Sandy Haynes
Her love of working the soil started early in life. Growing up in Denver, Colorado, her job was to tend her dad's roses and her grandmother's quarter-acre vegetable garden. She learned a lot about gardening from her grandmother and enjoyed the hard work of outside chores.
When she was 12 years old, she became a hand on a cousin's dairy farm one summer, driving tractors, laying irrigation pipe, driving cattle, milking cows and tending the fields. Other summers were spent camping, fishing and exploring the Colorado Rockies.
When she grew older, Sandy attended Regis University in Denver on a volleyball scholarship and graduated with a degree in English and Sociology. For four years after college, she worked as a nanny for a wonderful family who nurtured her love of gardening by helping her attend the Denver Botanic Gardens' Master Gardening program.
In need of a financially security and a professional career, Sandy earned her real estate license and sold houses for two years. Though successful, she felt drawn to her love of gardening. While sacrificing income for the opportunity to do what she loved, it didn't take long for her gardening skills and hard work to earn her promotions.
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Working outside and maintaining beautiful landscapes satisfied her. Over the years, she continued to fine tune her skills and learn the landscape business working for three more companies and attending educational programs to increase her knowledge. Feeling that when the time was right, she would be ready to apply her knowledge and expertise to launch her own business. She saw a need in the industry for a landscape company that listened to it's clients' needs, design beautiful gardens and maintain them to their greatest potential. In 2002, she joined forces with Leslie Ebert to start Stonegate Gardens.
In addition to handling the day-to-day office duties that come with running a successful business, Sandy loves creating Stonegate Gardens' Signature Planters and garden ideas. She also enjoys Pilates, spending time with her dogs, riding her scooter, attending garden tours, playing volleyball and most important, being a new mom to son Cooper born in September of 2007.