WHO WE ARE

NOVAE is a small family-run farm and nursery that first found its roots in Harlem, New York in 2018. The idea grew from a desire for simplicity and a need for a beautiful space that supports ecology, culminating in therapeutic and healthful outcomes. It has since blossomed into an ecological sanctuary, a place native and ornamental plants, individual and community growth, art, weIlness and a cultural venue. In 2025 we started growing on a third of an acre in Amenia, NY and will move to a nearby landscape in 2026. 

 

VERONICA is a landscape and garden designer, horticulturist, educator and fine artist, with more than fifteen years of dedication to improving the world through connecting people with plants and to each other through ecology and art. She a passionate plantswoman and birder and an advocate for environmental justice.  Veronica is also an immigrant to the US and spent her childhood in the Land of the Hummingbird, Trinidad and Tobago.

 

Upon graduating from the Cooper Union School of Art with a BFA in painting and photography, Veronica worked for almost fisteen years as a producer for photography and illustration in the advertising industry. She holds certificates in Horticulture, Landscape Design and Garden Design from the New York Botanical Gardens and a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture. She speaks at horticulture symposiums, curates creative plant-based workshops and teaches classes at the New York Botanical Gardens.

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NILE/ JULIAN: Gardener, Furniture Restorer and Budding Bee-keeper

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ORION/ MILES: Guiding Light and Inspiration for the ORION MEADOW

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