Founded with the belief that your garden is an extension of who you are.
Gardens Remembered was founded in 1998 by Steven & Gabrielle Horn. With a passion for gardening and extensive background in the landscaping trade, they had found their niche in residential gardening, specifically detailed horticultural care, an area not covered thoroughly by most landscape maintenance divisions.
Today, Gardens Remembered prides itself in providing clients with an array of services, all managed with the needs of the garden and those that enjoy their beauty!
Our Crew
Steven Horn
Owner, Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH)
Steven manages all areas of the field for Gardens Remembered LLC. Being the owner, he balances efficiency with attention to detail, gradually developing the layers of complexity in the gardens he maintains. He is a man of integrity, honest and loyal, and places high value on client relationships and providing excellent service.
Learning landscaping from the ground up, Steve worked for the award winning Chapel Valley Landscape Company, working his way from crewman up to a field manager in charge of multiple crews. As Field Manager, he acted as Safety Committee Chairman for several years. In addition, Steven’s spare time was spent maintaining and building a name for himself as a high-end Residential Gardener, fine tuning his skills and providing broad spectrum care to many elite clients provided to him by well-known landscape architects.
It was during his time as Field Manager with Chapel Valley that he received an Environmental Landscape Award from the Landscape Contractors Association for overseeing the landscape installation at Merrywood Estates in McLean, VA. Steven was later hired to direct the elite gardening team of Merrywood Estates as their Head Gardener, supervising the additional gardening staff.
It is at Merrywood that he found his true love, Estate Gardening, and realized that many high-end professionals needed a more detailed approach to their gardening needs. Having already established himself as a Professional Estate Gardener not only at Merrywood Estates, but with his own active client base in Northwest D.C., Steven and his wife of many years, Gabrielle, decided they had what it takes to start their own business. With additional referrals from DCA Landscape Architects, it wasn’t long before Gardens Remembered was able to make a name for themselves, and continues to do so today.
As an active member and past Vice President for Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) DC Branch, he gives seminars on container gardening to fellow members, and continues to go to monthly meetings focused on current landscaping trends and staying alert to the cutting edge developments in garden care.
Gabrielle Dandy-Horn
Business Manager, Certified Fine Gardening Professional
Gabrielle manages all aspects of the business other than Field Operations. She also maintains and helps design the display gardens of their home-based business, lovingly referred to as Hornicopia.
Gabrielle’s love of gardening began as a secretary for the landscaping division of Metzlier’s Garden Center in Columbia, MD. It is there she met her soon to be husband, Steven Horn, field manager for the landscape division. Intuitive and creative, Gabrielle supplemented what comes naturally to her by taking a landscape and floral design curriculum at local colleges, furthering her knowledge working on site with Steven in the field.
While working in the field seven years, Gabrielle maintained the business operations during the evenings and weekends. Gabrielle now focuses her time solely on managing the business. She is easily reached by email or phone and enjoys maintaining a warm and personal relationship with her clients.
Gabrielle’s most recent accomplishments are being named as one of the ‘Women of the Year’ by the National Association of Professional Women, as well as receiving her Certification as a Professional Fine Gardener.
Adam Mills
Crew Leader
Adam Mills began part time on our mowing crew in the spring of 2013, in short proving himself and working his way to Crew Leader. His enthusiasm for learning more about detailed gardening is just what we were looking for, and has allowed us to broaden our client list even further!
Josh Horn
Crew Member
Josh has been around gardening his entire life. With parents that spent much of their free time “playing in the dirt,” he learned to value the many wonders a garden has to offer, and the hard work it takes to keep it healthy and beautiful.
Growing up in a “hort” family also gave Josh added opportunities to view many beautiful gardens, and appreciate the care needed in maintaining them properly.
That is why we were thrilled when he chose to join our crew many years ago. His hard work, leadership, and attention to detail have been vital in the success of Gardens Remembered. We hope he sticks around!
Nicole Bergeron
Crew Member
Nicole has been with us since 2021, working part time while attending classes at Montgomery College, majoring in Horticulture and Sustainable Agribusiness.
She has loved nature and plants since she was a wee tot, and volunteers for Weed Warriors with her dad. While attending Montgomery Blair High, she took a course in horticulture and knew she’d found her career.
Nicole is a big asset to our team, helping Steve and the guys with planting, seasonal work & anywhere else she is needed.
Additional Crew
Additional crew members are recruited through schools and colleges offering horticultural curriculum, local trade associations, as well as those passionate about learning fine gardening skills.