity. Eva was an assistant professor of instruction at Temple University in the department of landscape architecture and horticulture for over twelve years where she taught thirteen different subjects in graduate and undergraduate programs and was an early adaptor of teaching online. She has owned several businesses including a floral shop and landscaping company. With her extensive teaching experience, Eva has empowered hundreds of students who are now leaders in the commercial and public sectors of the green industry.

In addition to her horticultural work, Monheim is a Reiki Master Teacher.