Head Of Sales
Shelby Jackson
Shelby’s responsibilities include better client relations, increasing awareness of plant availability, and sales. As importantly, her eye for overall plant quality demanded at superior garden centers, high-end landscape design and installation firms, and landscape architects is essential to Carolina Native’s continued success. She joined us in 2010 and became part owner in 2014. Shelby, a University of Tennessee Horticulture alumnus, came to us after 3 years as Nursery Sales Manager at BB Barns in Asheville. She brings extensive knowledge to our staff in native plants, as they are one of her passions, and also well beyond the shrubs that we currently offer. Her experience besides sales includes speaking and leading seminars, horticultural research in the field and the laboratory, landscape design and consulting. She is an N.C.N.L.A. Certified Plant Professional. She has served on the Hendersonville Tree Commission and on the Horticulture Technology board at Blue Ridge Community College. She also participated on the board for her local greenway, Friends of Hominy Creek Greenway, in West Asheville. Shelby Makes 40 Under 40 Shelby currently lives in West Asheville with her husband, Jonathan, and their dog, Pele. She loves to travel and read all the books.