OUR MISSION
We are a small, worker-owned company dedicated to creating functional native landscaping. We are committed to building and fostering healthy landscapes for the people and communities we live in.
Community | Quality | Sustainability
WHO WE ARE
Great Blue is a worker-owned cooperative in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded by three childhood friends/brothers from the same small neighborhood in Mt Rainier, MD – after charting separate paths through our early twenties, we all settled in Baltimore, grew out our beards, and decided to have a go at our childhood dream of owning our own business together.
We have since expanded to include other new members but continue to democratically make decisions and run the business as equals. We strive to create the kind of community we wish to live in at our workplace.
Luke Walsh-Mellett
Favorite Plant- Aquilegia Canadensis ‘Eastern Red Columbine’
Favorite Sandwich- Oyster Po Boy
Madelyn Kirsch
Favorite Plant – Solidago rugosa
Favorite Sandwich – Tofu Bahn Mi
Toni Elliott
Favorite Plant – Vaccinium Corymbosum ‘Highbush Blueberry’
Favorite Sandwich – Tofu Bahn Mi
Ben Walsh-Mellett
Favorite Plant- Rhododendron
Favorite Sandwich- Pulled Pork
Kirsten Schroeder
Favorite Plant – Schizachyrium scoparium
Favorite Sandwich – A Kitsch Cafe Cuban Sandwich
Year 2000. From left to right: David, Ben, Liam (not one of the business owners), and Luke.
Early R and D for a rain garden