Shannon Currey is Marketing Director for Hoffman Nursery, a wholesale nursery in North Carolina specializing in ornamental and native grasses. Her work life began in social science research, where she earned a PhD in Social Psychology. In the early 2000s, she changed fields to pursue a career in horticulture. At North Carolina State University, she trained as a landscape designer and horticulturist in the Department of Horticultural Science. She began working at Hoffman Nursery in 2007 and has had a range of responsibilities—coordinating the plant evaluation program, managing the sales team, and overseeing their marketing program. She’s written articles for national trade publications and given talks on grasses to landscape architects, garden clubs, industry organizations, and at public gardens. The years she has worked at Hoffman Nursery have only increased her appreciation for the unique and amazing qualities of grasses.