Brie Arthur is recognized as one of the young leaders who are helping to determine the future of the horticulture industry. In 2017 she was awarded the first “Emerging Professional” distinction by the American Horticultural Society, and was named in Grower Product News to the Class of 2017’s “40 Under 40.” Brie is the founder of Emergent: A Group for Growing Professionals, and is vice president of the International Plant Propagators Society, Southern Region (president in 2020). She has a degree in Landscape Design from Purdue University and is a correspondent on the PBS television show “Growing a Greener World,” where she shares practical advice from her own one-acre suburban foodscape near Raleigh, North Caroline. Recently, she did grain installations on NYC’s High Line, on rooftop gardens at NYU, and at Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas. As a professional garden industry communicator, Brie is committed to getting the message out that all things horticultural are the way to create a healthier future for the world.