About Toni Cross Seasonal Color Pots
Toni Cross, owner of Seasonal Color Pots, is a Certified Professional Horticulturalist, meaning that she has a proven knowledge of soil, plant varieties, maintenance, disease, and design.Toni has a Master of Fine Arts degree. The evidence of her love for both art and horticulture can be found in each of her pieces.
As a longtime Washington resident, she understands and loves our unique climate. She keeps her knowledge current with continuing education. She is also a member of Plant Amnesty and Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association.
Living and working in the Seattle, Washington area has given Toni a special understanding of how to use flowers and plants in her container designs that will flourish in this unique climate. While Toni’s favorite landscape work is done in containers, pots, and planters, you can rely on her use of live plants and flowers to bring beauty to any outdoor or indoor area.
Awards
In 2010, Toni received the Award of Merit, her third Environmental Landscape Award from the Washington Association of Landscape Professionals. Toni has also received the Distinction Award for Color in the Landscape – Residential from Washington Association of Landscape Professionals in 2004 and 2009. These honors are the highest award presented in this category for those years.
Published Gardening Articles
- Around the House with KPLU:
“Water Features for Small Gardens”
“Fall Color For Your Window Box” - Seattle P.I., NW Gardens:
“Put On Your Summer Best” - Home & Garden:
“Beginning Containers” - The Designer, Journal for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers:
“Dirt” - Garden Notes, Northwest Horticultural Society:
“Snails and Slugs”
“The pots are looking fabulous! We are very pleased with your work!”
Patti Brustkern, Seattle
