Meet your Gardener
Teddi Rogers is the owner and lead designer of Kit+Syl Gardens and Florals. She is a lifelong artist and maker who has studied the relationship between design and nature throughout her art practice. She began gardening professionally in 2016 and quickly realized that the garden provided the perfect space with which to continue the exploration of this relationship.
Teddi has been professionally and creatively at home in the Adirondack soil for the past 8 years, and is proud to have built a business that services the Champlain Valley and surrounding areas. She is passionate about creating four-season gardens that provide year-round beauty, interest and habitat— with a special focus on designs that remain engaging throughout the long North Country winters. Teddi’s favorite gardens blend edibles and ornamentals, creating spaces that are not only beautiful, but are functional, nourishing, and deeply connected to place.
Due to Teddi’s background in art and design, she brings a creative sensibility and a love of problem solving to each project. She believes that collaboration is the root of building a successful client/garden/gardener relationship. She strives to foster this collaboration through open communication and trust. Teddi spends the off-season expanding her knowledge of design and plant science with the goal of strengthening Kit+Syl’s services and offerings by the return of each spring.
The gardening ethos of Kit+Syl is rooted in sustainable, organic practices that prioritize the health of our environment, clients and the “co-gardeners” or bees, bugs, birds and critters who share the Adirondack Park alongside us. In addition, we are committed to sourcing our plants and materials from local farmers, growers and small businesses whenever possible.
Why Kit+Syl?
Kit+Syl, is named in honor of Teddi’s first human sources of inspiration, her compulsively stylish grandmothers, Kitty Rogers and Sylvia Fader. They introduced Teddi to many kinds of beauty, the power of style, and the voice that comes with truly owning your unique aesthetic. She is grateful to them everyday for planting these seeds.
