Susan Buis
Horticulturalist
Email Address: susan@soundnativeplants.com
Phone: 360-352-4122
Susan Buis is the horticulturist for the WA State Dept. of Transportation, where she serves as the agency's in-house consultant for plant establishment. Prior to that, she co-managed Sound Native Plants, Inc. and Sound Ecological Services, sister companies that provide a full spectrum of restoration services including design, installation, native plant propagation, maintenance, and monitoring. Before founding her companies in 1992, she worked for Yosemite and Olympic National Park, where she developed and managed restoration projects and native plant propagation protocols.
Ms. Buis has been teaching workshops in restoration design and installation to professional groups and agencies since 1996 and has published articles on creating restoration specifications in Hortus West and in Native Plant Journal.